Grad student opportunity
Potential opportunity for graduate study in the lab to work on Bats, white-nose syndrome and insect pests in Wisconsin agriculture. See the official listing in the Opportunities page.
Landscape Ecology of Insects
Potential opportunity for graduate study in the lab to work on Bats, white-nose syndrome and insect pests in Wisconsin agriculture. See the official listing in the Opportunities page.
By Emily Conover of the Journal Sentinel Cranberries are blooming this month in Wisconsin — each delicate blossom awaiting a visit from a bee to pollinate it before the plants can produce their famously tart, red berries. To ensure the flowers are pollinated, cranberry farmers need bees — lots of bees. Farmers typically hire beekeepers …
One of the many challenges that scientists face is the ability to talk science to non-scientists. As graduate students and postdocs, we are trained to speak the language of science to our colleagues, peers, and students, but rarely does this training extend to the general public. Recently, Jane Lubchenco (marine ecologist, distinguished Professor of Zoology …
Check out this story by Krista Eastman about bioenergy fieldwork in the Gratton lab! Fieldwork Season Nets Insects, Explores Bioenergy Crop Impacts-By Krista Eastman On a lightly overcast morning in early June, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) and UW–Madison entomologist Claudio Gratton’s team of researchers and technicians file into a passenger van and …
Kiley Friedrich has been with the Gratton lab for over a year now, working on projects with Rachel, Emma, Tania, and Brian. This fall she starts her MS in Agroecology/Entomology and will be working on pollinators and biofuels. Kaitlin recently chatted Kiley up about her background and hopes for her degree. Where did you grow …