This workshop will begin with a 20-minute chat to contextualize the utility of the R language in ecological and biological research. The remainder of the workshop will use a provided data set to highlight practical workflow processes that can be used to input data, test assumptions, run statistical tests, and produce publication-quality graphical outputs for two-way ANOVAs and linear models. Instructors will intersperse short vignettes to highlight R code organization and programming tips and tricks. Basic knowledge of two-way ANOVAs and simple linear models is expected. Prior experience with R is helpful but is not required. We anticipate attendees will include upper-level undergraduates, M.Sc. / PhD students, early career professionals, and anyone who desires basic tutorial exposure to R. Please bring a personal computer! Dr. Brian Ohsowski is an Assistant Professor at Loyola University Chicago’s School of Environmental Sustainability. At LUC since 2014, he teaches courses on environmental statistics, ecological restoration, and conservation biology to address the management and preservation of biodiversity and functioning ecosystems. He has 19 years of classroom education and research experience in biostatistics using R. Since 2015, Brian’s research focuses on applied land management related to the aquatic and terrestrial ecosystem restoration in the Great Lakes watershed. Collaborating with LUC’s Team Typha, their research focuses on closing the loop of ecological restoration when harvesting wetlands disturbed by clonal invaders (hybrid cattail [Typha × glauca], common reed [Phragmites australis]. To close this loop, we have been investigating the conversion of harvested invasive plants to biochar to unpack the responses of abiotic soil properties and biotic community to biochar wetland reapplication after invasive plant harvesting in wetlands. Madeline Palmquist is a senior undergraduate student at Loyola University Chicago’s School of Environmental Sustainability. She has been working with LUC’s Team Typha as an undergraduate researcher for two years. Madi’s research questions investigate restoration practices relating to invasive species management, biochar application, and bird population density in Great Lakes coastal wetlands. Currently, her undergraduate research fellowship focuses on assessing the impact of invasive hybrid cattail on waterbird diversity using autonomous recording units at the Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge near Saginaw, MI. Alex Risdal is a current undergraduate sophomore at Loyola University Chicago’s School of Environmental Sustainability. She has worked with Loyola’s Team Typha research team as an undergraduate researcher. Her work focuses on understanding the impacts of invasive plant invasions on native ecosystems, particularly native plant community development. Alex’s current fellowship is determining the impacts of invasive European frogbit (Hydrocharis morsus-ranae) and invasive cattail (Typha) on the growth and development of wild rice (Zizania palustris). Registration fee: $20 Sponsored by USDA-NRCS Wisconsin This session will not be recorded.