UBM: Undergraduate Training in Quantitative Environmental Biology

该项目将培养生物科学和数学科学的本科生在这两个学科的交界处进行研究，重点是环境生物学。学生将参加相关课程，参加小组活动，加入研究团队，并在导师的监督下，开发、执行、分析、解释、撰写和展示自己设计的与团队选择的研究问题有关的项目。该项目的学生将专注于计算方法，以选择多地点种群监测和评估的最佳现场抽样设计，并在不受当前使用的模型的限制的情况下估计基因流动和有效种群数量。其他目标包括鼓励和指导来自目前在科学界代表性不足的群体的学生考虑从事环境生物学工作。这些目标将通过研究经验、研究团队中的密切指导、小组活动和仔细的建议来实现。此外，我们将重点研究的问题对于设计有效的珍稀濒危物种监测方案具有重要意义。

This project will train undergraduates in the biological and mathematical sciences to do research at the interface of the two disciplines with a focus on environmental biology. Students will take relevant classes, participate in group activities, join a research team and develop, execute, analyze, interpret, write-up, and present a project of their own design, related to the team's chosen research problem with supervision of their mentors. The science conducted by students in the program will focus on computational approaches to selecting optimal field sampling designs for multi-site population monitoring and assessment and to estimate gene flow and effective population size without the restrictive constraints of currently used models. Additional goals include stimulating and mentoring students from groups that are currently underrepresented in the sciences to consider careers in environmental biology. These objectives will be met through research experiences, close mentoring in research teams, group activities, and careful advising. Furthermore, the research problems we will focus on are of importance to designing efficient monitoring programs for rare and endangered species.