A WORLD OF SCHOLARS AT YOUR REQUEST. Whether you’re looking for professional insight, a keynote speaker, guest lecturer, or a media source, the IU Southeast Speakers Bureau is where you’ll find your expert.
A WORLD OF SCHOLARS AT YOUR REQUEST. Whether you’re looking for professional insight, a keynote speaker, guest lecturer, or a media source, the IU Southeast Speakers Bureau is where you’ll find your expert.
Taylor, David Winship
Professor and Head of Biology
Email: dwtaylo2@ius.edu
Primary Phone: 812-941-2377
Secondary Phone: 502-645-0739
Dr. Taylor's major interest is the evolution of flowering plants. He coedited the book Flowering Plant Origin, Evolution & Phylogeny. His has led field work in USA, England, Germany, Jordan, and China. As of 2012, he has thirty-six publications mostly in prestigious science journals including Science, PNAS, Amer. J. of Botany, Bot. J. of the Linnean Soc., Internat. J. of Plant Sci. He has won awards in teaching and research (Distinguished Research Award, Distinguished Teaching Award, and membership in IU FACET). His work has been covered by the NY Times, Discover and National Geographic.
Education: Curatorial Affiliate, Yale University Peabody Museum of Natural History. 2009 Post-doc. experience, Yale University, 1987-1991 Ph.D. Botany, University of Connecticut, 1987 M.A. Biology, State University of New York, Binghamton, 1984 B.A. Biology, University of Chicago, 1980
Topics
Climate Change: What Southern Indiana plants tell us
Category: Global warming
Sub Category: Our World
A/V Requirements: Computer with Projector
Ongoing collecting in Southern Indiana show a steady increase in southern plants crossing the Ohio River as the climate gets milder.
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Flowers and pollinators
Category: Botany
Sub Category: Science & Nature
A/V Requirements: Computer with Projector
Explanation of the important and close relationship of many flower types to their pollinators. Includes an understanding of these interactions in the past based on the fossil record.
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Fossil flowering plants
Category: Botany
Sub Category: Science & Nature
A/V Requirements: Computer with Projector
In-depth understanding of early fossil flowering plants and evolution of flowers.
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Land plant biomarkers, and dating oils
Category: Botany
Sub Category: Science & Nature
A/V Requirements: Computer with Projector
Molecular fossils are original from plants living in the past. These plants may have lived an certain times in the past, allowing the age of the oil containing them to be determined.
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The History of Plants
Category: Botany
Sub Category: Science & Nature
A/V Requirements: Computer with Projector
Understanding of living plants based on an understanding of the plant fossil record.
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