Evolution in a Vortex: Public Outreach on Freshwater Science in the Congo River

这项面向公众的传播研究(CRPA)建议是基于Melanie Stiassny博士和她的同事对刚果河下游动物的分类和生物多样性研究。PI使用创新的水文建模、遥感、栖息地测绘和空间分析来探索和解释这一独特河流系统的生物丰富性。CRPA的请求将支持制作一部短纪录片，该纪录片将由美国自然历史博物馆的高清视频当代科学节目科学简报制作和发行。这段视频将配有法语和西班牙语的字幕，以便非洲的同事和美国各地说西班牙语的学生都能看得到。此外，AMNH将主持PI介绍她的研究发现的公共节目。纽约科学院将通过他们的播客系列《科学与城市》重播这一现场直播节目。

This Communicating Research to Public Audiences (CRPA) proposal is based upon Dr. Melanie Stiassny's and her associates' taxonomic and biodiversity research of the fauna in the lower Congo River. The PI has used innovative hydrologic modeling, remote sensing, habitat mapping and spatial analysis to explore and explain the biological richness of this unique river system. The CRPA request will support the production of a short documentary film that will be produced and distributed by the American Museum of Natural History's high definition video current science program Science Bulletins. The video will be captioned in both French and Spanish to make it accessible to colleagues in Africa and Spanish-speaking students throughout the United States. In addition, the AMNH will host the PI presenting a public program about her research discoveries. This live program will be rebroadcast by the New York Academy of Science via their podcast series "Science and the City."