Biodiversity expert to present at 11th annual USI Shaw Biology Lecture

The University of Southern Indiana will host its 11th annual Shaw Biology Lecture at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 15 in Carter Hall, located in University Center West on campus. The event is open to the public at no charge.

Dr. Jill Jankowski, Associate Professor of Zoology at the University of British Columbia, will present a public lecture titled, From Jungle to Summit: Hummingbirds and the Hidden Rules of Biodiversity. Jankowski, an Evansville native, is a biodiversity scientist whose career has been spent studying nature, from tropical forests to research labs. Through decades of research on birds, ecosystems and species interactions, she has become an expert on the ecological and evolutionary processes that determine the rules behind how bird species share space, adapt to changing environments and persist in their complex yet delicate ecosystems.

This lecture is underwritten by a USI Foundation Endowment with the support of the Pott College of Science, Engineering, and Education and the USI Biology Department.

For questions, contact Dr. Kim Delaney, Associate Professor of Biology, at kdelaney1@usi.edu.