In Their Element
Biology Department Faculty members Emily Stanley and Monica Turner are both featured in this College of Letters and Science Magazine article for their work with water and fire. Read on to learn more.
College of Letters & Science
Biology Department Faculty members Emily Stanley and Monica Turner are both featured in this College of Letters and Science Magazine article for their work with water and fire. Read on to learn more.
Two graduate students just returned from an epic — albeit frigid — ecological study in Antarctica. Here’s what they learned from their time on the ice. Read more: https://lsmagazine.wisc.edu/issues/spring-2025/explorediscover/ice-cold-research/
We are incredibly proud to announce that Botany Professor Anne Pringle has been elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She is being recognized for her distinguished contributions to mycology, especially fungal spore dispersal and the effects of invasive fungi on ecosystems worldwide. Congratulations, Anne! Read more about Anne and …
Are plants more aware than we think? Do they have feelings? Neil deGrasse Tyson, Gary O’Reilly, and Harrison Greenbaum explore the intelligence of plants with astrobotanist Simon Gilroy. From venus flytraps to space farming, we dig deep into the secret world of plants.
The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research has announced 20 faculty winners of the Vilas Associates Competition. The competition recognizes “new and ongoing research of the highest quality and significance.” Tenure-track assistant professors and tenured faculty within 20 years of their tenure date are eligible. The award is funded by the William F. Vilas …
The Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) presents the Yentsch-Schindler Early Career Award each year to an early career scientist who has made outstanding and balanced contributions to research, education, and society. Read the full article here.
Professor John Orrock led a research project to determine how space and time increase hotspots and coldspots for tick-borne disease. View full article here.
Kirstin Braziunas MS’18, PhD’22, and Nathan Kiel PhD’24, both from the Turner lab created a story map about forest change in a future with more (short-interval) fire, focusing on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem in the US Northern Rocky Mountains. View story map here.
Zoology student Daniela Hernandez is a recipient of the UW Global Gateway fellowship. Read more about her study abroad experience this summer in Tanzania. View full article here.
Professor Hiroshi Maeda and Michigan State University researcher Berkley Walker were awarded a $1.9 million grant from the National Science Foundation to study how plants compensate when they “overspend” carbon in the process of photosynthesis. Read the full article here: https://prl.natsci.msu.edu/news-and-events/news/2024-08-nsf-grant-awarded-to-study-what-happens-when-plants-overspend%20.aspx