Spencer Holtz receives a Graduate Student Excellence Grant
Spencer’s work uses red flour beetles microcosms as a model for studying how climate induced range shifts affect an organism’s ability to adapt to novel conditions.
By experimentally shifting the range of the red flour beetle and exposing them to novel conditions, he can approximate the effects of a species encountering novel stressful conditions.
“This research will improve our ability to use genetic information to identify species of conservation concern and whether they might benefit from assisted migration to mitigate the impacts of climate change.”
The results from this project will shed light on how biodiversity will be maintained in this era of global change.
