Chicago Innovators: The Biota Awards fund biodiversity research in Illinois
Awardees are studying a wide range of topics, from snake populations in the forest preserves to the effect of “burn scars.”
By Lynnea Domienik
Chicago Innovators: The Biota Awards fund biodiversity research in Illinois
Awardees are studying a wide range of topics, from snake populations in the forest preserves to the effect of “burn scars.”
By Lynnea Domienik
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To improve our connection to nature and make Chicago more resilient, the Walder Foundation is funding the research of five early-career Chicago-based scientists through the Biota-Awards.
Reset learns more from two of the awardees and the director of the awards.
GUESTS: Sara Ruane, assistant curator of herpetology at the Field Museum
Meghan Midgley, soil ecologist at The Morton Arboretum
Jack Westwood, program director of the Biota Awards