July: Congratulations to Dr. Lanna Jin on successfully defending her dissertation! Way to go Lanna -we are all very proud of you.

July: Its been a great month with papers accepted in Trends in Ecology and Evolution; Biological Invasions; Biological Reviews; Ecological Indicators; and Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management!

June: Congrats Shaopeng -our latest paper on succession was just accepted at Ecology Letters!

May: Congrats Stuart for receiving the TD Graduate Research Scholarship in Environmental Science!

May: Lanna's paper on phylogenetic beta-diversity has been published in the Journal of Ecology!.

April: Look for a new collaborative R package called 'Pez', led by Will Pearse, which has a number of phylogenetic tools for ecologists. Also, look for the release notes coming out in Bioinformatics.

Feb: Lanna just got a paper accepted in the Journal of Ecology on phylogenetic turnover. Great job Lanna!

Nov: Hear about Marc's journey as a scientist in a podcast interview.

Oct: A collaborative paper with Shaopeng Li, Jin-tian Li, Wensheng Shu, and others on exotic species invasion was accepted at the Journal of Applied Ecology!

Aug: A collaborative paper, lead by Claus Bassler and researchers at the Bavarian National Forest in Germany has been published in the Journal of Applied Ecology.

June: A collaborative paper with Jiajia Liu, Shurong Zhou, Corey Bradshaw, and others just got accepted at Ecology! Great job Jiajia,

June: Our book on invasion biology and policy is almost out! Now available to order from University of Chicago Press.

June: Marc has been named an Early Career Fellow from the Ecological Society of America!

May: A new paper with Claus Bassler and Jorg Muller on fungal functional and phylogenetic diversity and forest management intensity is available on-line at Journal of Applied Ecology

April: Marc has been awarded the Early Researcher Award from the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation to work on urban ecology and ecosystem function.

April: Its out! The group Nutrient Network paper in Nature

April: Congratulations Stuart for earning the TD Graduate Student Scholarship in Environmental Science!

April: A group paper on the basis of biological invasions, lead by Rob Colautti, has been published at Neobiota.

April: A paper with German colleagues, lead by Claus Bassler, on fungal community assembly in managed forests was accepted by the Journal of Applied Ecology!

April: Read a news story on the Nutrient Network paper in Nature, featuring interviews with Elizabeth Borer, Eric Seabloom, and Marc.