REU Site: Aquatic Chemical Ecology at Georgia Tech

REU 站点：佐治亚理工学院水生化学生态学

• 批准号: 1851723
• 负责人: Brian Hammer
• 金额: $ 30.87万
• 依托单位: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-08-01 至 2025-05-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1851723&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Aquatic; Chemical; Ecology

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) in Atlanta, GA will host a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site program from 2020-2021. The program will focus on Aquatic Chemical Ecology and will bring ten undergraduates to the Georgia Tech campus for a ten-week internship each summer. Mentors will be selected from the departments of Biological Sciences, Chemistry & Biochemistry, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, and Civil & Environmental Engineering. Students will participate in independent research and a variety of professional development activities designed to immerse them in a vibrant research culture, expose them to multiple career paths in science and research, and equip them with key skills for future success. This project supports national goals of developing the next generation of scientists and the scientific workforce. This REU Site program explores the role of chemistry in shaping ecological processes. Chemical cues are used by a wide diversity of macro and microorganisms to locate food, evade predators, select mates, launch cooperative behaviors, construct social hierarchies, and choose suitable environments. REU student research projects explore questions of chemical ecology in aquatic ecosystems, for example focusing on the chemical basis of predator-prey, host-parasite, or mutualistic interactions in environments such as coral reefs, salt marshes, or diverse freshwater ecosystems. The Georgia Tech REU Site will provide a total of twenty undergraduates with internships over the two-year period. The program conducts a national search for applicants and seeks to engage students from schools with limited research opportunities. Funding for this program supports student stipends, housing and travel to attend the program, and student professional development activities.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

在技术的格鲁吉亚研究所（格鲁吉亚技术）在亚特兰大，GA将举办本科生（REU）网站程序从2020-2021年的研究经验。该计划将侧重于水生化学生态学，并将带来十名本科生到格鲁吉亚技术校园为期十周的实习，每年夏天。导师将从生物科学，化学生物化学，化学生物分子工程，地球大气科学和土木环境工程部门中选出。学生将参加独立研究和各种专业发展活动，旨在使他们沉浸在充满活力的研究文化中，使他们接触到科学和研究的多种职业道路，并为他们提供未来成功的关键技能。该项目支持培养下一代科学家和科学工作者的国家目标。这个REU网站程序探讨化学在塑造生态过程中的作用。 化学线索被各种各样的宏观生物和微生物用来定位食物、躲避捕食者、选择配偶、发起合作行为、构建社会等级和选择合适的环境。REU学生的研究项目探索化学生态学在水生生态系统的问题，例如专注于捕食者-猎物，宿主-寄生虫，或互利互惠的环境，如珊瑚礁，盐沼，或不同的淡水生态系统的化学基础。该格鲁吉亚技术REU网站将提供为期两年的实习共20名本科生。该计划在全国范围内寻找申请人，并寻求吸引来自研究机会有限的学校的学生。 该计划的资金支持学生津贴，住房和旅行参加该计划，和学生专业发展活动。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。