Author Archives: Peter Hanley

Bonnie Evans wins Rachel Carson Memorial Award

Posted on 29 April, 2011 by Peter Hanley

Bonnie Evans, a senior undergraduate in the Sewall Lab, has won the Rachel Carson Memorial Award from Temple University’s College of Science and Technology.  This award has been established in memory of Rachel Carson, the prominent ecologist and environmentalist, and … Continue reading →

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Bonnie Evans wins undergraduate research award

Posted on 29 April, 2011 by Peter Hanley

Bonnie Evans has earned an honorable mention in university-wide competition for the Library Prize for Undergraduate Research on Sustainability and the Environment for her research on correlates of extinction risk in lemurs.  This award has been established to recognize undergraduates … Continue reading →

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Rachel Maddaluna joins the lab

Posted on 26 December, 2010 by Peter Hanley

Third-year Environmental Science student Rachel Maddaluna has joined the lab.  Beginning in spring semester, 2011, she will work on a project examining the effects of avoided deforestation on net carbon dioxide emissions and biodiversity within tropical ecosystems.

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Bonnie Evans presents at the Undergraduate Research Symposium

Posted on 3 December, 2010 by Peter Hanley

Senior undergraduate student Bonnie Evans has presented research, entitled “Correlates of Extinction Risk in Lemurs of Madagascar,” which examined the relationships of both lemur body size and gestation length with extinction risk.  She presented the study on October 27, 2010 … Continue reading →

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Introduction to the Sewall Lab

Posted on 3 December, 2010 by Peter Hanley

In our research, we seek to (1) understand the structure and dynamics of mutualistic (mutually beneficial) interactions in ecological communities, (2) clarify how rapid human-caused environmental change is affecting these interactions and biodiversity more generally, and (3) develop viable, science-based … Continue reading →

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