iEcoLab goes to West Laurel Hill Cemetery!
On Friday, July 19th, the iEcoLab team visited West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, PA, to collect arthropod samples and conduct bird point counts.…
Year: 2024
iEcoLab Welcomes New Lab Managers – Both Named Hannah!
This summer, the iEcoLab hired two new lab managers/research assistants to oversee daily operations and help conduct research. Coincidentally, both new lab managers are named…
Isabella Pursues Her Master’s Degree!
It is a bittersweet day at the iEcoLab, as Isabella Smith, who has been a member of the lab since 2021, leaves to pursue a…
New Insights on Non-Native Herpetofauna in the Carribean
Last week, the iEcoLab published a new paper titled “Non-native herpetofauna of Aruba island (Caribbean): patterns and insights.” The paper was authored by Gianna Busala,…
Payton Successfully Defends Her PhD Dissertation
On Monday, Payton Phillips successfully defended her doctoral thesis titled “Understanding the influence of anthropogenic habitat modification on urban animals: case studies of Caribbean lizards…
Applied Math Collaborators featured in SIAM News
Dr. Benjamin Seibold (left) and Jacob Woods (right) examining rose bushes on Temple’s campus for SLF iEcoLab’s collaborators at the Temple University Mathematics Department were…
Sam Defends His Master’s Thesis
Congratulations to iEcoLab’s Sam Owens who successfully defended his Master’s thesis titled “Multiscale Modeling of the Spotted Lanternfly Lycorma delicatula (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae) Reveals Enduring Risk…
Urban Development Effects Lizard Dispersal
Payton Phillips and iEcoLab members and collaborators made the cover of Diversity and Distributions with their article titled “Dispersal restriction and facilitation in species with…
Dr. Helmus Receives Tenure
Congratulations to Dr. Matthew Helmus, who has officially received tenure at Temple University! Since starting at Temple, he has strengthened his research on the island…
SLF are hatching in Philadelphia
On Friday, April 26th iEcoLab recorded the first spotted lanternfly egg hatch for the 2024 season! Research has shown that the timing of SLF egg…