Erica and Madeleine present at NCC Science Days!

Congrats to Erica and Madeleine on their excellent lightning talks at this year’s North Coast and Cascades Science Days symposium. This was the second ever NCC science days and it was exciting to once again have Brosi Lab research represented! Erica’s talk “Uncovering the driving mechanisms of range contractions in bumblebees” addressed exciting upcoming plans for her first Mount Rainier field season. In Madeleine’s talk" “Impacts of tree encroachment on meadow plants and pollinators”, she presented some compelling preliminary results!

Citizen-Science Pollinator Monitoring at Mt Rainier (Expanding MeadoWatch!)

The Lab received a new grant from the OneHive Foundation supporting the expansion of the MeadoWatch program to include pollinator monitoring! In addition to plant phenology data, volunteers of the program will now be able to observe and collect data on plant-pollinator interactions at Mt Rainier National Park. We will be recruiting a cohort of volunteers to test out our new protocol in 2025. Follow us on instagram @meadowatch for more updates!

Thank you cards for MeadoWatch volunteers

This year the MeadoWatch program had an incredibly successful season with volunteer hours doubling since last year! As a small token of appreciation for our amazing volunteers, the lab got together to write and mail out some holiday cards. If you volunteered for MeadoWatch this season, thank you so much (and keep an eye on your mailbox!)

Lab Pumpkin Painting!

The Brosi Lab celebrated fall this morning in the Greenhouse with coffee, treats, and pumpkin painting!! It was a wonderful way to welcome our new lab members and kick off the fall season. Thanks to everyone for participating and be sure to checkout @brosilab on instagram for photos of our masterpieces!

Welcome New Lab Members!

We are so excited to kick off the new academic year with so many new faces! This quarter we are welcoming PhD student PJ Jones and Post-doc Erica Sarro Gustilo to the lab! We also have two amazing new undergrad students, Leo Couchon and Iris Miller-Sherman joining us. Welcome everyone!