FHL’s Annual Distinguished Lecturer

Posted June 12, 2013 at 5:35 am by

Dr. Gonzalo

Dr. Gonzalo Giribet

University of Washington’s Friday Harbor Laboratories is pleased to announce the Annual Illg Distinguished Lecturer will be Dr. Gonzalo Giribet of Harvard University. The free lecture will be on Thursday, June 20 at 7:30 pm at the San Juan Community Theater. Dr. Gonzalo Giribet’s talk is entitled, “Around the world in search of invertebrates for species discovery, biogeography and systematics.”

Dr. Giribet’s primary research focuses on the evolution and biogeography of invertebrate animals using morphology, molecular sequences and transcriptomic analysis. His talk will feature invertebrates, which dominate all the ecosystems on earth and are perfect models for studying the patterns of distribution of organisms in our planet. During the past decade he has collected invertebrates in all continents and all oceans and discovered new species to address biodiversity questions and to study biogeographic and phylogenetic patterns.

This endowed lecture series is presented in honor of Professor Paul L. Illg, who made many important contributions as a scientist, teacher, mentor, and friend. Paul excelled as a faculty member of the UW Zoology Department from 1952 – 1982. An expert in the biology of crustaceans, he participated in many summer sessions at Friday Harbor Laboratories. He invited world-renowned scholars to FHL to join him in teaching invertebrate biology and thus greatly enhanced the quality of the graduate program and research at the Laboratories. This lectureship endowment was established through memorial gifts from Paul’s family, friends and colleagues.

For more information, please contact Kathy at (cowelk [@] uw.edu) or 378-2165 ext 11.

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