Previous Strickland Lecture Speakers

2023, March 16. Dr. Adrian Smith, Head, Evolutionary Biology & Behavior Research Lab, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. "Opportunities & advice for sharing your science through online video". (Host: John Acorn)

2022, March 18. Dr. Shelley Adamo, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University. "How to Hijack a Brain: The parasitic manipulator Cotesia congregata and its caterpillar host Manduca sexta". (Host: Lien Luong)

2021, March 26: Rachael Winfree, Professor, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, Rutgers University. "Do we need pollinator biodiversity for pollination services?". (Host: Carol Frost)

2020, March 12. Jennifer Thaler, Departments of Entomology and Ecology and Evolution, Cornell University. "Ecology of  fear in Pest Management". (Host: Maya Evenden)

2019, March 22. Greg Edgecombe. Natural History Museum. "Arthropod Evolution: Integrating Fossils, Morphology and Molecules." (Host: Heather Proctor)

2018, March 23. Chris Jiggins. Cambridge University. "What can we learn about the genetic changes during evolution from brightly coloured tropical butterflies." (Host: Felix Sperling)

2017, March 24. Scott Sakaluk. Illinois State University. "Food fight: sexual conflict and the evolution of nuptial food gifts." (Host: Lien Luong)

2016, April 1. Angela Douglas. Cornell University. "The multi-organismal animal: insights from Drosophila and its gut microbiota." (Host: Andrew Keddie)

2015, March 20. Claire Kremon. University of California, Berkeley. "Pollinators: a poster child for what's wrong with our food system and how to fix it." (Host: Jessamyn Manson).

2014, March 21. Richard L. Lindroth. University of Wisconsin-Madison. "Chemistry and ecology of aspen: molecules, herbivores and ecosystems". (Host: Nadir Erbilgin).

2013, March 22. Carol Boggs. University of South Carolina & Stanford University. "Playing god with nature: a tale of two butterflies". (Host: Maya Evenden).

2012, March 23. Adam Chippendale. Queen's University. "The evolutionary battle of the sexes: arms race or tug-of-war?". (Host: Heather Proctor).

2011, March 18. Conrad Labandeira. Smithsonian Institution. "A short, interactive, history of plants and insects". (Host: Felix Sperling).

2010, March 19. James Marden. Penn State University. "Evolution and Physiology of flight in aquatic insects". (Host: Reuben Kaufmann).

2009, March 20. Cameron R. Currie. University of Wisconsin-Madison. "Drugs from bugs of bugs: Symbioses between insects and actinobacteria". (Host: Andrew Keddie).

2008, March 20. Terry L. Erwin. Smithsonian Institution. "A Third Century of Massive Planetary Conversion: Humans Testing the Resilience of Earth's Critical Zone." (Host: John Spence).

2007, March 23. Paul M. Brakefield. Leiden University. "Evo-Devo of butterfly wings and the occupancy of morphospace." (Host: Jens Roland).

2006, March 17. Ring Cardé. University of California, Riverside. "Finding an odour source in a turbulent world: strategies of moths and mosquitoes." (Host: Maya Evenden).

2005, March 18. Fred Gould. William Neal Reynolds Professor of Entomology, North Carolina State University. "Autocidal control and train replacement: potential impacts of transgenic insect technology." (Host: Lloyd Dosdall).

2004, March 26. Dale Clayton. Department of Biology, University of Utah. "The ecological basis of coevolutionary history." (Host: Heather Proctor).

2003, March 28. Michael Dickinson. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena. "How flies fly." (Host: Douglas Craig).

2002, March 22. Ann Hajek. Department of Entomology, Cornell University. "Safe use of biological control: examples from a fungal pathogen attacking Gypsy Moth." (Host: Andrew Keddie).

2001, March 16. May Berenbaum. Department of Entomology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. "Gut reactions - how insects eat plants." (Host: John Acorn).

2000, March 24. Orly R. "Chip" Taylor. Department of Entomology, University of Kansas. "Monarch watch: using butterflies to facilitate science education." (Host: Felix Sperling).

1999, March 26. James Tumlinson. USDA, Gainesville. "Chemical signaling in tritrophic plant-insect interactions." (Host: Bev Mitchell).

1998, March 26. Robert S. Desowitz. Professor Emeritus, University of Hawaii. "Malaria - the oldest emerging disease." (Host: Ronald Gooding).

1997, April 25. Klaus Sander. Albert-Ludwigs Universitat, Frieburg. "Constructing the insect body plan: ontogenetic mechanisms and their phylogenetic variation." (Host: Bruce Heming).

1996, March 6. Erkki Haukioja. Department of Biology, University of Turku, Finland. "Population fluctuations ofEpirrita autumnata and herbivory-induced responses in a host plant" (Host: John Spence).

Also presented March 6, 1996 by George E. Ball, Professor Emeritus, 黑料不打烊. "Reminiscences of 'Strick'", Strickland Memorial Address, First Strickland Supper, Faculty Club, 黑料不打烊.