[All-postdocs] Bioseminar - David Vasseur

[Ana Velez]

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Biology Department Seminar

Thursday, April 16, 2026 - 12:00 pm
Redfield Auditorium

David Vasseur
Professor and Chair, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University

Using Thermal Performance Curves and Population Dynamics to Improve Forecasts of Extinction Risk
Thermal Performance Curves (TPCs) have become a popular tool for assessing the risk that climate warming and variability pose for species. These assessments typically rely upon measures of the match between a TPC and a population's environment that doesn't account for the outsized impact that stressful events such as heat waves can have on populations. To better capture the impact of short-term, but potentially catastrophic events, requires a better integration of the environment into population dynamic models. In this talk, I will discuss a series of recent projects comprising both models and microcosm experiments, that are leading us toward a generalized representation of temperature-dependent population dynamics.

Biology Seminar Web Page<https://www.whoi.edu/what-we-do/understand/departments-centers-labs/bio/bio-highlights-events/>

For questions, contact:

Ana Maria Velez
Biology Pre-Award Administrative Associate
Ph: 508-289-2334
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