- Fall 2025 Newsletter – Alumni SpotlightLaKisha Barrett for McGraw-Hill's Former UWM Biosciences Graduate Student now a Shining Star at McGraw-Hill; see LaKisha Barrett's smiling face on the poster of McGraw-Hill's latest product for helping students learn. Rachel Kuehn is working full time as a research technologist at the Medical College of Wisconsin in a research lab …
- Fall 2025 Newsletter – Faculty, Staff and Facilities UpdatesFaculty Kudos Dr. Jennifer Gutzman was named one of our Notable Leaders in STEM BizTimes Milwaukee! Dr. Ching-Hong received the promotion as Distinguished Professor. Dr. Alita Burmeister received notification of funding on August 29, 2025, for her R15 grant proposal: Evolution of pleiotropic consequences via mucoid phage resistance in Escherichia coli populations. Faculty Publications The …
- Fall 2025 Newsletter – Graduate Student NewsGraduate Students Spotlight Madi Rittinger Madi Rittinger is a PhD candidate in Dr. Rodríguez’s Lab. She investigates the behavior and cognition of small animals – specifically spiders. Although small animals have small brains in absolute terms, they have relatively large brains in proportion to their body size. For example, human brains …
- Fall 2025 Newsletter – In the NewsAnyone for tea? UWM researchers assisted in a global carbon sequestration study by burying tea bags in Estabrook Pond. UWM biological sciences professors John Berges and Erica Young participated in a global research effort to measure carbon sequestration in wetland environments. Their measurement tool of choice? Lipton tea bags. Berges, Young, and their students buried …
- Fall 2025 Newsletter – Undergraduate NewsStudent Spotlight As a senior double major in Biological Sciences and Neuroscience with a minor in Chemistry, Sam Pruhs has spent the last two and a half years diving deep into environmental and biological research in Dr. John Berges’ lab. His work focuses on understanding how pollutants impact aquatic ecosystems by investigating how microplastics and …
- Applications open for 2026-2027 Biological Sciences Scholarships and AwardsThe application is now open for scholarships and awards from the Department of Biological Sciences for undergraduates majoring in Biological Sciences or Microbiology and for graduate students. All applications must be submitted through the UWM Scholarship Portal, and all applications and letters of recommendation are due December 30th. This is a three-step process: Complete the UWM general …
- Dr. Jennifer Gutzman Named One of BizTimes Milwaukee’s Notable Leaders in STEMDr. Jennifer Gutzman, Associate Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology, was named one of BizTimes Milwaukee's 2025 Notable Leaders in STEM, highlighting her work as a faculty mentor in the UW-Milwaukee WiscAMP STEM-Inspire Program and in her research lab. Congratulations, Dr. Gutzman! Read more about Dr. Gutzman's research and outstanding mentorship on the BizTimes website …
- Dr. Ching-Hong Yang’s Organic Agriculture Research RecognizedUW-Milwaukee professor Dr. Yang was recognized for his work to improve organic agriculture practices in Wisconsin in this Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF) article titled, "Organic Research in the Balance: What's Happening in Wisconsin."
- Biological Sciences 2025 Scholarship Application OpenThe 2025 application is now open for scholarships and awards from the Department of Biological Sciences for undergraduate and graduate students majoring in Biological Sciences. All applications must be submitted through the UWM Scholarship Portal, and all applications and letters of recommendation are due February 1st, 2025. Eligibility: Students who will graduate in Spring 2025 …
- UWM Biological Sciences Graduate Recognized for Work Restoring Salmon PopulationsUWM Biological Sciences alum, Chemine Jeckels, was recently recognized in an article by the College of Letters & Sciences for her work on salmon habitat restoration. Click here to read the article.
- Two UWM Biological Sciences Alums Accepted to New Health Equity Scholars ProgramTwo UWM Biological Sciences alumni, Ciara Ayala and Alex Martinez, have been accepted into the new Health Equity Scholars Program at the Medical College of Wisconsin, which focuses on addressing disparities in healthcare. They will receive full tuition for their medical degrees as they learn to improve healthcare equity in Milwaukee. Congratulations to Ciara and …
- Congratulations to the Spring 2024 Biological Sciences Dean’s Honors ListCongratulations to the Spring 2024 Dean's Honors List awardees! Melissa Alvarez Dunning Arent Sierra Balderas Emily Bartosik Zohra Bazzar Delaney Carolan Zechariah Cummings Mackenzie Dasek Mary Felli Katelyn Flitcroft Bryce Grant Thomas Griffith Nessrine Hachani Ji Yun Han Kelly Harrison Abby Heslop Savannah Horstman Ali Ishaq Fadwa Kahla Sofia Kanack Alexander Kim Abby Kopfhammer Noah …