REU Site: Addressing Environmental Challenges and Proposing Sustainable Solutions at the Lake Erie Land-Lake Interface

这项授予俄亥俄州托莱多托莱多大学的REU Site奖将支持在2019-2021年夏季对30名学生进行为期10周的培训。研究在托莱多大学的伊利湖中心、主校区、健康科学校区和邻近的现场进行。学生将解决陆地-湖泊界面的复杂挑战，以了解自然资源使用如何影响生物多样性、生态系统功能和公共健康，目标是促进环境可持续发展。学生将与来自环境科学、地理与规划、公共卫生或工程系的教师和研究生导师配对，并将设计和开展生态、湖泊、遥感或工程学方面的独立研究项目。实地考察将向学生介绍伊利湖面临的多样化栖息地和生态挑战，学生将接受研究伦理、实验设计、数据分析、撰写科学论文和申请研究生院的培训。学生们将写一份期末报告，并在公共海报晚会上展示他们的研究成果。该计划面向少数族裔申请者、女性、退伍军人和第一代大学生。PI和共同PI将根据学术成就、推荐信和对环境问题表现出的兴趣来评估申请者，并根据学生对研究领域的表明偏好，将REU研究员与适当的教师导师进行匹配。预计总共将有30名学生接受该计划的培训，这些学生主要来自研究机会有限的学校。学生将学习研究是如何进行的，许多人将在科学会议上展示他们的工作成果。将使用生物基础设施司资助的所有REU站点方案使用的通用网络评估工具来确定培训方案的有效性。项目结束后，将对学生进行跟踪，以确定他们的职业道路。学生将被要求回复通过NSF报告系统发送的自动电子邮件。有关该计划的更多信息，包括在线申请，请访问http://www.utoledo.edu/nsm/lec/REU/main.html，，或联系PI(Jeanine.refsnider@utoldo.edu博士)或共同PI(Kevin Chaajkowski博士，kevin.czajkowski@utoldo.edu)。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并已通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This REU Site award to the University of Toledo, in Toledo, OH, will support the training of 30 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2019- 2021. Research is conducted at the University of Toledo's Lake Erie Center, Main Campus, Health Sciences Campus, and adjacent field sites. Students will address complex challenges at the land-lake interface to understand how natural resource use impacts biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, and public health, with the goal of advancing environmental sustainability. Students will be paired with faculty and graduate student mentors from the Departments of Environmental Sciences, Geography and Planning, Public Health, or Engineering, and will design and conduct independent research projects in ecology, limnology, remote sensing, or engineering. Field trips will introduce students to the diverse habitats and ecological challenges facing Lake Erie, and students will receive training in research ethics, experimental delesign, data analysis, writing scientific papers, and applying to graduate school. Students will write a final report and present their research at a public poster gala. This program targets minority applicants, women, veterans, and first-generation college students. The PI and co-PI will evaluate applicants based on academic excellence, letter of reference, and demonstrated interest in environmental issues, and will match REU fellows with an appropriate faculty mentor based on students' indicated preference for research areas.It is anticipated that a total of 30 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. A common web-based assessment tool used by all REU Site programs funded by the Division of Biological Infrastructure will be used to determine the effectiveness of the training program. Students will be tracked after the program to determine their career paths. Students will be asked to respond to an automatic email sent via the NSF reporting system. More information about the program, including an online application, is available by visiting http://www.utoledo.edu/nsm/lec/REU/main.html, or by contacting the PI (Dr. Jeanine Refsnider at jeanine.refsnider@utoledo.edu) or the co-PI (Dr. Kevin Czajkowski at kevin.czajkowski@utoledo.edu).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.