Profile

• Time Zone

  Eastern

  
  
• Organization

  USDA ARS - Southeast Area

  
  
• Role

  Scientist Mentor: I will mentor teams of students online

  
  
• Research Interests (300 words)

  I'm interested in improving genetic and genomic resources for woody ornamental breeding programs in the U.S.

  
  
• Profile Question 1

  What is best about being a scientist?

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

  Every day brings new questions so there is always something new to research and think about.

  
  
• Profile Question 2

  Can you describe your attitude toward science when you were in high school?

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

  I enjoyed biology because we got to dissect all sorts of living creatures and see their insides. It was very hands on. Each creature seemed like a wonderfully complex machine with lots of parts working together.

  
  
• Profile Question 3

  What is the coolest thing you have discovered or learned about plants?

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

  Plants sense their environment in many ways and respond to things going on around them. They interact all the time, and so I like to think that they also interact with me.

  
  
• 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?

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