Faculty Accomplishments

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.

Patricia Brennan was a featured speaker at the Wisconsin Symposium on Feminist Biology in October 8, 2021. Her talk was entitled: "Examining female genitalia yields amazing insights: What has taken so long?"

Patricia Brennan was featured in the Q&A section of Current Biology, that highlights the work of scientists chosen by the Editors.

Patricia Brennan was elected a fellow of the American Ornithological Society at the Annual conference held this past August. The AOS was originally founded in 1886, and Dr. Brennan joins a distinguished group of just over 500 fellows. AOU Fellows are chosen for exceptional and sustained contributions and service to the society.  

Patricia Brennan was named the Hann Endowed Lecturer at University of Michigan Biological Station. On June 30, she delivered her talk "Genital Evolution in Birds" as part of the Virtual Summer seminar series.

Patricia Brennan was named the Grad Fest Lecturer at University of Berkley on May 15, 2020.  She delivered her remarks on "Defending Basic Science" virtually.