Profile

• Time Zone

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• Organization

  Utah State University

  
  
• Role

  Scientist Mentor: I will mentor teams of students online

  
  
• Research Interests (300 words)

  I am a wetland ecologist with a focus on how to use genetic diversity in native plant species to restore the ecosystem function of wetlands.

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

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Recent Posts

Wisconsin Fast and Furious Plants Rachel Nia Hager Dec 1, 2017

Hi all, 

You all did a fantastic job! It was fun to watch you make scientific discoveries. Science is a fascinating and diverse field, I hope you all continue to ask curious questions. Best of luck with your future schooling! 

Wisconsin Fast and Furious Plants Rachel Nia Hager Nov 20, 2017

Nice job everyone! What do you think your results mean? 

Scientists are expected to think about their experiments in a large context. While keeping mind that your plans are engineered to grow quickly, do you think there are places with short…

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Nice job everyone! What do you think your results mean? 

Scientists are expected to think about their experiments in a large context. While keeping mind that your plans are engineered to grow quickly, do you think there are places with short growing seasons that would benefit from Fast Growing plants? 

Wisconsin Fast and Furious Plants Rachel Nia Hager Nov 16, 2017

Nice job on all the photos! Pictures can tell more and better convey information than text or tables. The biomass data will be important in your results - just because there are more plants in the control group, the plants in the experimental group…

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Nice job on all the photos! Pictures can tell more and better convey information than text or tables. The biomass data will be important in your results - just because there are more plants in the control group, the plants in the experimental group could be putting me energy towards growing larger and outcompeting any late seedlings. 

Why do you think there were less seedlings in the humid group? 

As you write up your results, think about what you might have done differently in your experiment and how certain restrictions (lack of replication, small chamber sizes, etc) may have influenced your results.