Fates of populations in modified habitats
Wild populations are facing unprecedented global change. We study the nature of this change through the lenses of ecology, evolution, and conservation. In particular, we ask whether populations experiencing environmental change are adapting or becoming maladapted. Our work is guided by an overarching goal of developing understanding of the fate of natural systems influenced by human activities.
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Lab news
2020
Congratulations to Mia for winning our Department's Edward Jenner Book Award for Excellence in Cell and Molecular Biology!
Congratulations to Mia for winning our Department's Edward Jenner Book Award for Excellence in Cell and Molecular Biology!
Summer / Fall 2019
Co-PI Gaboury Benoit (Yale FES) and I received a USGS 104b / CT Institute for Water Resources grant to study road salt pollution dynamics in vernal pools and BMP ponds. Very excited to launch this new project!
Richard received the Undergraduate Research Award to study voltage gradient effects on tadpole development. Congrats Richard!
Mia won an award to attend the annual Evolution meeting. Richard received an award from Microsoft to participate in a workshop and hackathon on our urban biodiversity project. Faruk received an SCSU travel award to present his work the Genetic Society of America meeting. Great work to these students!
Co-PI Gaboury Benoit (Yale FES) and I received a USGS 104b / CT Institute for Water Resources grant to study road salt pollution dynamics in vernal pools and BMP ponds. Very excited to launch this new project!
Richard received the Undergraduate Research Award to study voltage gradient effects on tadpole development. Congrats Richard!
Mia won an award to attend the annual Evolution meeting. Richard received an award from Microsoft to participate in a workshop and hackathon on our urban biodiversity project. Faruk received an SCSU travel award to present his work the Genetic Society of America meeting. Great work to these students!
Our QCBS/CIEE working group special issues on maladaptation are now out in Evolutionary Applications and The American Naturalist.
Spring 2019
Congratulations to Lauren, Richard, and Mia for receiving Elm City Innovation fellowships to support their research projects!
Congratulations to Joe, Alina, Faruk, Silvia, and Tracy on their summer REU support from Dartmouth College!
Congratulations to Mary for defending her thesis!
Fall 2018
Spring 2019
Congratulations to Lauren, Richard, and Mia for receiving Elm City Innovation fellowships to support their research projects!
Congratulations to Joe, Alina, Faruk, Silvia, and Tracy on their summer REU support from Dartmouth College!
Congratulations to Mary for defending her thesis!
Fall 2018
Lauren Frymus joins the lab as a new master's student, and just received a GSGA Fellowship to boot. Welcome and congratulations, Lauren!
Spring 2018
Road salt research led by undergrads Lauren Frymus and Faruk Senturk featured on the front page of the New Haven Register. Congrats Lauren and Faruk!
Faruk Senturk was awarded the SCSU Undergraduate Research Grant to study the physiology of (mal)adaptive responses to road salt pollution. Congratulations Faruk!
Check out our new special issue about evolutionary toxicology published in Evolutionary Applications
See Jason Daley's insightful story about our research on roads and evolution.
Hear Patrick Skahill's public radio piece about our work on roads and evolution.
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See story in Quartz about our recent paper on road-induced evolution. 
March 2017
Read Mary Bates' PLOS BLOGS coverage of our Frontiers paper. 
Our work on road evolution featured in Mongabay.
Our paper on the need for evolutionary perspectives in road ecology is featured on the cover of Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.
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