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Q&A with Daijiang Li
We welcomed Professor Daijiang Li to the Botany Department in Fall 2025. We asked him to answer a few questions to help us get to know him. Below are his answers. Please describe your research. …
Q&A with Jack Satterlee
We welcomed Professor Jack Satterlee to the Botany Department in Spring 2025. We asked him to answer a few questions to help us get to know him. Below are his answers. Please describe your research. …
Q&A with Shan He
We welcomed Professor Shan He to the Botany Department in Spring 2025. We asked her to answer a few questions to help us get to know her. Below are her answers. Please describe your research. …
Celebrating Ken Sytsma’s 40 years of service
Professor Kenneth J. Sytsma joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor of Botany in summer 1985 and has served the department and university tirelessly ever since, including two stints as department chair. As a result, …
Chair’s message summer 2025
Greetings from the Botany Department at UW-Madison! I walk through the Botany Garden every day as I approach Birge Hall from the University Avenue bus stop. Today, the Newton apple tree was in full …
Givnishfest!
Professor Emeritus Thomas Givnish, who retired in Dec. 2024 after 39 years as a Professor in the Department of Botany, was honored with a celebratory symposium and dinner on Saturday May 3rd, followed by a …
Professor Simon Gilroy interviewed on Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Startalk podcast
Are plants more aware than we think? Do they have feelings? Neil deGrasse Tyson, Gary O’Reilly, and Harrison Greenbaum explore the intelligence of plants with astrobotanist Simon Gilroy. From venus flytraps to space farming, we …
Anne Pringle elected AAAS Fellow
We are incredibly proud to announce that Botany Professor Anne Pringle has been elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She is being recognized for her distinguished contributions to mycology, …
Faculty Positions in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
The Department of Botany seeks applicants for as many as three tenure-track or tenured professors in the areas of evolution, systematics, and/or ecology.