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Urban Biotic Assessment Program (UBAP)

  • News
  • PACE Lab
  • Staff
  • Publications
  • Project Map
    • Full corridor surveys
    • Veterans Memorial Tollway – I-355
      • I-355 South Extension
      • Northern I-355 Corridor
    • Ronald Reagan Tollway – I-88
    • Jane Addams Memorial Tollway – I-90
      • I-90 Pre-construction
      • I-90 Post-construction
      • Trout Park
    • Tri-State Tollway – I-294, I-94, and I-80
      • 294 Stream Surveys
    • I-390 Elgin O’hare
      • Elgin O’Hare Western Access – I-390
      • Elgin-O’Hare Lake Street terminus
    • Eden’s Spur
  • Research
    • eDNA
    • Mussels
      • Kishwaukee River Mussels
      • Salamander Mussel and the Mudpuppy
    • Fish
      • Iowa Darter
      • eDNA Fish projects
    • Insects
      • Rusty Patched Bumblebee
      • Hine’s Emerald Dragonfly
      • Aquatic Macroinvertebrates
    • Reptiles and Amphibians
      • Eastern Massasauga
      • Blanding’s Turtle
      • Carp Barrier
    • Birds
      • Cryptic wetland birds
      • Bird Migration Through Forest Preserves
    • Mammals
      • Bats
    • Botanical Research
      • White Cedar
    • Mitigation
      • Orland Grassland Forest Preserve
      • Pine Dunes Forest Preserve
      • North Chicago Wetland
      • Hadley Valley Forest Preserve
      • Bioswales
      • Blackwell Forest Preserve

Staff

Program Heads

      • Michael J. Dreslik, PhD – Lab Director/Ecologist
      • Jennifer Mui – Science Communications
      • Anastasia Rahlin, – UBAP Program Head/Ornithologist

Current UBAP Staff

      • KC Carter, Pollinator Ecologist
      • Katrina Cotton, Terrestrial Ecologist
      • Patty Dickerson, Technician
      • Claire Dietrich, Field Ecologist
      • Sarah Douglass, Malacologist
      • Janet L. Jarvis, GIS Specialist
      • Ethan J. Kessler, Quantitative Ecologist
      • Jason Robinson, Aquatic Entomologist
      • Hugo Ruellen, Aquatic Ecologist
      • Jeremy Tiemann, Aquatic Ecologist
      • Richard Day, Entomologist
      • Charles Warwick, Editor
      • Jim Wiker, Entomologist
      • Phil Willink, Ichthyologist

Past Staff

Students supported partially by the Illinois Tollway contract

RSS PACE Lab News

  • New paper on the imperiled Rattlesnake-master Borer Moth
    Rattlesnake-master Borer Moths, Papaipema eryngii , are an imperiled species, that has had little genetic analysis done. A new paper from INHS PaCE Lab, led by affiliate Donald B. Shepard, examines the genetic diversity of this species across its range, information necessary to accurately inform management actions and Species Status Assessments. Shepard and colleagues were […]
  • INHS PaCE Lab at Turtle Survival Alliance Symposium
    Three members of the INHS PaCE Lab, Dr. Michael Dreslik, Emily Asche, and Claire Dietrich, attended the 23rd Annual Symposium on the Conservation and Biology of Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles, held in Chattanooga, TN July 20-25, 2025. Emily Asche presented a paper “Assessing Population Structure and Conservation Priorities for the Western Pond Turtle (Actinemys spp.) […]
  • PaCE Lab at 2025 Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
    It’s herpetology conference season. This past week the PaCE Lab was well represented at the 2025 Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, held in St Paul Minnesota July 9-13. Graduate students Rose Arnold, Chitra Basyal, and Joey Cannizzaro captivated audiences with their papers and oral presentations. Rose Arnold presented a poster “Gauging Population Health in […]
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