The Department of Biology Seminar series will feature Dr. Susan Lappan presenting a talk entitled, "Big challenges for small apes: Prospects for gibbon conservation in an "Asian Tiger Cub."'
Lappan, an Associate Professor of Anthropology at Appalachian State University, is a primatologist whose research interests include behavioral ecology and conservation biology. Since 2000, her research has focused primarily on gibbons, small apes endemic to forests of South and Southeast Asia and southern China. From August 2017 to June 2018, Dr. Lappan was a Fulbright Scholar in Malaysia, where she initiated an ongoing collaboration with a team of scholars at the School of Biological Sciences at University Sains Malaysia (USM) working to design effective conservation strategies for three species of small apes in Peninsular Malaysia.
As always, the seminar will talk place at 4pm in RSW 183 on Wednesday. Refreshments will be provided.
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About the Department of Biology
The Department of Biology is a community of teacher-scholars, with faculty representing the full breadth of biological specializations — from molecular genetics to landscape/ecosystem ecology. The department seeks to produce graduates with sound scientific knowledge, the skills to create new knowledge, and the excitement and appreciation of scientific discovery. Learn more at https://biology.appstate.edu.
Dr. Susan Lappan, an Associate Professor of Anthropology at Appalachian State University. Photo by Marie Freeman.
Dr. Susan Lappan, an Associate Professor of Anthropology at Appalachian State University. Photo by Marie Freeman.