Profile

• Time Zone

  Eastern

  
  
• Organization

  University of Kentucky

  
  
• Role

  Scientist Mentor: I will mentor teams of students online

  
  
• Research Interests (300 words)

  GMO crops, the intersection of genetics and society, plant biotechnology, plant diseases, and plant pathogenic fungi, bacteria, nematodes, and viruses.

  
  
• 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):

  I really like teaching students a new perspective or skill set that allows the student to see the world in a new way and interpret biological phenomena through a more objective lense.

  
  
• Profile Question 2

  What is your favorite plant? Why?

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

  My favorite plant is the tomato plant because nearly everyone with a home garden grows tomato, and tomato plants almost always harbor diseases (which is exciting for a plant disease scientist!).

  
  
• Profile Question 3

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

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

  I did not like science as a high school or college student. I came to science after I graduated with a degree in English and Religious Studies and was looking for a job. What intrigued me most about science after college because I was able to get into a lab and actually do science rather than reading about it in books.

  
  
• Availability

  I am currently available for mentoring, please send me team match invitations

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

  4

  
  

Recent Posts

Proton Pals :) Robert Louis Hirsch Nov 20 at 11:53am

Hi Ash, thanks for the question.  I guess I have lots of thoughts about those three things, especially about the relationships between them.  Specifically for our project, what can you tell me about the relationship between photosynthesis…

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Hi Ash, thanks for the question.  I guess I have lots of thoughts about those three things, especially about the relationships between them.  Specifically for our project, what can you tell me about the relationship between photosynthesis and respiration?  That phenotype that we are testing most directly in our experiment. 

Levi, Brayden, Dustin, Susan Robert Louis Hirsch Nov 20 at 11:47am

Thanks Brayden.  How did you determine that the water temperature prevented photosynthesis, specifically?  What was your experimental design? Also, do you know the temperatures of the water?

Levi, Brayden, Dustin, Susan Robert Louis Hirsch Nov 20 at 11:46am

Sounds great!  I like those and country (the old stuff, not what's on the radio).