Welcome! 
​I am a wildlife ecologist with an interest in conducting research that informs the conservation and management of wildlife in an era of global change. I am currently an Associate Professor of Biology at Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, KS. My research interests are broad, but they include urban biodiversity, mined-land ecology, and the human dimensions of wildlife conservation. I also have a strong interest in undergraduate education, providing opportunities for undergraduate research, and community outreach to the general public. For more information, please visit the Pittsburg State University Department of Biology website.

In The News

  • September 2019: Interviews for Snapshot USA project and student researchers: Four States,   UWire  , Morning Sun,  Joplin Globe , KOAM.
  • September 2018: Interviewed by the Joplin Globe on the topic of bird conservation with changing climates.
  • August 2018: Interviewed by KSN on campus tree tagging project, funded by K-INBRE.
  • June 2018: Vacant lots research highlighted in Anthropocene Magazine​ by Brandon Keim.
  • May 2018: Interviewed by Roberta Kwok (PNAS) for article “Accidental Urban Oases” highlighting Baltimore vacant lot research
  • April 2018: Dr. Brodsky was awarded the Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor award for Pittsburg State University.
  • April 2018: Kelly Talley, an undergraduate student in the Brodsky lab, won 4th place in the PSU Research Colloquium poster presentation competition for her project "Remediation of Tar Creek: Impacts on bird and plant community diversity."
  • April 2018: Project Birdland won the Traveling Award for Innovation and Excellence at the 2018 Awards Gala for the Maryland Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects.
  • March 2018: Students in the Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Management class (BIOL 576) conducted a park visitor survey for Southeast Kansas Nature Center (KDWPT).
  • February 2018: Kelly Mallatt, an undergraduate research assistant in the Brodsky lab, had her research on remediation efforts in the Tar Creek Superfund site featured on KOAM.
  • October 2017: Emily Fry, a SSRM Pitt State undergraduate, and I were interviewed about Emily's project on campus trees. Pitt State Article, KODE Interview
  • August 2017: Project Birdland had its Community Build Day! We planted over 3,000 shrubs, perennials, grasses, and trees, and installed two nest boxes at Francis Scott Key Elementary/Middle School! Baltimore Sun Article
  • April 2017: Kelly Talley, an undergraduate student in the Brodsky lab, won 3rd place in the PSU Research Colloquium poster presentation competition for her project "Soil and water quality along the urban to rural gradient in Galena, Kansas."
  • April 2017: PittState Sustainability Newsletter
  • Feb 22, 2017: NPR KRPS "In the Jungle" Interview
  • August 19, 2017: "Cities as Novel Ecosystems: Adaptions to Urban Conditions" blog post on PLOS Ecology Community discussed vacant lot research. Website​