Mozdzer Ecology Lab

07/03/2026

https://seagrant.psu.edu/news/sea-grant-invests-1-27-million-in-research/

I'm honored and grateful that my research has been selected for funding through Pennsylvania Sea Grant.

This project builds on years of work exploring how natural genetic variation within marsh plants influences the resilience of coastal wetlands. My goal is to generate new knowledge that can help improve wetland restoration and strengthen coastal ecosystems in the face of climate change and sea-level rise.

I'm especially thankful to my students, collaborators, Bryn Mawr College, and Pennsylvania Sea Grant for making this work possible. Looking forward to getting started!

Funds will support six research projects that address critical aquatic ecosystem and watershed challenges The Pennsylvania Sea Grant College Program is pleased to announce $1.27 million funding for critical aquatic and watershed-related research in Pennsylvania. Funding includes $851,151 from the Na...

02/19/2026

Join us TODAY at noon for “Rapid Evolution in a Changing World: Linking Plant Traits to Ecosystem Carbon Cycling” for a seminar exploring how plant traits adapt rapidly and influence carbon cycling in ecosystems under global change.

Whether you’re into ecology, evolution, climate science, or sustainability, this is a great opportunity to dive into how life responds — and adapts — to our rapidly changing world.

Zoom link the announcement and in a comment below

Giant ‘polytene’ chromosomes (white) from a fruit fly with a fluorescent probe (red) that hybridizes to a telomere-restricted DNA repeat.

02/19/2026

Thanks so much for highlighting the important work that we are doing!

01/30/2026

01/13/2026

A great overview of the research being done by my colleagues at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center! The piece includes some drone footage I captured, along with excellent imagery of the Smithsonian GCREW where I’ve been conducting long-term studies on Phragmites invasion.

12/15/2025

Happy holidays from the Mozdzer lab!

12/11/2025

This October, our Ecology class welcomed a Bryn Mawr College photographer into the field with us as we measured carbon sequestration in Morris Woods! 🌲

Students resampled individual trees in forest plots first established in 2014 - helping us to understand how carbon storage on campus is changing year by year.

Bryn Mawr College is a vibrant, diverse community dedicated to the highest academic standards, women’s empowerment, and preparing students for leadership roles in a global environment. Founded in 1885, Bryn Mawr was the first women’s college to offer its students the ability to earn the Ph.D. Th...

12/11/2025

Mozdzer lab at the 2025 GCREW census! Another year in the books thanks to this fabulous crew!

12/11/2025

Three students and post doc Brian Donnelly representing the lab at the Coastal and Estuarine Research Ferderation meeting in Richmond, VA.

Congratulations to Max Monks for winning "Best Undergraduate Student Poster"!

12/11/2025

As the semester comes to an end, I wanted to share some photos from my Ecology class this past semester where we explored Lake Vickers and Mill Creek