Pacific Basin Biodiversity Ecology and Evolution in Chile and Micronesia (IRES)

该奖项将为路易斯安那大学门罗分校(ULM)的12名本科生和6名硕士研究生提供机会，通过在两个研究地点为期三年的暑期实习获得国际研究经验。每年，与Pi Hayes共同工作的两名本科生和一名硕士学生将在智利天主教大学Louis Ebensperger博士的指导下，在ULM和智利接受行为和生理生态学研究方面的培训。在密克罗尼西亚大学布赖恩·林奇先生的指导下，同样数量的学生将在密克罗尼西亚州立大学接受种群生物学和进化论方面的培训。该计划的所有行政和组织方面都将建立在ULM Howard Hughes医学研究所研究计划(HHMI)的现有基础设施上。在国际旅行之前的两个学期里，海斯博士的学生将研究影响公共家鼠(Mus Musculus)繁殖的产前因素。佩佐德博士的学生将学习鱼类采集方法，并从ULM自然历史博物馆的哥比目鱼标本中提取mtDNA并进行测序，为正在开发中的系统地理学增添内容。这项NSF奖励为学生提供所需的资金，包括机票和与他们在海外逗留有关的活动的支持。许多ULM学生是少数民族或第一代大学生，这增加了该项目可能对代表性不足的学生产生影响的潜力。文化培训将提高所有学生的意识和语言技能，提高他们在国际上的竞争力。所有学生都将协助合作的PIS撰写手稿，以便在同行评议的期刊上发表。该计划将在一个顶峰活动中达到高潮，在此期间，学生将作为ULM Chautauqua Nexus计划的主持人与ULM和门罗社区分享他们的文化和研究经验。该奖项由国际科学与工程办公室和美国国家科学基金会EPSCoR项目共同资助。

This award will provide 12 undergraduate and 6 M.S. students from the University of Louisiana at Monroe (ULM) with the opportunity to gain international research experience through summer internships at two research sites over a three-year period. Each year, two undergraduate students and one M.S. student working with co-PI Hayes will be trained in behavioral and physiological ecology research at ULM and in Chile under the supervision of Dr. Louis Ebensperger at Catholic University, Chile. The same number of students working with co-PI Pezold will be trained in population biology and evolution at ULM and under the supervision of Mr. Brian Lynch at the College of Micronesia. All administrative and organizational aspects of the program will be built upon the existing infrastructure of the ULM Howard Hughes Medical Institute research program (HHMI). During the two semesters preceding international travel, Dr. Hayes' students will study prenatal factors affecting the reproduction of communal house mice (Mus musculus). Dr. Pezold's students will learn fish collection methods and extract and sequence mtDNA from gobiid fish specimens in the ULM Museum of Natural History and add to a developing phylogeography. This NSF award provides needed funds for the students, covering airfare and support for activities related to their overseas stays. Many ULM students are ethnic minorities or first-generation university students, increasing the potential for impact that this program may have among underrepresented students. Cultural training will increase the awareness and improve the language skills of all students, increasing their competitiveness at the international level. All students will assist the co-PIs with the writing of manuscripts for publication in peer-reviewed journals. The program will culminate in a capstone event, during which students will share their cultural and research experiences with the ULM and Monroe communities as presenters in the ULM Chautauqua Nexus program. This award is co-funded by the Office of International Science and Engineering, and the NSF EPSCoR program.