Linh Anh appointed to AAUW’s National Student Advisory Council

Congratulations to Linh Anh Cat, who was selected to serve on the prestigious National Student Advisory Council for the American Association of University Women! Through this position, she will be serving as an AAUW ambassador on campus, advise AAUW staff, and help lead gender equality projects on campus. Linh Anh is a third year PhD student in…Continue Reading Linh Anh appointed to AAUW’s National Student Advisory Council

Adriana’s meta-analysis of warming experiments published in Soil Biol Biochem

Adriana Romero-Olivares has published her second dissertation chapter: Romero-Olivares, A. L., S. D. Allison, and K. K. Treseder. 2017. Soil microbes and their response to experimental warming over time: a meta-analysis of field studies. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 107: 32-40. In it, she documents long-term trends in soil respiration under global warming. She found that, across…Continue Reading Adriana’s meta-analysis of warming experiments published in Soil Biol Biochem

Meetings: Ecological Society of America and Mycological Society of America

Here’s the schedule of talks and posters from Treseder Lab: Mycological Society of America Adriana Romero-Olivares: Poster 42, Tuesday Aug 9 at 3:30-6:00 pm “Exploring Neurospora discreta‘s ability to decompose organic carbon under global warming”, with co-authors John Taylor and Kathleen Treseder Ecological Society of America   Kathleen Treseder: Wednesday Aug 10 at 2:00 pm…Continue Reading Meetings: Ecological Society of America and Mycological Society of America

Marko Spasojevic starts his Assistant Professorship at UC Riverside

Marko Spasojevic is now an Asst. Professor in the Dept. of Biology at UC Riverside. Marko is an alum of our PhD program, with Katie Suding as his primary PhD advisor. He transferred to Treseder Lab for his last year, after Katie moved to Berkeley. Marko studies plant community ecology, with an emphasis on the role…Continue Reading Marko Spasojevic starts his Assistant Professorship at UC Riverside

Preparing for field work travel: A checklist

Traveling for field work is common in the fields of ecology, physiology, and evolutionary biology. Surveys indicate that sexual harassment or assault is a significant risk during field work-related travel, especially for women and students (Clancy et al 2014). To reduce this risk as much as possible, this website informs researchers of their rights and responsibilities during…Continue Reading Preparing for field work travel: A checklist

Resources available for responding to sexual assault or harassment during field work travel

Sexual violence is defined as sexual acts without consent. It includes rape, sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence, and stalking. Sexual acts are without consent if the victim: does not make an affirmative, unambiguous, and conscious decision to engage in sexual activity; is coerced, forced, threatened, or intimidated; is under age 18; or is incapacitated…Continue Reading Resources available for responding to sexual assault or harassment during field work travel