Todd Blackledge
Todd Blackledge
Biology Seminar
Date & Time
Thu, Feb 21
11:00 AM
Location
Mateer Hall G-01
Contact
Beth Snyder
330-263-2379
Email
Todd Blackledge from the Department of Biology at the University of Akron will present.... topic to be determined.
Todd received his B.S. from The George Washington University, Department of Biology in 1994 where he graduated magna cum laude. He received his Ph.D. from The Ohio State University, Department of Entomology in 2000.
Blackledge Laboratory
Our research focuses on the interface between animal behavior, evolutionary processes, and materials science. Most of my students and myself study web weaving spiders because these spiders provide unique opportunities to integrate behavioral research across many levels of biological organization - from the DNA that codes for silk proteins to the biomechanical properties of silk threads to the function of webs spun from those silk threads.