Meet the 2019 Fellows
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Sandra Bustillos
Environmental Science, University of Texas, Austin
REEU Project Title: Can Cows and Compost Save Our Grazing Land Soils?
REEU Mentors: Dr. Meagan E. Schipanski and Shelby McClelland, CSU Department of Soil & Crop Sciences
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Megan Carp
Ecosystem Science & Sustainability, Colorado State University
REEU Project Title: Developing NDVI Signatures of Land Cover Classes for Use in Hydrologic Modeling
REEU Project Co-Researcher: Serena Natonabah
REEU Mentors: Drs. Gabriel Senay and Darin Schulte, United States Geological Survey and CSU Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory
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Po Cathcart
Soil & Crop Sciences, Colorado State University
REEU Project Title: Can Deep Rooted Maize Varieties Promote Soil Carbon Sequestration?
REEU Mentors: Dr. Megan Machmuller and Michelle Haddix, CSU Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory
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Benjamin Fehr
Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems, University of New Hampshire
REEU Project Title: Using a Feedforward MLP Neural Network to Fill Gaps in
N2O Emission Data
REEU Mentors: Dr. Rich Conant and Chris Dorich, CSU Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory
“This experience was one of the highlights of my undergraduate career and helped propel me into high level research.”
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Kelli Hatch
Psychology, Lewis & Clark University
REEU Project Title: Will Increasing Nitrogen Inputs Increase Persistent Carbon in Soil?
REEU Mentors: Dr. Francesca Cotrufo, Laura van der Pol, and Rebecca Even, CSU Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory
“Since coming to college, I’ve known I was interested in research, and I even had a few opportunities to carry out small-scale projects as part of my coursework. However, this REEU experience really took my understanding of research much further than ever before. It provided in-depth immersion into the investigative process while working on globally important issues such as climate change mitigation. I would highly recommend this experience to anyone who thinks research might be a possible career path for them.”
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Lauryn Howlett
Ecosystem Science & Sustainability, Colorado State University
REEU Project Title: Assessing Soil Moisture Across Different Tillage Treatments
REEU Mentors: Dr. Keith Paustian and Chris Dorich, CSU Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory
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Natalie Namba
Ecosystem Science & Sustainability, Colorado State University
REEU Project Title: The Effect of Food Limitation on Survival in Honey Bees
REEU Mentors: Dr. Dhruba Naug and Stephen Mugel, CSU Department of Biology
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Serena Natonabah
Human Dimensions of Natural Resources, Colorado State University
REEU Project Title: Developing NDVI Signatures of Land Cover Classes for Use in Hydrologic Modeling
REEU Project Co-Researcher: Megan Carp
REEU Mentors: Drs. Gabriel Senay and Darin Schulte, United States Geological Survey and CSU Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory
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