Summer season kicks off a busy time in the lab, this week we got Anya's SURF project started by collecting crabs to perform some behavioral trials in collaboration with the Perez Lab and Mai planted 4 species of coastal plants to measure microplastic uptake.
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Graduation season is upon us and we are excited and a little sad to be losing so many of our amazing undergraduate students this spring, but so excited to see their next steps. Huge congratulations to Kristen, Cat, Eli, Gracie, Emily!
New paper out in International Journal of Science Education led by former MS student Darrien Caudle exploring instructor perceptions of the benefits of ideological awareness in their classrooms. Paper also includes two former undergraduate researchers Nikki and Declan!
Paper led by former PhD student Megan Wilcots explores the impact of nutrient colimitation on plant biomass and carbon fluxes
We had 9 students presenting research at Bays & Bayous Conference in Biloxi this week. In addition, there was a ton of lab alumni presenting their research as well. We had to past and present lab photo!!
Kayla Beitzel successfully defended her masters prospectus today. Her thesis entitled 'Impacts of disturbance and nutrient addition on coastal dune arthropod communities and trophic interactions' explores response of ground insect communities on Dauphin Island to disturbance and nutrient addition.
Over the last 12 months, Dr Jeremiah Henning has contributed to the AAAS mutlidiciplinary working group tasked with Empowering Career Pathways in STEMM. The full report and the groups short, medium, and long-term recommendations can be found here. www.aaas.org/governance/empowering-career-pathways-stemm-multidisciplinary-working-group?intcmp=home-ecp&utm_id=recLA37z5z9cQloNQ
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Department of Biology - University of South Alabama Archives
June 2025
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