Profile

• Time Zone

  Eastern

  
  
• Organization

  Teatown Lake Reservation

  
  
• Employment Status

  Non/Not-for-Profit

  
  
• Role

  Scientist Mentor: I will mentor teams of students online

  
  
• Research Interests (300 words)

  Abiotic and biotic influences on forest understory plant community structure and composition in temperate forests

  
  
• Profile Question 1

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

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

  Some of them are parasitic, like Indian pipe (Monotropa uniflora). That means they aren't green and get their nutrients from other plants or fungi instead of from the sun through photosythensis.

  
  
• 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 thought science was really dry and boring and I didn't think I was good at it. Once I got to college, though, I realized that science was actually really cool and I could learn a lot of new things by doing it. I learned that science isn't just about the parts of the cell, it's also about plants, animals, bugs, and a whole lot more!

  
  
• Profile Question 3

  What was the first science experiment you ever designed? How did it turn out?

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

  When I was in college I designed a project to look at how much yield in a soybean field was lost to deer browsing. We got some really cool results, and found out that deer actually reduced yield by about 50% on the edges of soybean fields. I got a paper published out of it and was really proud of my work.

  
  
• 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

Toms project Danielle Rae Begley-Miller Oct 23, 2018

Hi Eric, 

It looks like only one student introduced themselves. Have the students made any more progress on their projects?

Thanks,

Danielle

Toms project Danielle Rae Begley-Miller Oct 9, 2018

Hi everyone, 

I am your scientist mentor and am excited to work with you this fall. I work for a non-profit nature preserve called Teatown Lake Reservation managing 3 lakes and 1,000 acres of habitat. I regularly work with interns and…

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Hi everyone, 

I am your scientist mentor and am excited to work with you this fall. I work for a non-profit nature preserve called Teatown Lake Reservation managing 3 lakes and 1,000 acres of habitat. I regularly work with interns and students to design research projects to answer interesting questions about nature at Teatown. 

Please introduce yourselves so I can get to know you and let me know if you have any questions!

Danielle

ehhsabospring2018 project 9 Danielle Rae Begley-Miller May 22, 2018

I didn't get to see your results,  but hopefully you learned something from your celery experiment. Keep up your enthusiasm for plants and science and be sure to share what you learned! 

Danielle