Stephen Stern
Profile
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Time ZoneMountain
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OrganizationColorado Mesa University
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RoleScientist Mentor: I will mentor teams of students online
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Research Interests (300 words)I am a plant systematist, meaning I study the identification, description, and classification of plants and study their evolutionary relationships. I work on the plant genus Solanum that contains economically important species like the potato, tomato, and eggplant.
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Profile Question 1What is best about being a scientist?
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Answer the question you selected for profile question 1 here (300 words):The best thing about being a scientist is getting to indulge your curiosity. As a biologist, I am curious about the world around me and as a scientist I get to try to figure out the "how's" and "why's" of nature.
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Profile Question 2When and why did you decide to go into a science career?
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Answer the question you selected for profile question 2 here (300 words):I decided to become a scientist because I love to be outside biking and hiking and skiing. During these activities I became interested in better understanding the world around me. If I saw a cool flower I wanted to learn the name of it so I could tell other people about it.
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Profile Question 3Can you share a funny/interesting lab or field story?
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Answer the question you selected for profile question 3 here (300 words):On my first plant collecting trip we were in a dugout canoe going down a river to spend 6 weeks in a remote rainforest. On our second day down the river our boat, which was loaded down with all of our gear for the next weeks, sank! I had to frantically swim and try to gather all the gear I could. In the end, we only lost a bit of our food (although we missed it at the end of the trip when we were very, very hungry) and were able to keep going.
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AvailabilityI am currently available for mentoring, please send me team match invitations
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Capacity: How many teams at a time are you comfortable working with?2
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nhspandaposfall2023 project 3
Stephen Stern
Hi Team,
I am Stephen, a professor at Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction, Colorado. I am excited to work with you all on this project!
PLANTIN WIT DA GANG
Stephen Stern
Thanks for the updates and conclusion. Did you post up the full measurements you made? I could see from the pictures that the no fertilizer seeds looked the best.
I like your idea that testing fertilizer once the seeds have germinated would…
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PLANTIN WIT DA GANG
Stephen Stern
It looks like some of the plants have really grown!
I can not see your full experimental design but it looks like you have multiple treatments (varying fertilizer amounts in different petri dishes). That is great, the more replicates you…
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