Profile

• Time Zone

  Mountain

  
  
• Organization

  USGS - Southwest Biological Research Center (Moab, UT)

  
  
• Role

  Scientist Mentor: I will mentor teams of students online

  
  
• Research Interests (300 words)

  I am a landscape ecologist interested in how climate warming will impact water availability in Arctic and grassland systems.

  
  
• Profile Question 1

  What is best about being a scientist?

  
  
• Answer the question you selected for profile question 1 here (300 words):

  I love being a scientists because my job is to ask questions about the world and learn. I love exploring the environment and spending time outside, so ecology is a great fit for me!

  
  
• Profile Question 2

  What is the coolest thing you have discovered or learned about plants?

  
  
• Answer the question you selected for profile question 2 here (300 words):

  Not all plants create energy from the sun! Some plants are carnivorous and can get nutrients from digesting insects and other critters, while other plants pray on their neighbors and steal nutrients from belowground.

  
  
• Profile Question 3

  Do you have advice for students about preparing for a science career?

  
  
• Answer the question you selected for profile question 3 here (300 words):

  Anyone can be a scientist! Be curious, embrace the unknown, and always be enthusiastic. Science is creative process so people from different backgrounds can learn a lot from each other and the world.

  
  
• In addition to English, I am comfortable communicating with students in the following languages:

  (not set)

  
  
• Capacity: How many teams at a time are you comfortable working with?

  2

  
  

Recent Posts

hhsdesaispring2022 project 3 Rebecca Finger-Higgens Mar 23, 2022

Good job wrapping up your projects. I am glad I could help.

hhsdesaispring2022 project 3 Rebecca Finger-Higgens Mar 18, 2022

I am glad you saw some growth! I think that your idea about those tissue treatments holding more water is a good one. There is also a possibility that the tissue made the soils a bit warmer which could also impact growth.

hhsdesaispring2022 project 3 Rebecca Finger-Higgens Mar 14, 2022

Hello all,

Sorry for the slow response but I was away in the field collecting my own data.

Can you please briefly remind me what plant seeds you are using? Also are some of your classmates seeing germination of their plants? And if so, in what…

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Hello all,

Sorry for the slow response but I was away in the field collecting my own data.

Can you please briefly remind me what plant seeds you are using? Also are some of your classmates seeing germination of their plants? And if so, in what types of growing conditions? Are you seeds close enough to the window or are you perhaps overwatering your plants?

 

It could be that your seeds just need more time or there is some other sort of environmental limitation.