REU Site: Ecology in Human-Dominated Landscapes

迈阿密大学将设立一个REU网站，研究人类主导景观中的生态学，12名学生将在夏季花10周时间进行多学科合作研究，重点关注受人类活动严重影响的景观中的生态问题。我们将以多元化的目标招收学生，包括代表性不足的少数民族、第一代大学生和来自研究机会很少的大学的学生。学生将在个别教师导师的指导下进行个人研究项目。每个学生项目也将成为一个研究“集群”的一部分，每个集群由3-5名学生和相同数量的教师导师组成。学生将与其他学生合作开发项目，围绕一个主题，将几个教员的研究项目联系在一起。因此，学生将接触到广泛的研究，并有机会在多学科研究团队中工作，其结构类似于解决现实世界问题的研究小组。每位学生还将参加整个小组活动，包括为期10周的研讨会课程（每周2小时），内容涵盖科学过程、科学与环境伦理、生态学职业、如何准备和发表科学报告以及其他研究方面。此外，所有学生将作为一个小组参加全天的实地考察，并与一些教师导师一起参加美国生态学会的年度会议。最后，每个学生将以口头报告，电子海报和书面论文的形式展示他或她的研究，最终将发展成手稿出版。迈阿密大学拥有优秀的实地和实验室设施来执行该REU站点，包括各种各样的人类主导的生态系统（包括生态学研究中心，附近的实地站）和最先进的实验室设施。迈阿密也有让本科生参与研究的悠久而优秀的历史，这是REU项目将建立的基础。欲了解更多信息，请联系David J. Berg博士bergdj@muohio， 513-529-3174，或访问我们的REU项目网站www.muohio.edu/ecoreu。

Miami University will conduct an REU site on Ecology in Human-Dominated Landscapes in which 12 students would spend 10 weeks In the summer, engaged in collaborative, multi-disciplinary research that emphasizes ecological questions in landscapes heavily influenced by human activity. We will recruit students with the goal of having a diverse group that includes underrepresented minorities, first-generation college students, and students from colleges with little research opportunities. Students will conduct individual research projects with the guidance of individual faculty mentors. Each student project will also be part of a research "cluster," with each cluster consisting of 3-5 students and an equal number of faculty mentors. Students will develop projects that are collaborative with other students in the cluster, focused around a theme that ties together the research programs of several faculty members. Thus, students will be exposed to a broad range of research and have the opportunity to work in multi-disciplinary research teams, structured similarly to research groups solving real-world problems. Each student will also participate in whole group activities, including a 10-week workshop course (2 hours per week) that covers the scientific process, scientific and environmental ethics, careers in ecology, how to prepare and deliver scientific presentations, and other research aspects. In addition, all students will participate in whole-day field trips as a group, and attend the annual conference of the Ecological Society of America with some of the faculty mentors. Finally, each student will present his or her research as an oral presentation, an electronic poster, and a written paper that will eventually be developed into a manuscript for publication. Miami University has excellent field and lab facilities for executing this REU site, including a diverse array of human-dominated ecosystems (including the Ecology Research Center, a nearby field station), and state-of-the-art laboratory facilities. Miami also has a long and excellent history of involving undergraduates in research, a foundation upon which this REU project will build. For further information, please contact Dr. David J. Berg at bergdj@muohio, 513-529-3174, or visit our REU program website at www.muohio.edu/ecoreu.