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• Time Zone

  Arizona; currently -3 from EST, will be -2 after daylight savings

  
  
• Organization

  University of Arizona

  
  
• Role

  Scientist Mentor: I will mentor teams of students online

  
  
• Research Interests (300 words)

  I am a graduate student who studies how plants are reacting to climate change in the Arctic! The site I work on has a gradient of frozen ground (permafrost), an intermediate, wetter, boggy area, and a fully thawed, wet area. This thaw gradient is driven by increasing temperatures, and we are curious to see how this is influencing both who is there (in terms of both plants and microbes) and what they're doing! Most recently, I have been looking at how the timing of important live events like leafing out, flowering, producing fruits/seeds, and when they drop all of those important things are being impacted by these changes.

  
  
• Profile Question 1

  What is your favorite plant? Why?

  
  
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  This is a hard question for me, I have so many! My go-to answer for this though is any sundew or Drosera spp. They are little carnivorous plants that have little sticky drops that look just like dew in the morning! Once an insect lands on that sticky "dew" the plant will curl around it to digest it for nutrients. I love these guys because they are one of the most common carnivorous plants and have a really large range, so you never know when you might see another :)

  
  
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Recent Posts

iamsciupekfall2022 project 2 Jessica Szetela Nov 21, 2022

Hi everyone! 

Quinn and Makayla, I really enjoyed reading your insights on factors that could have impacted your study- thank you for sharing! Those all are absolutely great things to keep in mind for limitations or as things to consider in…

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Hi everyone! 

Quinn and Makayla, I really enjoyed reading your insights on factors that could have impacted your study- thank you for sharing! Those all are absolutely great things to keep in mind for limitations or as things to consider in future study designs. 

And thank you everyone for your feedback and appreciation. I have very much enjoyed being a mentor for your project, and I'm so excited for the results you got! GPP for the win 

iamsciupekfall2022 project 2 Jessica Szetela Nov 17, 2022

Hi GPP Team!

It's so exciting to see these results!! Nice job team! I think your hypothesis of the GPP needing time to compost is really interesting- definitely something that could be fun as a future study! Did anything else unexpected…

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Hi GPP Team!

It's so exciting to see these results!! Nice job team! I think your hypothesis of the GPP needing time to compost is really interesting- definitely something that could be fun as a future study! Did anything else unexpected happen during your experiment? 

Growth CER: wow! 2.5cm in one day is a lot of growth! I think you have a great case for the 1:1 ratio benefitting growth!

With this in mind, why do you think that those seeds in the 1:1 treatment fared so much better than those in the 100% GPP group? Why might the seeds not prefer that environment? Or, alternatively, were there any other factors that could've prevented them from germinating?

Germination CER: what could be some specific reasons that the seeds seem to prefer to grow in the 1:1 treatment?

Are there any other factors that could have impacted your results? ex, was there consistent light across all samples? could there have been contamination? did you have enough replicates? etc... It's never fun to be critical of your own study, but it's a really important step in the scientific process! Recognizing where your limits are, or things that could've gone better, helps other scientists better understand your study, where there are still gaps in our knowledge, and what future research needs to be done to fill those gaps. 

I'm sad that we will be saying goodbye on Monday, its been so wonderful talking with you and seeing this study develop. 

Talk soon!

Jes

iamsciupekfall2022 project 2 Jessica Szetela Nov 11, 2022

Hi Team GPP! 

 

How are the sprouts looking? I hope you all have fun long weekend plans :)