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I am a senior double majoring in EBIO (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) and MCDB (Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology) graduating this spring. Since taking advanced placement biology my senior year of high school I have been enamored with

When I transferred to CU, I was somewhat aimless and worried: I knew I loved biology, but I was concerned about finding my niche, both in terms of finding work I would find meaningful but also in finding work that would be financially sound. I

One of the many wonders of biology is the immense biodiversity of the natural world. Anyone can walk outside right now and encounter all different forms of life: large arching trees, shiny armored bugs, furry four-legged creatures, soaring birds,

Never in my life did I think I would want to save bugs. Although I’d usually put them outside (nervously), I always freaked when seeing an earwig and I ran away from bees. If you’d asked me freshman year what lab course I’d end up doing, I would

I was first exposed to the world of scientific research during high school in a course called Science Research Seminar. When I realized that I could combine creativity and innovation with the findings of other scientists to benefit human impacted

My love for plant community ecology began in the trees of the Hoh Rainforest of Washington State. Here, I was fortunate enough to conduct research on the mosses, liverworts, and hornworts that live in the canopy of big-leaf maple trees with Dr.

As an undergraduate in EBIO, I have had the opportunity to work on a variety of research projects looking at everything from barn swallows to lichens to microbes. I currently work in Dr. Steve Schmidt's lab studying soil microbial communities from

During my junior at CU Â鶹ӰԺ, I began the process of working on an honors thesis in the Safran lab. I knew I wanted to study parental care in Barn Swallows, and after a lot of reading, I landed on a research question: how do barn swallows alter

I’m a Senior majoring in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Mathematics, graduating this spring. My research is on the genetic basis of herbivory resistance in Panicum virgatum, or switchgrass. Switchgrass is a biofuel candidate which grows over a

Studying Ecology and Evolutionary Biology has allowed me to explore my interest in microbiology through different classes and participating in research. With the help of Dr. Boswell Wing and graduate student Jennifer Reeve I am investigating how