Faculty Accomplishments

Dr. Brennan was an invited speaker at the First Friday outreach event at the Los Angeles Natural History Museum. Voted the best science outreach event in Southern California, this event brings scientists in conversation about contemporary topics in science. 

Dr. Brennan was a Chelsey Lecture speaker at Carleton College, presenting “oddball science: why studies of weird evolutionary phenomena are crucial”; she also gave a departmental seminar for Biology: “Genital morphology and the overlooked female”

Dr. Brennan was an invited speaker at the Gender and Science in Communication Colloquium in Bilbao, Spain, February 9, 2023. Her presentation “De Vaginas y Clitorises, Historias de ciencia innovadora,” discussed the importance of a diverse perspective in Science. Dr. Brennan gave the opening presentation in the Third Colloquium of Biological Sciences for BUAP in Mexico in celebration of the International day of women in science on February 11, 2023 . Her virtual presentation was “Re-examinando la biología genital de las hembras.”

Dr. Brennan was elected as a AAAS Fellow in January 2023, for her contributions to morphological research.

Was interviewed for the podcast Mujeres en Ciencia, an initiative from Colombian Biologists.

Gave departmental seminars on her research on sexual conflict and genital evolution at the OEB graduate program at UMass, and at George Mason University (March 25 and April 8, 2022).

Patricia Brennan's research was highlighted as groundbreaking in the newspaper El Pais, one of the most read newspapers in Spain. Spanish version: https://elpais.com/ciencia/2022-03-05/muchos-cientificos-han-estudiado-penes-pero-hay-un-vacio-increible-en-nuestro-entendimiento-de-las-vaginas.html. English: https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2022-03-07/many-scientists-have-studied-penises-but-there-is-an-incredible-gap-in-our-understaning-of-vaginas.html

Patricia Brennan gave departmental seminars on her research at University of California Riverside (February 17, 2022), and at Michigan State University (March 15, 2022).

Patricia Brennan had a recent article in Current Biology that was covered by several press outlets including the New York Times and New Scientist () and was featured in the Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

Patricia Brennan was a plenary speaker at the 13th Annual Research Conference on Diversity in Developmental Biology organized by the Philippine Society for Developmental Biology on November 19, 2021.