Profile

• Time Zone

  Pacific

  
  
• Organization

  University of California - Riverside

  
  
• Role

  Scientist Mentor: I will mentor teams of students online

  
  
• Research Interests (300 words)

  I am a plant ecologist studying how plants regenerate and recover after wildfires. The diversity of native plants is fascinating to study, and one of my main research goals is to better understand these diverse natural communities to improve restoration efforts after major disturbances.

  
  
• Profile Question 1

  What is your favorite plant? Why?

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

  Asclepias tuberosa is my favorite plant because it is a beautiful uniquely shaped orange flowers and is a host plant for monarch butterflies!

  
  
• Profile Question 2

  What is best about being a scientist?

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

  Being a scientist is awesome because you are constantly learning new things and exploring how the world works.

  
  
• Profile Question 3

  What lessons have you learned in your career about how science works?

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

  Problem solving is a huge part of science, from developing research questions to figuring out what went wrong during an experiment.

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

  2

  
  

Recent Posts

sspslandiswosspring2024 project 10 Meg Kargul Mar 26 at 06:55pm

I was not able to view the data table, it said access was denied. Nice job making conclusions from your observations - cool to see the higher nutrient content in mineral water increased germination. That's a good suggestion to further the…

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I was not able to view the data table, it said access was denied. Nice job making conclusions from your observations - cool to see the higher nutrient content in mineral water increased germination. That's a good suggestion to further the experiment. Great job working on this experiment!

sspslandiswosspring2024 project 4 Meg Kargul Mar 26 at 06:40pm

Nice job making conclusions from the patterns you observed, very interesting that the seeds facing up germinated more than the other directions. Why do you think this is? Very cool design for holding your germination plates. Great job on this…

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Nice job making conclusions from the patterns you observed, very interesting that the seeds facing up germinated more than the other directions. Why do you think this is? Very cool design for holding your germination plates. Great job on this experiment! 

sspslandiswosspring2024 project 4 Meg Kargul Mar 21 at 06:49pm

I saw you added some photos. Can you share what patterns you are observing?