As part of the 2024 Summer Lecture Series at the University of Michigan Biological Station in northern Michigan, Dr. Matt McCary, an assistant professor of BioSciences at Rice University, will give the Pettingill Endowed Lecture in Natural History.

The event on the Pellston campus is free and open to the public.

McCary studies the relationship between soil biodiversity and ecosystem functioning within the context of global change. His research program is multidisciplinary, including observational and experimental studies, ecological modeling and molecular techniques. The questions he investigates involve invasive species and urbanization.

Founded in 1909, UMBS is one of the nation’s largest and longest continuously operating field research stations.

Laboratories and cabins are tucked into more than 10,000 acres along Douglas Lake just south of the Mackinac Bridge to support long-term climate research and education.