UBM: Undergraduate Training in Quantitative Environmental Biology

该项目将培养生物学和数学科学的本科生在这两个学科的交叉点上进行研究，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，在导师的监督下，开发，执行，分析，解释，撰写和展示他们自己设计的与团队选择的研究问题相关的项目。学生在该项目中进行的科学研究将集中在计算方法上，以选择最佳的现场采样设计，用于多地点种群监测和评估，并在不受当前使用模型限制的情况下估计基因流动和有效种群规模。其他目标包括激励和指导来自目前在科学领域代表性不足的群体的学生考虑从事环境生物学的职业。这些目标将通过研究经验、研究团队的密切指导、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是设计有效的珍稀濒危物种监测方案的重要性。

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.