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Curator Kelly Matsunaga receives NSF Career Award
Assistant curator of paleobotany at the Biodiversity Institute and Thomas N. Taylor assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, Kelly Matsunaga, has been awarded a CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation. The CAREER is a 5-year grant. Total award amount is $946,323. The project will investigate how the widespread and ancient group of plants known as conifers (examples: pines, junipers, redwoods) evolved over the last 300 million years in response to a changing planet. "We will integrate information from living species and the extensive fossil record of the group to…
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RESEARCHERS PLAN CENTER TO TRACK MAMMAL PATHOGENS IN THE WILD TO WARN OF COMING PANDEMICS
KU ecology & evolutionary biology researchers are helping build an international, multidisciplinary center to support pandemic prediction and prevention. The Pathogen Informatics Center for Analysis, Networking, Translation & Education (PICANTE) will link real-time monitoring of wildlife…
DONORS GIVE MORE THAN $3.2M IN 24 HOURS ON SIXTH ANNUAL ONE DAY. ONE KU.
A chill may have filled the air in Lawrence on Feb. 16, but the warm spirit of Jayhawks worldwide made the sixth annual One Day. One KU. giving day an inspiring success. The 24-hour event raised a total of $3,219,345 from 4,740 gifts. These gifts will support people, programs and initiatives across…
A FOSSIL FRUIT FROM CALIFORNIA SHOWS ANCESTORS OF COFFEE AND POTATOES SURVIVED CATACLYSM THAT KILLED THE DINOSAURS
The discovery of an 80-million-year-old fossil plant pushes back the known origins of lamiids to the Cretaceous, extending the record of nearly 40,000 species of flowering plants, including modern-day staple crops. According to Brian Atkinson, assistant professor of ecology & evolutionary…
THREE KU PROFESSORS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY NAMED AAAS FELLOWS
LAWRENCE — Three University of Kansas professors have been elected as 2022 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) fellows, a distinct honor within the scientific community.
This year’s fellows include: Maria Orive, professor of ecology & evolutionary biology and associate…
EXPERTS IN ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE, GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR AND SOCIAL SYSTEMS RECEIVE KU RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas researchers increasing understanding of child welfare, geology and ecology have received this year’s Steven F. Warren Research Achievement Award and the KU Research Staff & Postdoctoral Achievement Awards. The annual awards recognize outstanding unclassified…
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) opportunity in Summer 2023
The Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Kansas Biological Survey are recruiting students to participate in Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) opportunity in Summer 2023. The REU opportunities are part of the New Roots for Restoration Biology Integration Institute, a…
KU awarded grant to assist in bringing equity and excellence to introductory science classes
An interdisciplinary team of professors at the University of Kansas has received a $529,500 grant to improve student success and reduce achievement gaps in undergraduate science education. The KU initiative, which began in November, is being led by Andrea Follmer (Greenhoot), a professor of…
Mark Mort receives 2022 Chancellors Club Teaching Professorship
KU Endowment has announced that Mark Mort, professor of ecology & evolutionary biology, is a recipient of the 2022 Chancellors Club Teaching Professorship. Mort will receive a $10,000 honorarium for each of the next five years. Mort’s research involves using DNA sequence data to estimate…
CBS Saturday Morning sits down with Chip Taylor, Director of Monarch Watch
Watch Chip Taylor in this clip from CBS Saturday morning, as he discusses Monarch Watch and its growth from a research enterprise, to an outreach and educational organization, and finally a conservation organization. Taylor is the founder and Director of Monarch Watch at the University of Kansas…
#KUFieldWorks: Studying microbes to understand possibility of life on other planets
A team of KU researchers led by Ben Sikes, associate professor of ecology & evolutionary biology, is studying microscopic organisms in extreme environments to see if life is possible beyond Earth. The team’s primary research question is whether microbial communities adapted to extreme…