REU Site: Aquatic Chemical Ecology at Georgia Tech

海洋科学部为佐治亚理工学院水生化学生态学本科生研究体验(REU)项目提供新的资金，该学院位于佐治亚州亚特兰大。该项目将招收10名本科生，为期三年，每年夏天实习10周。项目活动包括教师指导、研究培训、教育部分(研讨会、研讨会)、职业建议和旨在让REU学生沉浸在丰富多样的研究文化中的网络活动。中心焦点将是由学生设计、实施、记录和展示的研究项目。PIs旨在吸引来自非博士授予机构的高比例学生，特别是从代表性较低的群体和女性中招收学生。化学线索调节各种关键的生态过程，包括种间和种内竞争、捕食者-猎物、宿主-寄生虫和互惠互动。这些线索被有机体用来定位食物、躲避捕食者、选择配偶、发起合作行为、构建社会等级和选择合适的环境。总而言之，化学调节的相互作用在个人、种群、社区和生态系统层面上具有生态和进化后果。佐治亚理工学院将提供水生化学生态学的综合研究经验。教师导师将从土木与环境工程系、化学与生物分子工程系、地球与大气科学系、化学与生物化学系和生物系中挑选。共有30名学生将进行与水化学生态相关的独立研究项目，并将接受科学交流和STEM职业选择方面的培训。

The Division of Ocean Sciences provides renewed funding for a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program in Aquatic Chemical Ecology at Georgia Institute of Technology, located in Atlanta, GA. The program will host 10 undergraduates during a 10-week internship each summer for three years. Program activities consist of faculty mentorship, research training, educational components (seminars, workshops), career advising, and networking activities designed to immerse REU students in a rich and diverse research culture. The central focus will be a research project that is designed, implemented, documented, and presented by the student. The PIs intend to attract a high proportion of students from non-PhD granting institutions, focusing especially on recruitment of students from under represented groups and women.Chemical cues mediate a variety of critical ecological processes, including inter- and intraspecific competition, predator-prey, host-parasite, and mutualistic interactions. These cues are used by organisms to locate food, evade predators, select mates, launch cooperative behaviors, construct social hierarchies, and choose suitable environments. Altogether, chemically-mediated interactions have ecological and evolutionary consequences at the individual, population, community, and ecosystem levels. Georgia Tech will offer an integrated research experience in aquatic chemical ecology. Faculty mentors will be selected from the Departments of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Chemistry & Biochemistry, and Biology. A total of 30 students will conduct independent research projects related to aquatic chemical ecology and will receive training in scientific communication and STEM career options.