REU Site: Interdisciplinary Research Experiences in Louisiana's Changing Coastal Environments

REU 网站：路易斯安那州不断变化的沿海环境的跨学科研究经验

• 批准号: 2150358
• 负责人: Brian Roberts
• 金额: $ 52.92万
• 依托单位: Louisiana Universities Marine Corsortium
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-03-01 至 2025-02-28
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2150358&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Interdisciplinary; Research; Experiences

The Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) DeFelice Marine Center, located in Cocodrie, LA, will host a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program for eight students each summer. Coastal Louisiana serves as an ideal model system to study climate change impacts as rates of environmental change are substantially greater than most coastal systems in the US and abroad. The goal of the LUMCON REU site is to provide stimulating, challenging, and lasting research experiences for a highly qualified, diverse cohort of undergraduate student participants interested in careers in coastal and marine science. Specific objectives of the LUMCON REU program are to 1) expose students to a variety of research settings and disciplines of coastal and marine science, 2) facilitate experiences that guide students through the planning, execution, analysis, interpretation, and presentation phases of an independent research project, 3) train students in oral and written communication of science, 4) expose participants to the diversity of scientific career paths and role models, 5) teach participants about the linkages between scientific research and ecosystem management, and 6) develop a cohort of future scientists through common research experiences and opportunities for both formal and informal exchange between students, mentors, other scientists, students, and educators. This program will prepare participants for a diversity of careers in science, ecosystem management and/or policy by focusing on coastal environmental problems in Louisiana with relevance to issues faced elsewhere in the United States and abroad. Through a series of skill-building workshops and other opportunities, REU interns will learn to effectively communicate science to diverse audiences and outlets—skills beneficial in any pursued career path. This program will continue to build on a strong history and growing network of contacts to attract diverse cohorts of REU participants, including students from underrepresented and underserved groups in STEM (e.g., underrepresented racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups as well as disabled and non-traditional students and those from non-research institutions). REU interns will be part of LUMCON’s summer community affording them networking opportunities with visiting high school, undergraduate, and graduate students as well as researchers.The LUMCON REU program integrates research, education, and ecosystem management, a mission shared with LUMCON as an institution. The DeFelice Marine Center’s location on the upper end of Terrebonne Bay and its proximity to the Mississippi River and Atchafalaya River deltas, extensive estuaries and coastal wetlands, and coastal waters to the deep-water Gulf makes it an ideal venue for field and experimental based marine science. An emerging delta (Atchafalaya) and a degrading delta (Mississippi), combined with complex coastal processes (coastal erosion and wetland degradation), and continued nutrient inputs into the coastal zone provide diverse opportunities and challenges for both pure and applied research that have implications for coastal restoration, and flood control, and the vast living resources (oysters, shrimp, crabs, and fin fisheries) in the area. Focal areas of research currently include river/ocean interactions, delta formation and degradation, coastal loss and restoration, biodiversity, behavioral,general, and ecosystem ecology, biogenic systems, organic chemistry, geomicrobiology, biogeochemistry, and acute and chronic anthropogenic and environmental impacts including climate change, eutrophication/hypoxia, ocean acidification, and oil spills on coastal and marine systems. The combination of mentor research interests and expertise with the diversity of habitats in this region provides a unique opportunity for REU interns to participate in a scientific research and professional mentoring program that interfaces fundamental research questions in dynamic coastal and marine ecosystems with problems central to science-based policy and management 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.

路易斯安那大学海洋联盟（LUMCON）DeFelice海洋中心位于路易斯安那州Cocodrie，每年夏天将为8名学生举办本科生研究体验（REU）计划。沿海路易斯安那州作为一个理想的模型系统，研究气候变化的影响，环境变化的速度大大超过大多数沿海系统在美国和国外。LUMCON REU站点的目标是为对沿海和海洋科学职业感兴趣的高素质、多元化的本科生参与者群体提供刺激、具有挑战性和持久的研究体验。LUMCON REU计划的具体目标是：1）让学生接触各种研究环境和沿海和海洋科学学科，2）促进通过独立研究项目的规划，执行，分析，解释和演示阶段指导学生的经验，3）培养学生的口头和书面科学交流，4）使参与者了解科学职业道路和榜样的多样性，5）向参与者传授科学研究与生态系统管理之间的联系，以及6）通过共同的研究经验和学生之间正式和非正式交流的机会，培养一批未来的科学家，导师、其他科学家、学生和教育工作者。该计划将为参与者在科学，生态系统管理和/或政策的职业生涯的多样性做好准备，重点关注路易斯安那州的沿海环境问题，并与美国和国外其他地方面临的问题相关。通过一系列的技能建设研讨会和其他机会，REU实习生将学习有效地传播科学给不同的观众和网点-技能有利于任何追求的职业道路。该计划将继续建立在一个强大的历史和不断增长的联系网络，以吸引REU参与者的多样化群体，包括来自STEM中代表性不足和服务不足的群体的学生（例如，代表性不足的种族、族裔和社会经济群体以及残疾和非传统学生和来自非研究机构的学生）。REU实习生将成为LUMCON暑期社区的一部分，为他们提供与来访的高中生、本科生和研究生以及研究人员建立联系的机会。LUMCON REU项目整合了研究、教育和生态系统管理，这是与LUMCON作为一个机构共同的使命。德费利斯海洋中心位于特雷博讷湾的上端，靠近密西西比河和阿查法拉亚河三角洲、广阔的河口和沿海湿地，以及沿海沃茨到深水海湾，使其成为海洋科学领域和实验的理想场所。一个正在形成的三角洲（Atchafalaya）和一个正在退化的三角洲（密西西比），加上复杂的海岸过程（海岸侵蚀和湿地退化），以及持续的营养物质输入到沿海地区，为理论研究和应用研究提供了各种机会和挑战，这些研究对该地区的海岸恢复、洪水控制和大量生物资源（牡蛎、虾、蟹和鳍渔业）产生了影响。目前的重点研究领域包括河流/海洋的相互作用，三角洲的形成和退化，海岸损失和恢复，生物多样性，行为，一般和生态系统生态学，生源系统，有机化学，地球微生物学，地球化学，以及急性和慢性人为和环境影响，包括气候变化，富营养化/缺氧，海洋酸化，以及沿海和海洋系统的石油泄漏。导师的研究兴趣和专业知识与该地区栖息地的多样性相结合，为REU实习生提供了一个独特的机会，让他们参与科学研究和专业指导计划，将动态沿海和海洋生态系统中的基础研究问题与科学核心问题相结合。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的评估，被认为是值得支持的。影响审查标准。