Alden Dirks presents at the Arboretum Research Symposium
The Arboretum is a valuable research site for studies in ecology, restoration, environmental engineering, social science, and public health. Every year, we celebrate research at the Arboretum by hosting presentations and posters by student researchers about their projects. This event supports the education and development of emerging scientists and serves both professionals and the public by sharing current research from dynamic fields of study.
The Research Symposium takes place every year in the middle of the Arboretum’s popular Winter Enrichment Lectures Series. Learn about this year’s series.
The 2025 Arboretum Research Symposium will be held in the Visitor Center on February 6, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public, no registration is required. Please join us to learn about recent research and support student researchers. Bring your questions!
2025 Presentations and Speakers
Talks
Panicle Hydrangeas for Pollinators
Elizabeth Braatz, PhD student, UW–Madison Department of Integrative Biology
Mapping Walnut Tree Relations at the Arboretum Border
Meg Wilson, PhD student, UW–Madison Department of Art History
Ecological Impacts of Invasive Golden Oyster Mushrooms
Aishwarya Veerabahu, PhD student, UW–Madison Department of Botany
Monitoring Wild Pollinator Thermal Ecology Using AutoPollS: A Computer Vision–Powered Camera Trap
Nicole DesJardins, Postdoctoral Fellow, UW–Madison Department of Entomology
Linking Chloride Dynamics in Lake Wingra with Climate Variability
Lizzie Emch, MS, UW–Madison Center for Limnology
Posters
Effects of Forestry Mowing and Prescribed Burning on an Oak Woodland Understory Plant Community
Timothy Kuhman, Professor of Biology, Edgewood College Division of Biological Sciences, and Olivia Hebert and Cassie Radl, undergraduate students, Edgewood College
Supercool Winter Physiology: At What Temperature Do Trees Chill?
Francisco Campos-Arguedas, PhD student, UW–Madison Department of Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences
Wolves on the Landscape: Investigating the Effects of Selective Predation on the Spread of Chronic Wasting Disease in Wisconsin
Michael Menon, PhD student, UW–Madison Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology
Woody Invasive Survey in the Lost City Forest
Maddalen Armstrong, Clare Ryan, Maddy Schultz, Frances Plese, Noelle Hurst, undergraduate students, UW–Madison Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies