REU Site: Research Experiences in Marine Organism Health: Resilience and Response to Environmental Change

REU网站授予查尔斯顿学院的奖项将在2014-2016年夏季为10名学生提供为期10周的培训。学生的研究培训将在位于南卡罗来纳州查尔斯顿的Grice海洋实验室进行。该奖项由生物科学部（生物基础设施部）和地球科学部（海洋科学部）共同支持。该计划的重点是海洋生物健康的主题，它解决了生物，种群，社区和生态系统如何应对海洋和河口环境的自然或人为变化。学生的项目涉及气候变化、沿海开发、自然灾害、物种引进和污染等问题——由于温度、pH值、盐度、氧气水平等变量的快速变化，以及有害药物、金属和其他污染物的存在，这些条件正在给生物带来特殊的挑战。除了在实验室或实地从事全职研究外，学生还将参加研讨会，实地考察和研讨会，主题包括负责任的研究行为，与专业和公众受众的沟通以及研究生院申请过程。鼓励来自研究机会有限的学校和来自代表性不足群体的学生申请。参与者的选择是基于对学生职业生涯的潜在好处，每个学生对实习团队的贡献的多样性，以及学术和个人成就的强大潜力。REU的学生将学习如何进行研究，许多人将在科学会议上展示他们的工作成果。REU的学生将被安置在约翰逊堡海洋资源中心的格赖斯海洋实验室的宿舍。该计划将使用REU通用评估工具（学生学习收益评估）和自己的工具来评估学生在该计划中的收益，并将继续评估参与者对科学和数学学科的兴趣，他们的职业道路，以及研究经验的持久影响。学生在项目结束后需要被跟踪，并且必须回复通过NSF报告系统发送的自动电子邮件。欲了解更多信息，请访问http://reu.cofc.edu或联系PI （Robert Podolsky博士podolskyr@cofc.edu）。

This REU Site award to the College of Charleston will support the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2014-2016. Student research training will be done at the Grice Marine Laboratory, located in Charleston, SC. This award is supported by both the Directorates for Biological Sciences (Division of Biological Infrastructure) and Geosciences (Division of Ocean Sciences). The program focuses on the theme of marine organism health, which addresses how organisms, populations, communities, and ecosystems respond to natural or anthropogenic changes in oceanic and estuarine environments. Student projects involve issues on climate change, coastal development, natural disasters, species introductions and pollution -- conditions that are creating special challenges to organisms because of more rapid changes in variables like temperature, pH, salinity, oxygen level, and presence of harmful pharmaceuticals, metals and other pollutants. In addition to being engaged in full-time research in the lab or field, students will participate in seminars, field trips, and workshops on topics like the responsible conduct of research, communication with professional and public audiences, and the graduate school application process. Students from schools with limited research opportunities and those from underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply. Participants are selected based on potential benefits to the student's career, on the diversity that each student contributes to the intern group, and on evidence of strong potential for academic and personal achievement. REU students will learn how research is conducted and many will present the results of their work at scientific conferences. REU students will be housed in the dormitory of the Grice Marine Laboratory at the Fort Johnson Marine Resources Center. The program will use the REU common assessment tool (Student Assessment of Learning Gains) and its own instrument to assess student gains in the program, and will continue to assess participant interest in science and math disciplines, their career paths, and the lasting influences of the research experience. Students are required to be tracked after the program and must respond to an automatic email sent via the NSF reporting system. More information is available by visiting http://reu.cofc.edu, or by contacting the PI (Dr. Robert Podolsky at podolskyr@cofc.edu).