Landscape Ecology of Insects
The Gratton lab group is hiring field assistants for 2-3 different projects. Please follow application instructions at the bottom of each position summary—if you are interested in all projects, please apply separately to each contact person. 1. Field Assistants: Prairie Grassland Ecology Our bioenergy group is hiring motivated research assistants to work in prairie grasslands. …
Amanda joined the Gratton lab (co-advised by Tony Ives) in September and will be working on a project trying to understand what causes the impressive population cycles of midges in Lake Myvatn, Iceland. Here is more about Amanda who recently completed her Masters from Loyola University Chicago. Welcome Amanda! Where are you originally from? Crown Point, IN What …
In January, Amy Wray joined the Gratton lab to work on a multi-disciplinary study examining the agro-ecological consequences of White Nose Syndrome (WNS) on bats in Wisconsin. In partnership with the Peery Lab and the Wisconsin DNR, this project will include acoustic monitoring of bat activity, next-generation sequencing of bat guano collected by citizen scientists, …
Hard work by lab post-doc Christina Locke has paid off – the State of Wisconsin Pollinator Protection is complete! This collaborative effort, spearheaded by DATCP and the Gratton lab (Christina and Claudio), suggests best practices for managing for pollinators across the state of Wisconsin. See the Universtiy of Wisconsin feature on this plan, here!
We had a little fun during our lab meeting this week – take a look at our insect-clad gingerbread house!