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, …
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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.
Hiroshi Maeda wins funding to further study how plants can overspend carbon in photosynthesis
Professor Hiroshi Maeda and Michigan State University researcher Berkley Walker were awarded a $1.9 million grant from the National Science Foundation to study how plants compensate when they “overspend” carbon in the process of photosynthesis.
Award funds Muir lab work to identify genetic and developmental changes during adaptive radiation
Chris Muir, an assistant professor in the Department of Botany, is part of a team that received a three-year $1.3 million award ($352,9997 to UW-Madison) from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The project, Evolutionary and functional …
Herbarium Collections Manager Mark Allen Wetter retires after 39 years of service
By Mary Ann Feist On February 1, 2024, Mark Wetter retired from the Wisconsin State Herbarium (WIS) at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, after 39 years of service. The Botany Department held a gathering with …
175th Anniversary edition of the Science Expeditions!
This year the UW campus held its Science Expeditions Open House in conjunction with the UW’s 175th Community Open House for a truly special event. There were a host of activities that ranged from visiting …