Profile

• Time Zone

  Central

  
  
• Organization

  Western Illinois University

  
  
• Role

  Scientist Mentor: I will mentor teams of students online

  
  
• Research Interests (300 words)

  Evolution, Ecology, Systematics

  
  
• Profile Question 1

  What is best about being a scientist?

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

  I get to discover things no one else knew about before. I get to design experiments and test hypotheses to figure out what is happening in a given situation.

  
  
• Profile Question 2

  Can you share a funny/interesting lab or field story?

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

  While collecting algae for a study, I was attacked by a goose that had snuck up from behind me, and had a sore behind for weeks! I also got dirty looks from the folks fishing nearby because of my yelling and swearing, especially after I tripped and fell in the mud while dancing about and yelling at the goose.

  
  
• 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):

  That plants can do most things animals can do, they just have more limitations on how and when they can do it. Sort of like Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire: Ginger was a better dancer because she had to dance backward and in high heels.

  
  
• 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

ShOoTtINg StARz Susan T Meiers Apr 11, 2017

What is "rook temperature"?  Sorry, I don't understand?  It sounds like you got some solid results.  What do you think these results mean for seeds in Nature?

ShOoTtINg StARz Susan T Meiers Apr 5, 2017

Be sure to be as specific as you can about exactly HOW you'll do your experiment.  You should be able to send your methods/protocol to anyone on the planet and they should be able to exactly repeat everything you did, so be detailed and…

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Be sure to be as specific as you can about exactly HOW you'll do your experiment.  You should be able to send your methods/protocol to anyone on the planet and they should be able to exactly repeat everything you did, so be detailed and exact.  

 

ShOoTtINg StARz Susan T Meiers Apr 5, 2017

I cannot see the updated project info?  Can you tell me where it is posted?