A jam-packed first half of 2023 with a host of visitors and exciting science keeping us busy!
Things kicked off with Marc Cadotte visiting the lab for a month back in March. During his time with us, Marc gave a departmental seminar at KCL, along with an interactive session exploring the use of green space in cities to the Political Ecology, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (PEBES) group.
Adam Clark was also able to join for a few days in April to share his research to the group and work on an ongoing meta-community modelling collaboration with Jane and Laura Graham, who could only join virtually as heavy snowfall brought midland trains to a standstill!
We were then joined by Elizabeth Borer, Eric Seabloom, and Sophia Turner along with Marc for a 2-day workshop aimed at disentangling invasive species as drivers or passengers of environmental change and biodiversity loss. The workshop was crammed full of brainstorming and discussions, but we still found time for a few dog walks and some evening meals together.
In mid-June we set off for our annual AlienImpacts lab retreat, this time in Ashdown Forest in East Sussex. The retreat offered a welcome break from the London heat, and a chance to reflect on the work completed over the last year and focus on areas at which we could better collaborate to achieve our scientific goals for the project.
Finally, in late June David Tilman joined us as chair of the AlienImpacts scientific advisory committee and a key collaborator in the project. Despite Dave battling jet lag, we discussed the many ongoing components of AlienImpacts and got valuable feedback on the project thus far.
All-in-all an exciting first 6 months for the team!
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