Clinic combines law and science to protect land
Dec 2024
The Odum School partnered with the School of Law to create UGA’s Land Conservation Clinic, which takes a cross-disciplinary approach to land conservation.
Predicting pandemics with Pejman Rohani
Dec 2024
Ecology’s Pej Rohani and CEID colleagues are helping to develop computational models for forecasting the spread of influenza, which annually causes half a million deaths worldwide.
The hidden disease risks of modern housing development in rural Africa
Nov 2024
Before she joined the Odum School, assistant professor Tamika Lunn conducted research on where bats in Kenya prefer to roost. The results were published in the latest issue of Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.
The monarch butterfly may not be endangered, but its migration is
Oct 2024
Breeding population of monarchs is stable, but they’re dying off on their way to Mexico With vigorous debate surrounding the health of the monarch butterfly, new research from the University
1999 — The Visionary: Beth Shapiro
Sep 2024
Ecology alumna Beth Shapiro (BS/MS ’99), author of the 2015 book How to clone a mammoth: The science of de-extinction, is profiled in an alumni spotlight.
Machine learning may lead to better flu vaccines
Aug 2024
Alpha Forna, a postdoc in the Drake and Rohani labs, developed a system that uses machine learning to predict how a seasonal flu virus is expected to evolve—with nearly 73% accuracy.
Working at the intersection of policy and research with Brian Watts, BS ’11
Aug 2024
Brian Watts (BS ’11) had started his career at an accounting firm when he realized that “a lot of environmental research doesn’t go anywhere, or doesn’t seem to get enacted upon.” He decided to move into policy and now works for The Pew Charitable Trusts.
ESA conference features Odum School faculty, alumni, students
Aug 2024
This year’s Ecological Society of America’s Annual Conference will feature a number of speakers from the Odum School of Ecology, as well as speakers affiliated with other UGA schools and colleges.
Cummins explores the effects of temperature gradients on freshwater ecosystems in the Southeast
Jun 2024
For her dissertation, Carolyn Cummins (PhD ’24) investigated how temperature affects leaf litter breakdown, carbon cycling and insect physiology in freshwater ecosystems—work that is becoming more important as climate change impacts water systems globally.
Carver augments UGA’s network in disease ecology
Jun 2024
Ecology professor Scott Carver is probably best known for his work explaining why wombat poo is square (which won him a 2019 Ig Nobel Prize). Since arriving in January, he’s been working to apply his expertise in new areas while leveraging UGA’s significant resources in disease ecology.