REU Site: Warm-water aquatic ecology

该REU网站奖授予位于阿拉巴马州奥本的奥本大学，将在2018-2020年的每个夏季为10名学生提供为期10周的培训。该项目以温水水生生态学为重点，将利用美国东南部广泛的生物多样性和许多水生生态系统，以及参与实验室的现有基础设施，广泛培训REU学生跨学科研究的核心要素，即建立假设，实验设计，数据解释，专业网络发展和科学伦理。REU学生将参加各种活动，如为期两天的水生生态学课程，导师研究研讨会，定期导师-被指导者和REU学生会议，学生驱动的研究项目，专业发展活动和实地考察。预计将有30名学生，主要是来自社区大学等研究机会有限的学校的大一和大二学生，参加该项目的培训。通过计划的基础和应用研究活动，REU的学生将学习如何进行研究，为他们在学术界，工业界和政府机构的成功职业生涯做好准备，他们将有能力解决与水有关的现有和迫在眉睫的环境挑战。REU将支持学生发表他们的研究成果，许多学生将在科学会议上展示他们的工作成果。为了扩大REU研究项目的影响，所有REU学生将被鼓励开发和领导一个涉及新闻或艺术教师和学生的外展项目。由生物基础设施部资助的所有REU站点计划使用的通用网络评估工具将用于确定培训计划的有效性。此外，每周的评估将衡量项目不同组成部分的质量和有效性，包括研究经验、导师、专业发展活动和住房。项目结束后，学员将被跟踪至少五年，以确定他们的职业道路。此外，学生将被要求回复通过NSF报告系统发送的自动电子邮件。有关该计划的更多信息，请访问http://wilsonlab.com/reu/或通过wilson@auburn.edu与PI艾伦·威尔逊博士联系

This REU Site award to Auburn University, located in Auburn, Alabama, will support the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during each summer from 2018-2020. This program is focused on warm-water aquatic ecology and will use the vast biological diversity and many aquatic ecosystems found in the southeastern U.S. as well as the available infrastructure in participating labs to broadly train REU students in core elements of interdisciplinary research, namely establishing hypotheses, experimental design, data interpretation, professional network development, and scientific ethics. REU students will participate in a variety of activities, such as a two-day aquatic ecology course, mentor research seminars, regular mentor-mentee and REU student meetings, student-driven research projects, professional development activities, and field trips.It is anticipated that a total of 30 students, primarily freshman and sophomores from schools with limited research opportunities including community colleges, will be trained in the program. Through planned basic and applied research activities, REU students will learn how research is conducted to prepare them for successful careers in academia, industry, and government agencies where they will be equipped to solve existing and imminent environmental challenges related to water. REU students will be supported to publish their research and many will present the results of their work at scientific conferences. To broaden the impact of the REU research projects, all REU students will be encouraged to develop and lead an outreach project involving journalism or art faculty and students. A common web-based assessment tool used by all REU Site programs funded by the Division of Biological Infrastructure will be used to determine the effectiveness of the training program. In addition, weekly assessments will gauge the quality and effectiveness of different components of the program including the research experience, mentors, professional development activities, and housing. Students will be tracked for at least five years after the program to determine their career paths. In addition, students will be asked to respond to an automatic email sent via the NSF reporting system. More information about the program is available by visiting http://wilsonlab.com/reu/ or by contacting the PI, Dr. Alan Wilson at wilson@auburn.edu