On July 10th, at 7pm, the USS's cohort of curious minds will once again gather to hear a presentation by UW Waukesha's very own Dr. Michael Pauers!!
Despite its reputation as a historical artifact from the days of the "gentleman naturalist," taxonomy is a vivid, vital, and increasingly necessary branch of biology. This talk will elaborate upon what taxonomy is, what taxonomists do, and why taxonomy is still important in this molecular age. Further, Dr. Pauers will discuss his own research on the taxonomy of the African cichlid fishes of the genus Labeotropheus.
Michael J. Pauers, Ph.D., is an ichthyologist with a very broad background in this biology of fishes, having worked on the behavior, morphology, vision, and taxonomy of fishes. Mike earned his Ph.D. in 2004 from UW-Milwaukee, and is the Ichthyology Research Fellow and Adjunct Curator of Fishes at the Milwaukee Public Museum, as well as an Assistant Professor of Zoology at UW-Waukesha; Mike also holds adjunct positions at the UW-Milwaukee School of Freshwater Science and UW-Parkside. Mike primarily studies the cichlid fishes of Lake Malawi, Africa, especially those of the genus Labeotropheus, but has recently begun studying the Orangespotted Sunfish, native to the eastern portion of North America.
