NBC Interview of Dr. Helmus about spotted lanternfly
Dr. Helmus was interviewed this week by the local Philadelphia news at WCAU NBC 10. The story focused on Philadelphians seeing a lot more spotted…
3 new iEcoLab Publications
iEcoLab has recently had three short publications, one of which was led by an undergraduate researcher with Dr. Behm. Dr. Helmus has co-developed several widely…
PhD Position in Quantitative Invasion Biology
A Ph.D. Graduate student position with Dr. Matthew Helmus is available at Temple University’s Center for Biodiversity for Fall 2020. Dr. Helmus jointly runs the…
Ticks and You
iEcoLab graduate student Payton Phillips has spent the 2019 summer sampling the forest fragments of southeastern Pennsylvania for mammals and ticks. She is researching how…
Dr. Helmus presents at USDA
Dr. Helmus presented the iEcoLab’s work on predicting the spread and impacts of the spotted lanternfly planthopper to the USDA at the Center for Plant…
Postdoc available in quantitative ecology and invasive species
The integrative ecology lab at Temple University is seeking creative applicants for a postdoctoral researcher to collaborate on the analyses of large existing ecological…
Where are all the birds?
Urbanization is transforming the face of the earth, where natural habitat is converted to habitat dominated by human activities. How does biodiversity respond to such…
iEcoLab Loves Duct Tape!
The Summer is here in the iEcoLab and our crews are heading out to research the ecology of Philadelphia and the surrounding area. This summer…
Just count species, you will get the rest of biodiversity
OK so we picked a lizard to highlight in this post because it is adorable. This one is the Turnip-Tailed Gecko (Thecadactylus rapicauda) that we…
Spring is here! Time for iEcoLab to do some News cleaning.
Yes! Spring is finally here. The birds are singing, the windows are open, and spotted lanternfly will be soon emerging from their eggs. It has…