Speaker: Mia Wavrek, ORISE Research Fellow in Urban Ecology and Native Plants, USGS
Title: “Tales of a first-generation ecology grad”
Abstract:  Mia is an ORISE Postgraduate Research in Urban Ecology & Native Plants at the USGS Climate Adaptation Science Centers. Before this position, Mia earned her BS Ecology and Evolution at the University of Pittsburgh and her MS from the Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences at the University of Tennessee Knoxville. In her presentation, Mia discusses her career path—including stops as a laboratory manager, as a graduate student, and as a nonprofit employee—and opportunities for students to pursue fellowships through the federal government.   

The Ecology, Evolution, Behavior, & Organismal Biology (EEBOB) seminar series focuses on biological topics at whole-organism and higher scales of organization. Guest speakers come from universities, governmental agencies, NGOs, zoos, museums, and other institutions.

This seminar series consists of a pre-recorded seminar, which will be posted to a playlist at the beginning of each week, and a live, virtual Q&A session with the speaker. All are welcome to attend! For access to the live Q&A session, interested attendees can email Dr. Todd Pierson to be granted access. The live Q&A session will be held each Thursday @ 9:30 AM.