Ouyang Lab

Light pollution in the news

August 2023

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Jenny recently wrote an article reviewing a book about light pollution for American Scientist. Here's an article about Nevada communities curbing light pollution. 

NSF CAREER grant

August 2022

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Jenny was awarded a NSF CAREER grant to study artificial light and night and urbanization. Very excited to continue work on urban ecology, genes, and phenotype. Especially excited about the education plan.

New paper

July 2022

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We have a new paper out in Ecol App about Pb, hormones, and reproductive success. This work was highlighted by ESA, the Wildlife Society, and Swedish Radio

New graduate student

Sept 2021

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Ivan Celso Carvalho Provinciato joins the lab from Brazil. He received his master's from the Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho in Rio Claro. He is the recipient of the Dean's Merit Fellowship. 

Two new papers

April 2021

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Jen Heppner has a new paper out in Frontiers about incubation behaviors in urban environments. Val Alaasam has a new paper out in Env Poll about ALAN, cardiovascular impacts, and circadian rhythms.  An undergraduate initiated project on visualizing stress physiology using non-invasive infrared technology is also out in Stress.