Meet the Team
Anant Deshwal
Assistant Professor of Biology, Bradley University, Secretariat member, and Director of Community Program - Ethno-ornithology World Atlas (EWA). I am a quantitative field ecologist and conservation biologist. I focus on how anthropogenic disturbances affect interspecific interactions. My lab focuses on understanding how urbanization, agriculture, and climate change affect plant-insect-bird interactions and their impact on ecosystem functioning.
Traditional Ecological Knowledge and its importance in conservation. I received my Ph.D. from the University of Arkansas and My Postdoc from the University of Tennessee.
Miu Fredricks
Anna Berg
My name is Anna Berg. I am a graduate student in ecology and evolution. I am studying the effect of invasive plants on the species and functional diversity of:
1) Native plant community,
2) Bird community
3) Bird Activity during breeding season
Kaiden De Almeida
Allissa Busch
Sophia Borjon
Emily Hernandez
Alumni
Tyler McMahon
Successfully defended his Master's thesis on the effect of Habitat Management Techniques on Moth Diversity (2023).
Harriet Barker
Successfully defended their Master's thesis on the effect of Urbanization on Macro-moth Community Composition in Central Illinois (2025).
Brianna Cook
Successfully defended their Master's thesis on the effect of Urbanization on Mammal Community Composition and Activity (2025).
We Integrate With Your Ecosystem
We work as a team. For us the principles of Diversity, Equality and Inclusion are very important.
This Lab celebrates Indigenous or Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) and collaborates with the University of Oxford, Ethno-ornithology World Atlas on conserving TEK/ IEK/ LEK.