Date: September 29, 2026
Speaker: Dr. Phillip Staniczenko
Affiliations: Associate Professor, City University of New York (CUNY), Department of Biology, Brooklyn
College and Biology PhD Program, CUNY Graduate Center
Research Faculty, Science and Resilience Institute at Jamaica Bay
Research Associate, Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History
Title: Phenology, Interaction Timing and Forecasting Novel Community Dynamics
Abstract: I will present two new theoretical frameworks for modeling the impacts of phenological changes and interaction timing on ecosystem resilience. I will show that the system-level effect of perturbing interaction timing is independent of the outcomes associated with perturbing species abundances, meaning that the ecosystems that are considered stable in the traditional sense may still be highly vulnerable to even small changes in phenology. Finally, I will argue that modeling intra-season dynamics is crucial for making accurate predictions of community trajectories under future environmental change scenarios, especially those with conditions that have never been experienced before.
Website: https://staniczenkoresearch.net/
Research Seminars are important weekly events in the E3B Department. They include a mix of invited speakers from other institutions or departments and members of the E3B community, including graduating Ph.D. students.
Open to E3B students, faculty, and staff only.
