Dustin Wolkis
Profile
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Time Zone(GMT -10) Hawaii
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OrganizationNational Tropical Botanical Garden
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RoleScientist Mentor: I will mentor teams of students online
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Research Interests (300 words)As Seed Bank and Laboratory Manager at the National Tropical Botanical Garden, I specialize in ex situ seed conservation biology with an emphasis on seed and pollen storage behavior, seed longevity and aging kinetics, seed borne pathogen abatement, and seed dormancy and dormancy alleviation of native Hawaiian plant species of conservation importance. My research aims to understand how seeds respond to desiccation and subfreezing temperatures, identifying regeneration intervals, and determining optimal seed propagation techniques.
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Profile Question 1What lessons have you learned in your career about how science works?
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Answer the question you selected for profile question 1 here (300 words):Science isn't always an exact science.
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Profile Question 2Can you describe your attitude toward science when you were in high school?
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Answer the question you selected for profile question 2 here (300 words):I loved science as a grade school student! However, something happened right around the time I entered high school. I became disinterested and was completely turned off by science. I did not receive complementary marks in science classes as a high school student. Yet several years later I became intrigued by the world of plants and found my life's passion in plant biology and conservation.
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Profile Question 3Can you share a funny/interesting lab or field story?
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AvailabilityI am NOT available, please temporarily remove me from the available mentor list
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Capacity: How many teams at a time are you comfortable working with?1
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Challenges Student Thinking
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