Dr. Behm presents research at Urban Futures Conference
On Tuesday, Dr. Behm presented research at the “Urban Futures: Green, Sustainable, Just?” conference at Temple. She participated in a session on social and ecological…
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Four new undergrads join iEcoLab
iEcoLab is getting bigger! We have four new undergraduates joining us this semester: Alexa Gordon is a junior premed biology with teaching major, Adam Kurzrok…
New tetrapod diversity paper in Proceedings of the Royal Society B
Drs. Behm and Helmus have a new paper out in Proceedings of the Royal Society B titled “Evolutionary time drives global tetrapod diversity.” Led…
New book chapter out in Encyclopedia of the Anthropocene
Drs. Behm and Helmus have a new book chapter out in the Encyclopedia of the Anthropocene. The chapter, ‘Anthropocene: Island Biogeography,’ discusses species distributions on…
Undergrads go to Belize
Part of our lab spent the past ten days escaping the cold of Philadelphia! Camille, Dan, and Lahari recently traveled to Belize as part…
Winner from Biodiversity and Sustainability project chosen!
Earlier this year, we sent out a survey to Temple undergraduates about their buying habits in relation to sustainability and biodiversity. The data from this…
iEco celebrates end of fall semester!
Last week, the iEcoLab celebrated the end of fall semester and the holiday season. A delicious dinner and desserts were prepared by the PIs,…
Nick gives rotation presentation to department
Yesterday, Nick presented his research on Leiocephalusa genus of threatened island lizards. His talk, “Large species have already been lost: Past extinctions do not predict…
Dan awarded Diamond Peer Teachers Grant
Dan was awarded a grant through Temple’s Diamond Peer Teacher Program for the spring 2018 semester. This competitive program gives undergraduates an opportunity to gain valuable…
Dan presents research at Temple Community Garden
Last week, Temple Community Garden had a talk on beneficial insects and garden pests. Dan presented the research he has been doing in the iEcoLab…