Ives, awarded the Steenbock Professorship in the Biological Sciences, is a member of the Department of Integrative Biology. He joined the faculty in 1990 as a theoretical ecologist, and his work bridges between mathematical theory …
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iBio at Work
Online, Via Zoom September 30, 2025 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Register on Zoom What can you do with a major in Molecular & Cell Biology, Neurobiology, or Zoology? Quite a lot! Learn from alumni …
Ellen Damschen Receives a Kellett Mid-Career Award
Ellen Damschen, professor of conservation biology and ecology, an ecologist and professor of integrative biology, studies what determines plant community diversity and how global change affects plant communities. She is interested in how local and …
Meet the ‘weird’ sea spider that’s mapping the evolution of eight-legged creatures
It’s not easy to look at a sea spider and see an animal so representative of its kind that it may help scientists sort out the evolution of almost everything with eight legs. But that’s …
In Their Element
When Emily Stanley says she’s knee-deep in her research, she means it literally. The professor of aquatic biology and ecology spends many of her days taking samples in Wisconsin’s rivers, streams and lakes around Madison and at the Center …
Ice-Cold Research
The wind howls loudly, and strong gusts rattle the Korean War–era Jamesway hut from side to side as cold air seeps in. Researchers dress in big red parkas and white bunny boots before bracing the piercing …