Profile for Meredith Thomsen

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Meredith Thomsen
Dean Grad & Extended Learning
Extended Learning
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Specialty area(s)
Academic leadership; graduate program support; credit and non-credit outreach program development. Primary contact for thesis/dissertation; graduate faculty status.
Brief biography
I grew up in Duluth, MN, and attended Carleton College in Northfield, MN. After working at the MIssouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis for a year, I headed west to attend graduate school in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of California-Berkeley. I happily returned to the upper midwest after I graduated, and I have been at UWL ever since.
Education
Ph.D., Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley: 2005
B.A., Biology, Concentration in Environmental Studies, Carleton College: 1997
Career
Teaching history
I taught in the UWL Biology Department for 15 years, from 2006 - 2021. My focus was on ecological and organismal biology courses, along with the biology graduate course on scientific communication.
Professional history
Dean, Graduate & Extended Learning: 2021 - present
River Studies Center member: 2006 - present
Graduate Studies Director: 2017 - 2021
Professor: 2014 - 2021
Environmental Studies Program Director: 2015-2017
Associate Professor: 2010-2014
Assistant Professor: 2006-2010
Research and publishing
My primary research areas are plant ecology, invasive species, ecological restoration, and habitat fragmentation. I primarily work in local floodplain forest and sand prairie habitats.
I continue to advise Biology graduate students and welcome inquiries from students interested in the UWL MS program.
You can find a complete listing of my publications at my Google Scholar page.
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