Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site: Ecology in Human-Dominated Lanscapes

这个REU网站奖给迈阿密大学，位于牛津，俄亥俄州，将支持9名学生在2015年至2019年的夏天10周的培训。 参与者将进行个人研究项目，强调人类活动和全球气候变化带来的生态问题。 研究导师将来自不同的学科，包括生物学，地质学，化学，微生物学和地理学。该计划是协作和跨学科的，使参与者可以认识到，理解生态学必然包含不同的观点和方法。 学生参加由部落教育工作者领导的“一个民族和他们的家园：迈阿密部落”研讨会，该研讨会提供了人类与区域景观之间关系的历史视角。 该计划包括第二次研讨会，重点是科学专业，讨论会，实地考察，以及来自其他机构的世界知名科学家的访问。 学生参与者的选择是基于学生的素质和他们的兴趣与导师提出的项目的匹配。预计共有45名学生将参加该计划，主要来自研究机会有限的学校。学生将学习如何进行研究，许多人将在科学会议和同行评议的期刊上展示他们的工作成果。 除了扩大气候变化和环境问题的知识，学生们将欣赏传统的生态知识和人类与景观相互作用的历史。 通过这种方式，该计划将使参与者在不断变化的全球社会中成为生态文明的公民。由生物基础设施司（生物科学局）资助的所有REU计划使用的共同基于网络的评估工具有助于确定培训计划的有效性。 此外，将要求参与者在整个夏季及以后提供反馈。 这些信息将共同用于改进活动和经验。学生需要在课程结束后进行跟踪，并必须通过NSF报告系统自动发送电子邮件。欲了解更多信息，请访问http：//www.miamioh.edu/ecoreu，或联系主要研究者（大卫J.贝格博士，网址：BergDJ@miamioh.edu）或共同主要研究者（Ann L. Rypstra在Rypstral@miamioh.edu）。

This REU Site award to Miami University, located in Oxford, Ohio, will support the training of 9 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2015-2019. Participants will conduct individual research projects that emphasize ecological questions presented by human activity and global climate change. Research mentors will be from diverse disciplines including biology, geology, chemistry, microbiology, and geography. The program is collaborative and interdisciplinary, so that participants can come to recognize that understanding ecology necessarily incorporates diverse views and approaches. Students participate in the workshop "A People and Their Homeland: the Miami Tribe" led by tribal educators, which provides a historical perspective on the relationship between humans and the regional landscape. The program includes a second workshop focusing on the scientific profession, discussion sessions, field trips, and visits by world-renowned scientists from other institutions. Selection of student participants is based on student qualities and the match between their interests and projects proposed by mentors.It is anticipated that a total of 45 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities, will be trained in the program. Students will learn how research is conducted, and many will present the results of their work at scientific conferences and in peer-reviewed journals. In addition to expanding knowledge of climate change and environmental problems, students will come to appreciate traditional ecological knowledge and the history of human-landscape interactions. In this way, the program will prepare participants to become ecoliterate citizens in an ever-changing global society.A common web-based assessment tool used by all REU programs funded by the Division of Biological Infrastructure (Directorate for Biological Sciences) helps to determine the effectiveness of the training program. In addition, participants will be asked to provide feedback throughout the summer and beyond. Together this information will be used to improve the activities and experiences. 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://www.miamioh.edu/ecoreu, or by contacting the PI (Dr. David J. Berg at BergDJ@miamioh.edu) or the co-PI (Dr. Ann L. Rypstra at Rypstral@miamioh.edu).