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Aruni Kadawatha Publishes Paper

PhD candidate Aruni Kadawatha recently published "Edge Feathering Across Forest-Meadow Ecotones Increases Light Heterogeneity and Understory Plant Diversity": Ecotones, the transitional zones between distinct habitats, are vital for ecosystem functioning and habitat diversity. Traditional management practices frequently create abrupt boundaries, leading to stressful conditions for organisms. To address this challenge,...

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Study Abroad Feature: INDIA 2025

Lecturer Priyusha Pokala led a group of nine students to Hyderabad, India as part of her BIOL 309 - Field Studies course, where they conducted research on the following projects: Investigating the antimicrobial effects of plant extracts on multidrug-resistant bacteria. Evaluating the antimicrobial properties of green-synthesized nanoparticles against multidrug-resistant...

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