Biodiversity Blog
From the ground up: exploring biodiversity in your backyard
April is here, and we invite you to join the monthly Science Under the Stars event on April 11th as we explore the beauty and importance of Central Texas Biodiversity. Sarah Ortiz, Stengl-Wyer Fellow and PhD candidate from the Department of Integrative Biology, will talk about why biodiversity at the local levels matters, how we are studying b...
Talk with Dr. Lina Valencia
Dr. Lina M Valencia is the Andean Countries Coordinator at Re:wild, an international non-profit organization whose mission is to protect and restore biodiversity. Dr. Valencia is a researcher and conservationist with more than fifteen years of experience who focuses on expanding Re:wild's program in the Tropical Andes by developing collaborative, i...
Meet Stengl-Wyer Scholar: Priscila Albuquerque de Moura
Priscila Albuquerque de Moura is one of our 2023 Stengl-Wyer Scholars. Priscila is a biologist particularly interested in integrating behavioral ecology and neurosciences to help understand the spatial dynamics of neotropical butterflies. She conducted her doctoral research at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte in Brazil, where she used a ...
History of UT Botany, Part 5: Beryl Simpson
This article originally appeared as part of the Department of Integrative Biology History Project. Beryl Simpson, Professor Emerita in Integrative Biology, is a phylogeneticist and biogeographer with most of her work focusing on South American plants. She was born on April 28, 1942 in Dallas, Texas, but spent only six months in the state before mov...
