The Evolution &
​Eco-Physiology of Wetlands Lab
​
Department of Integrative Biology
​University of Colorado Denver
The EEW Lab studies constraints on evolution & eco-physiology using wetland animals

EEW Lab News

2023

August
  • Led by friend-of-the-lab James Stroud, Mike co-authors paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences about fluctuating selection and the paradox of stasis. Details to follow!
  • Paper about metabolic constraints on elevational range shifts accepted to Nature Climate Change with superb post-bacc Jesse Shaich and friend of the lab James Stroud. 

July
June
May
  • Mike has collaborative review on adaptation to climate change accepted to WIREs Climate Change with Ryan Martin, Carmen da Silva, and Sarah Diamond 

April
  • Mike has paper on larval fitness costs and adult ornamentation accepted to Biology Letters
  • Paper on relative wing size and elevation gradients accepted to Journal of Animal Ecology (with amazing CU Denver undergrad Faiza Khan!)
  • Seed grant funded to begin studying physiological adaptation to high elevations in dragonflies

March
  • ​Mike talks to nationally syndicated NPR show "Living on Earth" about research into climate change and animal mating

January 
  • Amazing CU Denver undergrad Faiza Khan gets accepted to Dental school. Way to go Faiza!!!
  • Sarah Nalley joins the lab as its first Ph.D. Student! 
  • Rockstar WashU undergrad Kaitlyn Hersch has her honor's thesis accepted to Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 


2022

November