{"id":54,"date":"2023-09-14T12:47:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T16:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/salzmanlab\/?page_id=54"},"modified":"2026-01-12T14:45:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T19:45:59","slug":"welcome-to-the-salzman-lab","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/salzmanlab\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Salzman Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The Salzman Lab studies the ecology, evolution, and mechanisms that give rise to and maintain species interactions. Our research takes an interdisciplinary approach- spanning the disciplines of Entomology, Botany, and Chemistry- to answer fundamental questions about the evolution of biodiversity and conservation biology. Our work focuses on the interface of animal behavior, chemical ecology, evolution and adaptation to understand the mechanism, history and trajectory of species interactions.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"45\" src=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/salzmanlab\/files\/2023\/09\/2b4247d7-7f2c-4616-9c50-5528622d12e9-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Pollinators on a cycad pollen cone\" class=\"wp-image-45\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/salzmanlab\/files\/2023\/09\/2b4247d7-7f2c-4616-9c50-5528622d12e9-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/salzmanlab\/files\/2023\/09\/2b4247d7-7f2c-4616-9c50-5528622d12e9-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/salzmanlab\/files\/2023\/09\/2b4247d7-7f2c-4616-9c50-5528622d12e9-768x1153.jpg 768w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/salzmanlab\/files\/2023\/09\/2b4247d7-7f2c-4616-9c50-5528622d12e9-1023x1536.jpg 1023w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/salzmanlab\/files\/2023\/09\/2b4247d7-7f2c-4616-9c50-5528622d12e9.jpg 1066w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"52\" src=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/salzmanlab\/files\/2023\/09\/Shayla-Zamia-furfuracea.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Shayla Salzman observing pollinators on a cycad cone in the field.\" class=\"wp-image-52\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/salzmanlab\/files\/2023\/09\/Shayla-Zamia-furfuracea.jpg 900w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/salzmanlab\/files\/2023\/09\/Shayla-Zamia-furfuracea-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/salzmanlab\/files\/2023\/09\/Shayla-Zamia-furfuracea-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-id=\"47\" src=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/salzmanlab\/files\/2023\/09\/9b50266d-410e-48d5-8a3c-0f32aa1c3d18-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"A cycad weevil on the tip of a cycad leaf\" class=\"wp-image-47\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/salzmanlab\/files\/2023\/09\/9b50266d-410e-48d5-8a3c-0f32aa1c3d18-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/salzmanlab\/files\/2023\/09\/9b50266d-410e-48d5-8a3c-0f32aa1c3d18-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/salzmanlab\/files\/2023\/09\/9b50266d-410e-48d5-8a3c-0f32aa1c3d18-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/salzmanlab\/files\/2023\/09\/9b50266d-410e-48d5-8a3c-0f32aa1c3d18-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/salzmanlab\/files\/2023\/09\/9b50266d-410e-48d5-8a3c-0f32aa1c3d18.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Salzman Lab studies the ecology, evolution, and mechanisms that give rise to and maintain species interactions. 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