Profile

• Time Zone

  Eastern

  
  
• Organization

  Botanical Society of America

  
  
• Role

  Scientist Mentor: I will mentor teams of students online

  
  
• Research Interests (300 words)

  My main research interest is the study of the flavonoid and anthocyanin pathway in non model plants, especially those from the neotropics. I dedicated my undergrad dissertation to the study of anthocyanin production in Aristolochiaceae flowers.

  
  
• Profile Question 1

  When and why did you decide to go into a science career?

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

  I got my first view of science through my brothers who was a biology undergrad while I was in high school. He bought me a Richard Dawkins book and quizzed me about biology every time he could. I was particularly good at my biology and chemistry classes in high school too, so that also made me consider a science career. Plus, being called a scientist is pretty great, haha!

  
  
• Profile Question 2

  Can you share a funny/interesting lab or field story?

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

  We had a coffee machine in our lab and at the end of the day we took turns to wash it so it was ready to make coffee the next morning. One day I had to stay late but someone washed the coffee pot and left it on a bench, very close to the edge. I ended up breaking it! it was the worst! No one got to drink coffee the next days because of me... I felt really bad, ha ha!

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

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• 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?

  2

  
  

Recent Posts

mmcsbrookingposfall2021 project 9 Sarita Munoz-Gomez Oct 13, 2021

Hello everyone! My name is Sarita. I am a graduate student at the University of Connecticut. I study how color patterns are produced in the petals of flowers. In my free time, I enjoy painting, watching movies, illustrating, and hanging out with my…

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Hello everyone! My name is Sarita. I am a graduate student at the University of Connecticut. I study how color patterns are produced in the petals of flowers. In my free time, I enjoy painting, watching movies, illustrating, and hanging out with my friends! I hope you enjoy working on your project and don't hesitate to ask any questions! 

- Sarita

ahhsrichbourgfall2021 project 10 Sarita Munoz-Gomez Oct 7, 2021

Hi everyone, I'm Sarita! I'm very excited to help you out with your project. Don't hesitate to ask any questions

vfshweissspring2021 project 8 Sarita Munoz-Gomez Apr 29, 2021

Hi Katelyn,

This looks pretty good! 

Maybe could also consider that many trees and animals have a long history, and their interactions can be very specific. You could look for the different tree species (using tools like iNaturalist App)…

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Hi Katelyn,

This looks pretty good! 

Maybe could also consider that many trees and animals have a long history, and their interactions can be very specific. You could look for the different tree species (using tools like iNaturalist App) and then do a little research on what animals are usually related to that tree species and compare that to your data.

Have you thought about how you are going to document the weather changes? will that be a quantitative or a qualitative variable? 

How will you measure diversity exactly? There are known ways in which ecologists do this. 

What are you planning to do with your circumference and leaves data? Why are you taking these measurements? How do they help you to answer your research question? 

Try to go through these questions and see if your research question, hypothesis, and methods can improve. And of course, let me know if you have any concerns!

Stay safe!!

Sarita