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Professor Seth McGee and graduate student Joseph Walston have each been recognized for their outstanding mentorship of undergraduate students.
Professor Ellen Damschen joins WPR’s The Larry Meiller Show to discuss why biodiversity matters in Wisconsin, and what scientists are doing to conserve plant and animal life. Listen to the episode.
Botany students journey to Hawaii to learn about plant diversity in the global biodiversity hotspot.
Combining the forces of the current integrative biology and botany departments, the University’s Department of Biology within the College of Letters & Science will be a powerhouse in research and education.
We welcomed Professor Shan He to the Botany Department in Spring 2025. We asked her to answer a few questions to help us get to know her. Below are her answers. Please describe your research. My research focuses on the molecular mechanisms that regulate the photosynthetic algal CO₂-concentrating mechanism (CCM), which mediates approximately one-third of …
We welcomed Professor Jack Satterlee to the Botany Department in Spring 2025. We asked him to answer a few questions to help us get to know him. Below are his answers. Please describe your research. I’m fascinated by plants’ remarkable ability to adapt their morphology to solve diverse challenges. Across evolution, many plant lineages have independently converged …
We welcomed Professor Daijiang Li to the Botany Department in Fall 2025. We asked him to answer a few questions to help us get to know him. Below are his answers. Please describe your research. My research focuses on understanding how environmental changes have and will affect plant communities and ecosystems. I use observational studies, …