Graduate and Postdoc Research Showcase

  • 3 Apr 2026
  • 7:00 AM
The second SMTPBconnect graduate and postdoc research showcase of 2026 hosted by Puneeth Deraje (University of Toronto) will be on Friday, April 3rd, from 10:00 AM- 11:30 PM ET / 07:00 - 08:30 AM PT/ 04:00 - 05:30 PM CET. This will feature 10-minute talks summarizing a particular research project, broader research theme, and/or a future research interest. See below for the lineup of speakers!

Here is the zoom link: https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/84466506149

Further, if you wish to advertise a postdoc or faculty position at this event, please email Puneeth  (puneeth.deraje@mail.utoronto.ca) with the details. 

Time 

Speaker 

Title of talk 

University  

10:02 – 10:12 

Jana Riederer 

Sexual selection driven by direct benefits leads to the erosion of direct benefits 

University of Groningen 

10:13 – 10:23 

Satavisha De 

Mapping niches to trait abundance clusters using a more flexible clustering model 

University of Texas, Austin 

10:24 – 10:34 

Kuangyi Xu 

Direct selection under resource allocation trade-offs enables the evolution of obligate and facultative sexuality 

University of Toronto 

10:35 – 10:45 

Shikhara Bhat 

 

Demographic mortality curves from first principles via damage accumulation and selective disappearance 

Johannes Gutenberg University  

10:46 – 10:56 

Liangze Ke 

Evidence and Solutions of “The Anatomy Trap”: Contemporary Anatomy Hinders CRC Genetic Selection Discovery 

Yale School of Public Health 

10:57 – 11:07 

Mahdi Salehzadeh 

An ecological model of masting reproduction matches empirical dynamics 

Simon Fraser University 

11:08 – 11:18  

Xiaoyan Long 

Evolutionary dynamics of parental sex roles 

University of Konstanz 

11:19- 
11:28 

Puneeth Deraje 

A quasi-epigenetic equilibrium (QEE) and its implications for evolutionary rescue 

University of Toronto 

 



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