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December 18, 2025

Matt was selected as the 2025 Swingle Award winner for PhD students in our school! Congrats, Matt!

December 10, 2025

Another successful holiday cookie swap. Grateful for my students sharing such delicious treats with others. The candy bar fudge was my favorite. Excited about what 2026 has in store for us.

December 10, 2025

Had a chance to give a talk at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill last week. It was awesome. Thanks, Joe Brown, for the chance to return to UNC. I also was able to take my daughter for a formal campus tour with a special trip to the Dean Dome. The Word War III event was legendary. Go tar heels!

November 5, 2025

I am psyched to report that students in my meta-analysis class have produced three more papers. Amazing group of students!

Mahas, J. W., A. E. Wilson, T. D. Steury, and A. L. Jacobson. In press. Association of plant pathogen vectors and vector-borne plant pathogens with landscape composition: a meta-analysis. Environmental Entomology.

Folorunso, T. R., M. Sundaram, N. Potnis, L. Stevison, L. G. Eckhardt, and J. R. Willoughby. In press. Quantifying the influence of genetic factors and life cycle strategies on plant pathogens virulence and disease severity. Journal of Plant Pathology.

Mwema, T., S. Zohdy, M. Sundaram, C. A. Lepczyk, L. Narine, and J. R. Willoughby. 2024. A quantitative and systematic analysis of Anopheles stephensi bionomics and control approaches. Acta Tropica 260: 107431.

September 29, 2025

Michael has just published his second chapter looking at the effects of repeated copper sulfate treatments on water quality. Low dose copper supports healthy zooplankton communities that can control phytoplankton!

McDonald, M. B., A. V. Hennessey, P. P. Johnson, M. F. Gladfelter, K. L. Merrill, S. E. Tenison, S. S. Ganegoda, T. C. Hoang, H. A. Torbert, B. H. Beck, and A. E. Wilson. 2025. Repeated low-dose copper algaecide treatments promote beneficial phytoplankton and zooplankton communities. Journal of Environmental Management 394: 127502.

August 20, 2025

The lab is growing again and we finally got our new MS students out to sample some aquaculture ponds. Welcome to Auburn, Sydney, Ava, and Maddy.

August 19, 2025

Strand’s published his first paper from our new USDA project focused on understanding how particle size influences nutrient availability in aquaculture and estuarine systems. Nice job, Strand!

Kong, X., C. Wang, S. E. Rice, I. M. Radwan, C. J. Martyniuk, A. E. Wilson, and D. Wang. In Press. Particle size-dependent partitioning of phosphorus in aquaculture pond and estuarine systems. Water Research.

August 13, 2025

Persistence has paid off once again – Isabel has published her NSF REU project! Her mentor, Matt, got this one over the finish line. Nice job.

Gladfelter, M. F., I. G. Bela, and A. E. Wilson. In press. Influence of trace metal additions on the longevity of algal blooms across a productivity gradient. Journal of Phycology