Undergraduate student, Mykael Pineda, was awarded an Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) Individual Grant for her 鈥淐limate Sensitive Post-Fire Management鈥� project. She will be co-mentored by Holly Barnard and GEOG Alum Teresa Chapman from The Nature Conservancy. Mykael will be using this work as the basis of her honors thesis.
Mykael will be using GIS mapping technology to determine the accessibility of seedling planting sites by foot and reports she is "grateful for the opportunity and optimistic about what the future听holds!"
CU 麻豆影院听has a rich culture听for听cultivating undergraduates as听emerging scholars, artists and practicing researchers.听UROP provides consultation services, workshops, and grants to promote undergraduate research as a high-impact learning practice for student success. Each year UROP funds hundreds of students who produce new knowledge and creative work听with CU's world-class faculty. For more information see the CU 麻豆影院听Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program听辫补驳别.