Scientists Come Home
Students and faculty welcomed back to campus two young Wabash scientists to present the year’s first Cole Lecture.
Class of 2012 classmates Patrick Garrett and Peter Guiden returned in September to share their graduate school experiences with students and to talk about their research. Both began their post-Wabash careers at Miami University in Ohio, where Guiden earned his master’s degree before moving to the Univer-sity of Wisconsin to pursue his doctorate in the zoology department. His current research on how wolves returning to Wiscon-sin affect seed dispersal is finding significant effect in sensitive habitats.
Garrett continues at Miami in the doctoral program. His research in southern Florida and Andros Island in the Bahamas focuses on the pollination biology of canella winterana, sometimes called wild cinnamon. Garrett’s studies found that the plant’s primary pollinator is the endangered atala butterfly.
Professor of Biology David Polley welcomed back his former students and introduced them to a Hays 309 classroom packed with faculty and current students.
“What I was most grateful to both Patrick and Pete for during their senior year here at Wabash was not just their work as scientists, but their leadership and support of the other biology majors,” Polley said.