Topic: thermal physiology

Ray Huey discusses how thermal physiology informs understanding of organisms and climate change. The conversation traces his work on lizards, research on mountaineering and survival at altitude, and approaches to scientific writing. It also considers graduate training and the development of a research career in ecology and evolution.

Dr. Sean O'Donnell is a Professor of Biodiversity Earth & Environmental Science at Drexel University, USA. His neuroscience research focuses on how brain structure plasticity & evolution are affected by social behavior, mainly using insects as models. He is also interested in tropical ecology & thermal physiology. He conducts field research & teaches field courses in Central & South America, as well as in the Negev Desert in Israel.