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Welcome to the lab!
We're applied ecologists, community ecologists, wetland ecologists, odonatologists, and more!

Aidan Garrett successfully defended his Master's thesis on rare bumblebee detection and surrogacy. Way to go Aidan! (November 2025)
Undergraduate Sydney Hatch presented her analysis of species-based indicators and prairie plant conservatism at the Missouri Botanical Symposium (November 2025)
New paper on pollinator conservatism in Insect Conservation and Diversity (November 2025)
Postdoc Ayla Skorupa and PhD student Weiqing Qu presented research at the Midwest Climate Adaptation Science Center annual gathering (August 2025)
New scientists' warning paper on global dragonfly conservation in Insect Conservation and Diversity (July 2025)
Postdoc Ayla Skorupa presented her species' climate sensitivity research at the Freshwater Mussel Conservation Society symposium (May 2025)
New paper on definitions of ecological conservatism in the Natural Areas Journal (May 2025)
Matt Finzel successfully defended his Master's thesis on wetland floristic quality assessment. Way to go Matt! (April 2025)
Weiqing Qu joined the lab as a PEEC PhD student supported by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Welcome Weiqing! (January 2025)