Chelsea Pretz
Profile
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Time ZoneMountain
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OrganizationUniversity of Colorado - Boulder
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RoleScientist Mentor: I will mentor teams of students online
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Research Interests (300 words)I am studying the evolution of the genus Physalis, which contains the important crop tomatillo. In particular, I am investigating interspecific gene flow, pollination ecology, and reproductive isolation with a focus on the domesticated species and their relatives.
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Profile Question 1Can you describe your attitude toward science when you were in high school?
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Answer the question you selected for profile question 1 here (300 words):In high school, science classes where my favorite classes. I had an Earth Science teacher who told me that I should go into science since I had a mind of it. I didn't really understand what the meant and I was not focused right out of high school so it took me a couple years to find my way into botany.
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Profile Question 2What is best about being a scientist?
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Answer the question you selected for profile question 2 here (300 words):The best part of being a scientist, especially a biologist, is getting to explore general knowledge about how the natural worlds work, and traveling to new places.
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Profile Question 3What is a typical day like for you?
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Answer the question you selected for profile question 3 here (300 words):It really varies, and I have more of a typical week than a day. My days consist of taking graduate levels classes, journal clubs reading scientific papers, and spending time in the greenhouse.
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AvailabilityI am currently available for mentoring, please send me team match invitations
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Capacity: How many teams at a time are you comfortable working with?1
Recent Posts
mhsmirandaspring2022 project 5
Chelsea Pretz
Hopefully, your project is wrapping up well!!
fchslashpolspring2022 project 4
Chelsea Pretz
Awesome project! How will you determine what pollen is from what species? You can take a sample and look under a microscope (do you have access to a light compound microscope at 60x?). You could also do a little googling to figure out what the…
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