Fates of populations in modified habitats
Wild populations are facing unprecedented global change. We study the nature of this change through the lenses of ecology, evolution, and conservation. In particular, we ask whether populations experiencing environmental change are adapting or becoming maladapted. Our work is guided by an overarching goal of developing understanding of the fate of natural systems influenced by human activities.
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Lab news
2024
A huge lab paper out in Chemosphere! So many congratulations are in order. Lauren Conner spearheaded the work, joined by a team of so many undergrads. Well done all! That's how we do it! Take a look here.
2022
Cool Research Highlight in Nature Ecology and Evolution by Simon Harold describing our findings on "salt-stressed frogs".
Great story here about salty, bloaty frogs by Joshua Rapp at The Wildlife Society.
NBC featured our work about bloated frogs on the nightly news. Check out the segment here.
Check out this great story in the New Haven Register by Pam McLoughlin covering our work on the patterns of bloating (or severe edema) found in adult wood frogs that breed in ponds polluted with road salt.
A huge lab paper out in Chemosphere! So many congratulations are in order. Lauren Conner spearheaded the work, joined by a team of so many undergrads. Well done all! That's how we do it! Take a look here.
2022
Cool Research Highlight in Nature Ecology and Evolution by Simon Harold describing our findings on "salt-stressed frogs".
Great story here about salty, bloaty frogs by Joshua Rapp at The Wildlife Society.
NBC featured our work about bloated frogs on the nightly news. Check out the segment here.
Check out this great story in the New Haven Register by Pam McLoughlin covering our work on the patterns of bloating (or severe edema) found in adult wood frogs that breed in ponds polluted with road salt.
2021
More undergrad-led research published: congratulations to Mia for her paper showing that road salt is more toxic to roadside populations of wood frogs, in Environmental Pollution!
Undergrad-led research by Richard published in Environmental Pollution! Exciting SEM work showing how road salt modifies tadpole gill morphology.
Richard received Honorable Mention on his NSF GRFP proposal -- congrats on the excellent work, Richard!
Mason wins second place in the Connecticut Science and Engineering Fair for his work using AI to analyze tadpole movement. Way to go Mason!
Congratulations to Jessie, who will be heading down the road to the Yale School of the Environment this fall to start the M.E.Sc. program! Such exciting news for Jessie - we're all so happy for you, Jessie!
Congratulations to Richard who will be starting up in the Ecology PhD program at UC Davis in fall 2021! We're all thrilled for him and excited to see the work ahead.
Congratulations to Mason for winning 2nd at the CT STEM Science Fair! And on his early admission to Brown University, where he'll be heading come fall. Way to go, Mason!
More undergrad-led research published: congratulations to Mia for her paper showing that road salt is more toxic to roadside populations of wood frogs, in Environmental Pollution!
Undergrad-led research by Richard published in Environmental Pollution! Exciting SEM work showing how road salt modifies tadpole gill morphology.
Richard received Honorable Mention on his NSF GRFP proposal -- congrats on the excellent work, Richard!
Mason wins second place in the Connecticut Science and Engineering Fair for his work using AI to analyze tadpole movement. Way to go Mason!
Congratulations to Jessie, who will be heading down the road to the Yale School of the Environment this fall to start the M.E.Sc. program! Such exciting news for Jessie - we're all so happy for you, Jessie!
Congratulations to Richard who will be starting up in the Ecology PhD program at UC Davis in fall 2021! We're all thrilled for him and excited to see the work ahead.
Congratulations to Mason for winning 2nd at the CT STEM Science Fair! And on his early admission to Brown University, where he'll be heading come fall. Way to go, Mason!
2020
Congratulations to Jessie and Jason for receiving fellowships through the Elm City Initiative Collaborative to further their research on the urban impacts of light pollution and roadside salt pollution.
Congratulations to Mia for being awarded a summer fellowship through IAF
Faruk received a fellowship with iGEM for the summer. Congratulations Faruk!
Steve is honored and deeply grateful to receive the Joan Finn Jr Research Sabbatical award and the Board of Regents Research Award, and is looking forward to the research time ahead
Congratulations to Mia for winning our Department's Book Award!
Congratulations to Jessie and Jason for receiving fellowships through the Elm City Initiative Collaborative to further their research on the urban impacts of light pollution and roadside salt pollution.
Congratulations to Mia for being awarded a summer fellowship through IAF
Faruk received a fellowship with iGEM for the summer. Congratulations Faruk!
Steve is honored and deeply grateful to receive the Joan Finn Jr Research Sabbatical award and the Board of Regents Research Award, and is looking forward to the research time ahead
Congratulations to Mia for winning our Department's Book Award!
2019
Co-PI Gaboury Benoit (Yale FES) and I received a USGS 104b / CT Institute for Water Resources grant to study road salt pollution dynamics in vernal pools and BMP ponds. Very excited to launch this new project!
Richard received the Undergraduate Research Award to study voltage gradient effects on tadpole development. Congrats Richard!
Mia won an award to attend the annual Evolution meeting. Richard received an award from Microsoft to participate in a workshop and hackathon on our urban biodiversity project. Faruk received an SCSU travel award to present his work the Genetic Society of America meeting. Great work to these students!
Co-PI Gaboury Benoit (Yale FES) and I received a USGS 104b / CT Institute for Water Resources grant to study road salt pollution dynamics in vernal pools and BMP ponds. Very excited to launch this new project!
Richard received the Undergraduate Research Award to study voltage gradient effects on tadpole development. Congrats Richard!
Mia won an award to attend the annual Evolution meeting. Richard received an award from Microsoft to participate in a workshop and hackathon on our urban biodiversity project. Faruk received an SCSU travel award to present his work the Genetic Society of America meeting. Great work to these students!
Our QCBS/CIEE working group special issues on maladaptation are now out in Evolutionary Applications and The American Naturalist.
Congratulations to Lauren, Richard, and Mia for receiving Elm City Innovation fellowships to support their research projects!
Congratulations to Joe, Alina, Faruk, Silvia, and Tracy on their summer REU support from Dartmouth College!
Congratulations to Mary for defending her thesis!
2018
Congratulations to Lauren, Richard, and Mia for receiving Elm City Innovation fellowships to support their research projects!
Congratulations to Joe, Alina, Faruk, Silvia, and Tracy on their summer REU support from Dartmouth College!
Congratulations to Mary for defending her thesis!
2018
Lauren Frymus joins the lab as a new master's student, and just received a GSGA Fellowship to boot. Welcome and congratulations, Lauren!
Road salt research led by undergrads Lauren Frymus and Faruk Senturk featured on the front page of the New Haven Register. Congrats Lauren and Faruk!
Faruk Senturk was awarded the SCSU Undergraduate Research Grant to study the physiology of (mal)adaptive responses to road salt pollution. Congratulations Faruk!
Check out our new special issue about evolutionary toxicology published in Evolutionary Applications
See Jason Daley's insightful story about our research on roads and evolution.
Hear Patrick Skahill's public radio piece about our work on roads and evolution.
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See story in Quartz about our recent paper on road-induced evolution. 
March 2017
Read Mary Bates' PLOS BLOGS coverage of our Frontiers paper. 
Our work on road evolution featured in Mongabay.
Our paper on the need for evolutionary perspectives in road ecology is featured on the cover of Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.
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