PLANT, ALGAL AND MICROBIAL ECOPHYSIOLOGY LAB –

aquatic microbial community functional diversity and biogeochemical nutrient cycling

NEWS:

September 2025 – Welcome to Elizabeth, who will be working on MS research about nutrient cycling in pitcher plant micro-ecosystems!

August 2025 – Congratulations to Temi for defending her MS Thesis, with a presentation, Silicon Use by Phytoplankton: Comparisons between Freshwater and Marine Synechococcus and a Freshwater Diatom.

July 2025. Erica presented a poster on pitcher plant nectar production, at the ASPB meeting in Milwaukee.

June 2025. Temi presented her MS research at the IAGLR meeting in Milwaukee.

June 2025. Welcome to undergraduate researcher Haylee Jones, who will be learning about phloem sap sugar and amino acid content and working on a collaborative project with Drew Little and Leila Goodrum in the Rodriguez lab over the summer.

Pitcher plant microbiome functions – see recent article in UWM L&S InFocus newsletter.

November 2024 – Emmanuel and Temi present their research at Riveredge Symposium, and win first and third in graduate poster awards. Well Done!

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