At this year’s annual potluck we welcomed two new postdocs to the lab.
Sandara Brasil-Peixoto is an ecologist interested in how climate and anthropogenic changes, such as urban expansion and desertification, impact wild bee populations. Her current research aims to understand how urban environmental stressors impact bee morphological traits and how we can use this knowledge to integrate bee conservation efforts with urban planning.
Alison Ochs is an ecologist studying the effects of roads on wildlife. For her postdoctoral work, she aims to estimate the total number of vertebrate animals killed annually on roads worldwide. At the same time she is working on projects to examine the effects of roads on the movement and dispersal capability of terrestrial salamanders.
