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…
Lahari presents research at URP symposium
Last Friday, Lahari presented her research at the Undergraduate Research Program Symposium. Her poster, “Do socially conscious companies care about biodiversity?: A text mining analysis,”…
iEco Lab goes Exotic
The PIs of the iEco Lab attended the 2017 3rd quarterly meeting of the Governor’s Invasive Species Council of Pennsylvania. There, they spoke to stakeholders and…
Tom Thomas joins iEcoLab
iEcoLab has grown by one! This week, Tom Thomas joins the lab as a URP student. Tom is a senior at Temple studying biology on…