Requisition Number: JR10003786 Remote Type: On Site Location: Madison, Wisconsin Category: Faculty Time Type: Full time Application Period Opens: Sep. 15, 2025 Job Category: Faculty Employment Type: Regular Job Profile: Assistant Professor Job Summary: The Department of Integrative Biology, along with …
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Job Posting: Assistant Professor of Aquatic Ecology (RISE EARTH)
Requisition Number: JR10003792 Remote Type: On Site Location: Madison, Wisconsin Category: Faculty Time Type: Full time Application Period Opens: Sep. 21, 2025 Job Category: Faculty Employment Type: Regular Job Profile: Assistant Professor Job Summary: The Departments of Integrative Biology and Botany …
Anthony Ives, Ph.D. Awarded UW–Madison Steenbock Professorship
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 …
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 …
Assistant Professor David Ehrlich was a receipient of the 2025 Thesis Advising Award recognizing faculty excellence
On April 11, 2025, the Honors Program hosted the 2025 Senior Honors Thesis Symposium—a hallmark event recognizing the culmination of years of research by undergraduate Honors scholars at UW–Madison. Held at Union South, the day-long …
Meet the winners of the 2025 Hilldale Awards
Congrats to Emily Stanley, a faculty member in our department, for being one of this year’s Hilldale Award winners. Read the full article here.
In Pursuit of Mudpuppies
Undergrad Mason Polencheck searches lakes and streams for these reclusive, little-known salamanders, also called waterdogs. What he’s finding could reveal microbial secrets and new ways to protect struggling amphibians across the globe. Read the full …