REU Site: Summer Fellowships in Biogeochemistry and Climate Change at the University of California, Irvine

这个REU站点计划将使8名本科生能够与加州大学欧文分校地球系统科学系的一名教员一起进行科学研究。该计划的主题是生物地球化学循环和气候变化，大多数研究项目都涉及在气候变化的背景下研究空气-海洋或空气-陆地的相互作用。系内多样化的研究兴趣和现有的设施将为本科生提供独特的研究体验，包括世界级的建模设施、加速器质谱仪设施，以及用于研究冰芯气体样品、大气、陆地和海洋化学方面的最先进的化学实验室。学生的研究项目可能包括实地考察、实验室研究、计算机模拟、卫星遥感数据分析，或这些技术和方法的组合。除了个人研究项目外，小组活动还将通过一系列研究概要讲座、与系教师和研究生的非正式讨论以及阅读小组对该领域关键论文的分析，使学生接触到地球系统科学中正在进行的各种研究。内容广泛的讲座将概述地球的物理气候和生物地球化学循环，并让学生了解地球系统科学这一新兴领域。预计该项目的学生将学习用于研究地球系统的各种研究工具和技术，在地球系统科学的一个子领域获得宝贵的研究经验，并在智力上受到刺激，在该领域追求职业生涯。该项目的更广泛影响将是引导下一代科学家进入涉及科学研究的职业，包括来自代表性不足群体的学生，以及来自研究机会更有限的其他地区学校的学生。

This REU site program will enable eight undergraduate students to conduct scientific research in conjunction with a faculty member in the Department of Earth System Science at the University of California, Irvine. The program theme is biogeochemical cycling and climate change, with most research projects involving studies of air-sea or air-land interactions in the context of a changing climate. The diverse research interests within the department in conjunction with the facilities available will offer a unique research experience for undergraduate fellows, including world class modeling facilities, an accelerator mass spectrometer facility, and state of the art chemistry laboratories used for studying aspects of ice core gas samples, atmospheric, terrestrial, and oceanic chemistry. Student research projects may involve fieldwork, laboratory studies, computer simulations, analysis of satellite remote sensing data, or combinations of several of these techniques and approaches.In addition to individual research projects, group activities will expose students to the wide variety of ongoing research within Earth System Science, through a series of Research Snapshot lectures, informal discussions with department faculty and graduate students, and Reading Group analysis of key papers in the field. Broad-ranging lectures will present an overview of the Earth's physical climate and biogeochemical cycles, and give students an understanding of the emerging field of Earth system science. It is anticipated that students in the program will learn about the diverse research tools and techniques being applied to study the Earth system, gain valuable research experience in one of the subfields of Earth system science, and become intellectually stimulated to pursue a career in this field.The broader impacts of this program will be the entrainment of the next generation of scientists into careers involving scientific research, including students from underrepresented groups, and students from other regional schools where research opportunities are more limited.