Meet the 2019 Fellows
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
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
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
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.”
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.”
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
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
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
