Welcome to the Rogers Lab
Led by Dr. Haldre Rogers at Virginia Tech, our research focuses on population and community ecology, plant-animal interactions, seed dispersal, pollination, food web dynamics, tropical biology, ecosystem services, and conservation.
Led by Dr. Haldre Rogers at Virginia Tech, our research focuses on population and community ecology, plant-animal interactions, seed dispersal, pollination, food web dynamics, tropical biology, ecosystem services, and conservation.
Recent News
June 2026: Luís Felipe Daibes and Haldre Rogers discuss their article Landscape features predict broad-scale seed rain patterns across fragments of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest in The Journal of Ecology Blog.
June 2026: Post-doc João Vitor Messeder gets a faculty position at the Biology Department at University of Louisville and will start as Assistant Professor in August 2027. Congratulations João!
May 2026: Haldre Rogers receives the Commitment to Human Diversity in Ecology Award from ESA.
August 2025: The Rogers Lab welcomes new graduate student Amanda Santos, and Post-Docs Siobhan Clemente and João Vitor Messeder.
January 2025: The Rogers Lab welcomes new Post-Doc Claudia Nuñez-Penichet.
November 2024: Jerilyn Calaor successfully defends her thesis: The role of vertebrate arthropodivores in shaping arthropod food webs. Congratulations Dr. Calaor!
September 2024: Martin Kastner successfully defends his thesis: Ecology and conservation of the Såli (Aplonis opaca) in the presence of the invasive Brown Treesnake (Boiga irregularis) in Guam, Mariana Islands. Congratulations Dr. Kastner!
August 2024: Gape Limited Invasive Predators by Martin Kastner et al was highlighted in Science! This paper focuses on the the invasive Brown Treesnake in Guam and their propensity to kill avian prey that are too large to be consumed.
June 2024: Undergraduate researcher Baxter Beamer was awarded the VT CNRE Undergraduate Research Fellowship in order to assess the role of Appalachian animals in the seed dispersal of understory herbs and shrubs.
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June 2026: Post-doc João Vitor Messeder gets a faculty position at the Biology Department at University of Louisville and will start as Assistant Professor in August 2027. Congratulations João!
May 2026: Haldre Rogers receives the Commitment to Human Diversity in Ecology Award from ESA.
August 2025: The Rogers Lab welcomes new graduate student Amanda Santos, and Post-Docs Siobhan Clemente and João Vitor Messeder.
January 2025: The Rogers Lab welcomes new Post-Doc Claudia Nuñez-Penichet.
November 2024: Jerilyn Calaor successfully defends her thesis: The role of vertebrate arthropodivores in shaping arthropod food webs. Congratulations Dr. Calaor!
September 2024: Martin Kastner successfully defends his thesis: Ecology and conservation of the Såli (Aplonis opaca) in the presence of the invasive Brown Treesnake (Boiga irregularis) in Guam, Mariana Islands. Congratulations Dr. Kastner!
August 2024: Gape Limited Invasive Predators by Martin Kastner et al was highlighted in Science! This paper focuses on the the invasive Brown Treesnake in Guam and their propensity to kill avian prey that are too large to be consumed.
June 2024: Undergraduate researcher Baxter Beamer was awarded the VT CNRE Undergraduate Research Fellowship in order to assess the role of Appalachian animals in the seed dispersal of understory herbs and shrubs.
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