College of Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences

ACES Seminars

Monday, March 23, 2026

Speaker Michael Springborn - Invasive Fire Ants and the Long Term Impacts of Agroecosystem Adaptation

12:00 - 1:00 pm

428 Mumford Hall
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Speaker Jared Hutchins - Beyond Time Trends: Quantifying Seed Technology's Contribution to Soybean Yield Growth

12:00 - 1:00 pm

428 Mumford Hall
- Seminar/Symposium
Synthetic biology to engineer plant growth and auxin-response

12:00 - 1:00 pm

W109 - Turner Hall
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 27, 2026

Speaker Lucy Page - Got Beef with Beef? Evidence from a Large-Scale Carbon Labeling Experiment

12:00 - 1:00 pm

428 Mumford Hall
- Seminar/Symposium
NRES SEMINAR | Chasing curiosity & adventure: From mechanisms of sexual selection to the search for lost species

3:00 pm

W-109 Turner Hall
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Atmospheric CO₂ as an Immunomodulator in Soybean and Maize Pathosystems

12:00 - 1:00 pm

W109 - Turner Hall
- Seminar/Symposium
Speakers Becca Taylor and Richie Ma - Title TBA

12:00 - 1:00 pm

428 Mumford Hall
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 2, 2026

Speaker Catalina Herrera Almanza - Title TBA

12:30 - 1:30 pm

428 Mumford Hall
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 3, 2026

FSHN Graduate Seminar- Dr. Stuart Phillips

11:00 - 11:50 am

Bevier Hall- Room 180

FSHN Graduate Seminar Presenter: Stuart Phillips, Ph.D., FACSM, FCAHS, FCSEP, FRSC Distinguished University Professor, Canada Research Chair Chair, Department of Kinesiology McMaster University, Ontario Title: Protein and Muscle: From the Gym to the Lab and Back Agains
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Speaker Anna Alberini - Responses to Extreme Price Notches: Evidence from Residential Natural Gas Demand

12:00 - 1:00 pm

428 Mumford Hall
- Seminar/Symposium
NRES SEMINAR | Talking climate, taking action: Illinois Extension’s efforts to advance resilience statewide

3:00 pm

W-109 Turner Hall
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 6, 2026

Speaker Jaehyun Kim - Title TBA

12:00 - 1:00 pm

428 Mumford Hall
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

From ponds to deserts: The many faces of green microalgae diversity

12:00 - 1:00 pm

W109 - Turner Hall
- Seminar/Symposium
Speakers Aayush Dhakal & Richie Ma - Reference Dependence in Commodity Marketing: Understanding Differences in Marketing Outcomes Among Farmers and Long Term Hedging Pressures and Tail Risk in Livestock Markets

12:00 - 1:00 pm

428 Mumford Hall
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 9, 2026

Speaker Taejun Mo - Trade, Trucks, and Landslides: The Impact of Natural Disasters on Domestic Trade

12:30 - 1:30 pm

428 Mumford Hall
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 10, 2026

FSHN Graduate Seminar- Dr. Stephanie Rogus

11:00 - 11:50 am

Bevier Hall- Room 180

FSHN Graduate Seminar Presenter: Stephanie Rogus, PhD, RDN Assistant Professor and Extension Nutrition Specialist Texas A&M University and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Title: Leveraging Programs and Policies to Improve Diet Quality Among US Adults
- Seminar/Symposium
Speaker Kelly Davidson - Fair Wages in Agricultural Production: Supply-side and Demand-side Insights

12:00 - 1:00 pm

428 Mumford Hall
- Seminar/Symposium
NRES SEMINAR | Behavioral ecology & conservation of the Kirtland’s warbler: A full annual cycle perspective

3:00 pm

W-109 Turner Hall
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 13, 2026

Speaker Flavia Motta - Title TBA

12:00 - 1:00 pm

428 Mumford Hall
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Janzen-Connell effects in tropical dry forests; the interactive effects of drought and soil microbial communities on seedling growth

12:00 - 1:00 pm

W109 - Turner Hall
- Seminar/Symposium
Speakers Esteban Vizcarrondo and Austin Belmar - One contract, two deals: Do exchange-listed calendar spreads matter? and Market Quality and Algorithmic Trading: Day vs. Overnight Sessions

12:00 - 1:00 pm

428 Mumford Hall
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 16, 2026

Speaker Nicolas Pazos - Title TBA

12:30 - 1:30 pm

428 Mumford Hall
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 17, 2026

Speaker Jenny Ifft - Title TBA

12:00 - 1:00 pm

428 Mumford Hall
- Seminar/Symposium
NRES SEMINAR | Restoring mutualisms to tallgrass prairies

3:00 pm

W-109 Turner Hall
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 20, 2026

Speaker Hanna Willwerth - Title TBA

12:00 - 1:00 pm

428 Mumford Hall
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Employing Spatial Biology Methods to Decode Stress Responses in Duckweed

12:00 - 1:00 pm

W109 - Turner Hall
- Seminar/Symposium
Speaker Christian Valencia - Access to Agricultural Workers and Crop Insurance

12:00 - 1:00 pm

428 Mumford Hall
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 24, 2026

Speaker Ankur Mani - Title TBA

12:00 - 1:00 pm

428 Mumford Hall
- Seminar/Symposium
NRES SEMINAR | Restoration & conservation to combat the biodiversity crisis

3:00 pm

W-109 Turner Hall
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 27, 2026

Speaker Hannah Kim - Replanting Under Risk: Weather Shocks and Crop Portfolio Choice in Perennial Agriculture

12:00 - 1:00 pm

428 Mumford Hall
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Speaker Diego Cardoso - Do Markets Price Changes in Economic Oil Reserves?

12:00 - 1:00 pm

428 Mumford Hall
- Seminar/Symposium
The Gene Regulatory Landscape of Flowering Plants

12:00 - 1:00 pm

W109 - Turner Hall
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 30, 2026

Speaker Marieke Kleemans - Title TBA

12:30 - 1:30 pm

428 Mumford Hall
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 1, 2026

Speaker Berber Kramer - Title TBA

12:00 - 1:00 pm

428 Mumford Hall
- Seminar/Symposium
NRES SEMINAR | Urban history as ecological force: Redlining, legacy effects, & change in urban bird communities

3:00 pm

W-109 Turner Hall
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, May 4, 2026

Speaker Melissa Carson - Title TBA

12:00 - 1:00 pm

428 Mumford Hall
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 8, 2026

Speaker Bin Peng - Title TBA

12:00 - 1:00 pm

428 Mumford Hall
- Seminar/Symposium

College of Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences

227 Mumford Hall MC 710

1301 W Gregory Dr.

Urbana, IL 61801

Email: aces@illinois.edu