REU Site: Aquatic Chemical Ecology at Georgia Tech

位于乔治亚州亚特兰大的佐治亚理工学院（Georgia Tech）将于2020-2021年举办本科生研究体验（REU）现场项目。该项目将专注于水生化学生态学，每年夏天将邀请10名本科生到佐治亚理工学院校园进行为期10周的实习。导师将从生物科学系、化学与生物化学系、化学与生物分子工程系、地球与大气科学系、土木与环境工程系中挑选。学生将参与独立研究和各种专业发展活动，这些活动旨在让他们沉浸在充满活力的研究文化中，让他们接触到科学和研究领域的多种职业道路，并为他们未来的成功掌握关键技能。该项目支持国家培养下一代科学家和科学劳动力的目标。这个REU网站计划探索化学在塑造生态过程中的作用。各种各样的宏观生物和微生物利用化学线索来寻找食物、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。REU学生研究项目探索水生生态系统中的化学生态学问题，例如专注于捕食者-猎物，宿主-寄生虫或珊瑚礁，盐沼或多种淡水生态系统等环境中的互惠相互作用的化学基础。佐治亚理工学院REU网站将在两年的时间内为20名本科生提供实习机会。该项目在全国范围内寻找申请人，并寻求吸引来自研究机会有限的学校的学生。该计划的资金支持学生的津贴、住房和参加该计划的旅行，以及学生的专业发展活动。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) in Atlanta, GA will host a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site program from 2020-2021. The program will focus on Aquatic Chemical Ecology and will bring ten undergraduates to the Georgia Tech campus for a ten-week internship each summer. Mentors will be selected from the departments of Biological Sciences, Chemistry & Biochemistry, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, and Civil & Environmental Engineering. Students will participate in independent research and a variety of professional development activities designed to immerse them in a vibrant research culture, expose them to multiple career paths in science and research, and equip them with key skills for future success. This project supports national goals of developing the next generation of scientists and the scientific workforce. This REU Site program explores the role of chemistry in shaping ecological processes. Chemical cues are used by a wide diversity of macro and microorganisms to locate food, evade predators, select mates, launch cooperative behaviors, construct social hierarchies, and choose suitable environments. REU student research projects explore questions of chemical ecology in aquatic ecosystems, for example focusing on the chemical basis of predator-prey, host-parasite, or mutualistic interactions in environments such as coral reefs, salt marshes, or diverse freshwater ecosystems. The Georgia Tech REU Site will provide a total of twenty undergraduates with internships over the two-year period. The program conducts a national search for applicants and seeks to engage students from schools with limited research opportunities. Funding for this program supports student stipends, housing and travel to attend the program, and student professional development activities.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.