Profile

• Time Zone

  Eastern

  
  
• Organization

  Florida International University

  
  
• Employment Status

  (not set)

  
  
• Role

  Scientist Mentor: I will mentor teams of students online

  
  
• Research Interests (300 words)

  Medicinal Plants
  Ethnobotany
  Plant Taxonomy
  Plant Conservation
  Plant Ecology

  
  
• 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):

  As a child, I had always loved the outdoors and spent many hours climbing trees and picking flowers and fruit. Later though, having been been told by adults in my life that I should become a medical doctor, I enrolled in a pre-med Biology program. However, during the Spring Break of my junior year, I participated in a field research project on an endangered hummingbird species and experienced first-hand how cool research can be and the importance of protecting our environment, so I decided to become an environmental scientist instead.

  
  
• Profile Question 2

  What is your favorite plant? Why?

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

  Since my favorite fruit is the mango, I guess you could say that my favorite plant is the mango tree. In the Caribbean where I grew up, there are numerous varieties of mango with different sizes, textures, tastes, colors and multiple ways of preparing them to eat. Mangoes are included in savory dishes, such as chutneys and curries; sweet dishes, such as tarts and ice creams or just hand-picked, washed, peeled and eaten! Interestingly, mangoes belong the same plant family as poison ivy, so some people can get an itchy allergic reaction to mangoes!

  
  
• 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):

  A career in scientific research can be fun and exciting if you think about it as a puzzle you're trying to solve. Some puzzles are easy and don't take a lot of effort to figure out and put the pieces together. However, some puzzles can be very difficult, because there are so many parts and some parts look like they fit when they actually don't. To be a good scientist, you must be willing to keep on learning new things/ideas but also to look at old things/ideas in new ways because you never know where that missing puzzle piece may turn up!

  
  
• 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

MSASD Project Team 36 Angelle Roberts Nov 28, 2016

Hi Greyson, Jack and Maxwell:

I haven't heard from you for a bit.  I hope that you had a good Thanksgiving break!

Did you have any success with your new experiment using tomato seeds?

If your project is all wrapped up already, I…

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Hi Greyson, Jack and Maxwell:

I haven't heard from you for a bit.  I hope that you had a good Thanksgiving break!

Did you have any success with your new experiment using tomato seeds?

If your project is all wrapped up already, I would love to see your final report!

I had a good time interacting with you for this project.  I hope you learned how interesting and fun plant research can be.

Take good care,

Angelle Roberts

MSASD Project Team 36 Angelle Roberts Nov 17, 2016

Oh, dear!  I did wonder about your plans for keeping your plants watered over that long weekend!  I am glad that you got some data already, though!

This opportunity to check out your hypothesis with a different type of seed may be quite…

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Oh, dear!  I did wonder about your plans for keeping your plants watered over that long weekend!  I am glad that you got some data already, though!

This opportunity to check out your hypothesis with a different type of seed may be quite interesting!  You'll get to find out if different plant species prefer different qualities (minerals, etc.) in their water. 

Hope these seeds start growing soon!

 

MSASD Project Team 36 Angelle Roberts Nov 14, 2016

Hi Guys, this file has a modified version of your first chart to demonstrate some of the suggestions I gave in the previous message.

Hope you find it helpful!