Congrats to PhD Candidate Julia Schap!!
A huge congratulations to Julia, who passed her qualifying exams today to become a PhD Candidate! Her proposal is super ambitious and exciting!!...
Congratulations to postdoc Yue Wang…
… who published her final dissertation chapter this week! Read her paper, entitled “Caught in a bottleneck: habitat loss for woolly mammoths in central North America and the ice-free corridor during the last deglaciation“. Find more information on our Publications page....
New TNC Paper
Jenny contributed to a really interesting paper in One Earth, led by the Nature Conservancy, entitled “Lower cost and more feasible options to restore forest cover in the contiguous United States for climate mitigation”. Check it out here. This publication is linked with a set of maps, which can be found here. The citation...
Congratulations to postdoc Rachel Short…
..for publishing the a really interesting paper evaluating the performance of ecometric methods. Check it out here. Abstract: Ecometrics is the study of community‐level functional trait–environment relationships. We use ecometric analyses to estimate paleoenvironment and to investigate community‐level functional changes through time. We evaluate four methods that have been used or have the potential...
What does a changing climate mean for GA’s ecosystems?
Jenny participated one of the Georgia Climate Project’s monthly webinars, entitled “What does changing climate mean for Georgia’s ecosystem.” She spoke about the implications of changing climates for the ranges and compositions of species and ecosystems as well as the implications and challenges for conservation in Georgia. Watch it here!...
SEPL’s Antiracism Statement
In an ongoing effort to combat racism and improve diversity in our field, SEPL has crafted a new antiracism statement. You can find this permanently stated in the sidebar of our home page, as well: As a lab, SEPL is committed to the cause of anti-racism and promoting equity in our everyday lives and...
Ecosystems and Climate Panel
Jenny mediated a discussion about ecosystems and climate for the Global Climate Action Symposium. The panel included global experts: * Jennifer Marlon, Yale University * Shyla Raghav, Conservation International * Joel Kostka, Georgia Institute of Technology * Jérôme Gaillardet, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris Watch it here!...
African Herbivore Biodiversity Change Over Time
Danny gave a lightning talk at the GT’s Global Change Action Symposium. Watch it here!...
GPB: The Age of Nature
Georgia Public Broadcasting did an exclusive preview of a new documentary series, “The Age of Nature,” that explores humanity’s relationship with nature and wildlife as scientists from all over the world examine ways we can restore our planet. Guests were treated to excerpts from each of the three episodes, followed by an in-depth conversation...
Ben & Danny are now PhD Candidates
Congratulations to Danny Lauer and Ben Shipley who recently passed their qualifying exams and are now officially PhD Candidates! Ben is a second year graduate student in Biological Sciences studying the causes of endemism. Danny is a second year graduate student in the Quantitative Biosciences Program studying the implications of functional diversity for maintaining...