Professor Martha Weiss
Tucked away in a quaint, historic corner of campus by the Yates Field House, Dr. Martha Weiss' Ecology Laboratory is buzzing with insects and activity. Dr. Weiss, a professor in the Department of Biology, and her students are busy making breakthrough discoveries about the tiny minds of these sometimes beautiful, and other times annoying or frightening, creatures that are vital to our world’s ecosystems.
While pursuing her Ph.D. in Botany at the University of California at Berkeley, Dr. Weiss observed the blooms of common flowers changing color as they matured and asked herself, “why do flowers change color?” In nature, it is rare that change happens arbitrarily, and the answer to her question led Dr. Weiss to the rich and complicated world of plant-and-insect interactions.
Read more about Dr. Weiss' research at Georgetown College Research News.
