Profile

• Time Zone

  Pacific

  
  
• Organization

  The Nature Conservancy

  
  
• Role

  Scientist Mentor: I will mentor teams of students online

  
  
• Research Interests (300 words)

  I'm interested in conservation, community ecology, and how fire interacts with plants.

  
  
• Profile Question 1

  What is your favorite plant? Why?

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

  I think carnivorous plants are the coolest! My favorite is probably Darlingtonia californica, also called the cobra plant or California pitcher plant.

  
  
• Profile Question 2

  What is tough about being a scientist?

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

  Working in science can be very rewarding, but it can also be very frustrating. You can work on a problem or experiment for a long time before you figure it out. You need patience, which isn't always easy.

  
  
• Profile Question 3

  What is best about being a scientist?

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

  I like trying to solve problems, and as a scientist I get to do that. Also, because of my job I've had the chance to travel and work in some amazing places, like Alaska, China, and the Sierra Nevada mountains. Some days, it doesn't feel like a job at all!

  
  
• Availability

  I am NOT available, please temporarily remove me from the available mentor list

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

  1

  
  

Recent Posts

24fcordondhspos project 9 Kevin J Badik Nov 19 at 10:57am

Did the filtered light all perform about the same or did you see difference between them?

 

24fcordondhspos project 9 Kevin J Badik Nov 18 at 10:44am

Have you started the experiments?

24fcordondhspos project 9 Kevin J Badik Nov 15 at 02:21pm

Picking colors across the spectrum makes sense to me. 

One thing to keep in mind is that depending on the light source, lamps can give off light and heat. Adding filters can change not only the about and type of light, but the amount of heat…

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Picking colors across the spectrum makes sense to me. 

One thing to keep in mind is that depending on the light source, lamps can give off light and heat. Adding filters can change not only the about and type of light, but the amount of heat as well. Especially if the filters are different materials or thicknesses.

I'm not saying you should change anything, but something to be aware of. When we do experiments we often measure things we aren't interested in but want to know that it didn't affect our results.