REU Site: Environmental Biology Studies at UVA's Blandy Experimental Farm

REU 站点：UVA 布兰迪实验农场的环境生物学研究

• 批准号: 0453465
• 负责人: T'ai Roulston
• 金额: $ 22.62万
• 依托单位: University of Virginia Main Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-03-01 至 2008-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0453465&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Environmental; Biology; Studies

The University of Virginia's Blandy Experimental Farm will host 10 students per year in an 11-week program in Environmental Biology, with an emphasis on Ecology and Evolution. During the program, students will choose a mentor, develop a research proposal, carry out fieldwork, analyze data, and present their findings in both oral and written format. The program will seek to build a diverse, cooperative student community in which students gain first-hand experience in all aspects of research science. Mentors' projects include plant population biology, plant-insect interactions, pollination biology, ecosystem ecology, conservation, invasive species, science education, aquatic ecology and applied insect ecology. Because most projects are carried out at Blandy, students get exposed to all of the research going on at the field site and often assist one another and other researchers in the field, thus gaining a panoramic view of environmental biology. In addition to participating in research projects, students attend weekly seminars given by visiting scholars, and take advantage of the numerous biological and cultural opportunities in northern Virginia. Blandy Experimental Farm is an ecological field station (not a farm) at the northern edge of the Shenandoah Valley. It is rural in character, but not isolated: it lies within 10 miles of the Shenandoah River, the Blue Ridge Mountains, and the Appalachian Trail, and only 60 miles from Washington, DC. Students are chosen based on their prior academic performance, recommendations, and interests. More information is available at http://www.virginia.edu/blandy/ReuWebPage/HomePage.php or by contacting Dr. T'ai Roulston at [e-mail].

弗吉尼亚大学布兰迪实验农场将每年招收10名学生，为期11周的环境生物学课程，重点是生态学和进化论。在项目期间，学生将选择一位导师，制定研究方案，进行实地考察，分析数据，并以口头和书面形式展示他们的发现。该计划将寻求建立一个多样化的、合作的学生社区，让学生在研究科学的各个方面获得第一手经验。导师的项目包括植物种群生物学、植物与昆虫的相互作用、授粉生物学、生态系统生态学、保护、入侵物种、科学教育、水生生态学和应用昆虫生态学。由于大多数项目都是在布兰迪进行的，学生们可以接触到现场正在进行的所有研究，并经常相互帮助和该领域的其他研究人员，从而获得环境生物学的全景。除了参与研究项目外，学生们每周都会参加由访问学者举办的研讨会，并利用弗吉尼亚州北部众多的生物和文化机会。布兰迪实验农场是位于谢南多阿山谷北缘的生态野外站(而不是农场)。它的性质是乡村的，但不是孤立的：它位于谢南多亚河、蓝岭山脉和阿巴拉契亚小径10英里以内，距离华盛顿特区只有60英里。学生是根据他们以前的学业表现、推荐和兴趣来选择的。欲了解更多信息，请访问http://www.virginia.edu/blandy/ReuWebPage/HomePage.php，或联系泰罗尔斯顿博士，电子邮件：[e-mail]。