The Evolution &
​Eco-Physiology of Wetlands Lab
​
Department of Integrative Biology
​University of Colorado Denver
The EEW Lab studies the evolution & eco-physiology of wetland animals (and other critters). 

EEW Lab News

2024

October
  • Paper about the correlated evolution of ornamentation and thermal tolerance is published in special issue of Frontiers in Ethology about sexual selection and compensation. Led by friend-of-the-lab Noah Leith!


September
  • PhD student Sarah Nalley's natural history note about mating behavior after a wildfire published in Southwestern Naturalist!

August
  • The lab is excited to welcome to new graduate student Martha Young!!!
  • Paper accepted about the correlated evolution of ornamentation and thermal tolerance in Frontiers in Ethology. Led by friend-of-the-lab Noah Leith. More details soon!

July
  • Mike talks about climate change and insect coloration for the Guardian
  • Mike talks at the University of Colorado's Mountain Research Station about the lab's work on dragonfly mating and ecological limits

June
  • PhD student Sarah Nalley has her first first-author manuscript accepted for publication in The Southwestern Naturalist! Stay tuned for details. 

May
  • PhD student Sarah passes her preliminary exams!!
  • Paper on dragonflies' vulnerability to anthropogenic threats accepted to Ecology Letters. More details soon.

April
March
  • Great article about our recent PNAS study on mating, niche expansion, and climate change in ScienceNews
  • Our recent PNAS study on mating niche expansion and climate change was selected as one of the issue's highlighted articles
  • ​Congrats to rockstar undergrad Dalal Hamadah for being accepted to medical school at Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Science!!! Way to go Dalal!

February
  • Sarah Nalley wins the graduate student poster competition at the 2024 Front Range Ecology Symposium!!!
  • Lab is excited to announce that Dr. Allison Pierce has joined as our new postdoc!!

January