Congrats to former SEPL Undergrad Jadyn Sethna
Congratulations to former SEPL undergrad Jadyn Sethna, who received an NSF GRFP! This is a fantastic accomplishment & will allow her a lot of flexibility in her graduate research at UNC!...
Open Postdoc Position
The Spatial Ecology & Paleontology Lab at Georgia Tech would like to invite applicants for a postdoctoral position to facilitate research on the NSF CAREER grant, “Do species track climate? Using paleoecology to disentangle niche dynamics.” This postdoctoral research associate would join a vibrant team of researchers who integrate modern, historical, and paleontological records...
SEPL has moved!!
In January, renovations were finally completed on SEPL’s new office and lab spaces. SEPL has officially moved to the Ford ES&T Building, which is populated by ecologists and geologists. It’s a nice home for our program. We are really pleased with our lab renovations. We now have a “clean” space for imaging and computational...
Congrats to PhD Candidate Julia Schap!!
A huge congratulations to Julia, who passed her qualifying exams today to become a PhD Candidate! Her proposal is super ambitious and exciting!!...
Congratulations to postdoc Yue Wang…
… who published her final dissertation chapter this week! Read her paper, entitled “Caught in a bottleneck: habitat loss for woolly mammoths in central North America and the ice-free corridor during the last deglaciation“. Find more information on our Publications page....
New TNC Paper
Jenny contributed to a really interesting paper in One Earth, led by the Nature Conservancy, entitled “Lower cost and more feasible options to restore forest cover in the contiguous United States for climate mitigation”. Check it out here. This publication is linked with a set of maps, which can be found here. The citation...
Congratulations to postdoc Rachel Short…
..for publishing the a really interesting paper evaluating the performance of ecometric methods. Check it out here. Abstract: Ecometrics is the study of community‐level functional trait–environment relationships. We use ecometric analyses to estimate paleoenvironment and to investigate community‐level functional changes through time. We evaluate four methods that have been used or have the potential...
What does a changing climate mean for GA’s ecosystems?
Jenny participated one of the Georgia Climate Project’s monthly webinars, entitled “What does changing climate mean for Georgia’s ecosystem.” She spoke about the implications of changing climates for the ranges and compositions of species and ecosystems as well as the implications and challenges for conservation in Georgia. Watch it here!...
SEPL’s Antiracism Statement
In an ongoing effort to combat racism and improve diversity in our field, SEPL has crafted a new antiracism statement. You can find this permanently stated in the sidebar of our home page, as well: As a lab, SEPL is committed to the cause of anti-racism and promoting equity in our everyday lives and...
Ecosystems and Climate Panel
Jenny mediated a discussion about ecosystems and climate for the Global Climate Action Symposium. The panel included global experts: * Jennifer Marlon, Yale University * Shyla Raghav, Conservation International * Joel Kostka, Georgia Institute of Technology * Jérôme Gaillardet, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris Watch it here!...