Profile

• Time Zone

  Eastern

  
  
• Organization

  Lennon, Smith, Souleret Engineering, Inc.

  
  
• Role

  Scientist Mentor: I will mentor teams of students online

  
  
• Research Interests (300 words)

  Ecology, native plant communities, wetland science, invasive species management

  
  
• 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):

  Deep down, I believe I always knew I wanted to be a scientist. My grandmother was a huge inspiration. She loved plants and would teach me about native medicine from Hawai'i, and translate that to uses of plants in Florida. I spent my childhood learning about edible and medicinal uses of plants. I also loved to draw. I thought I should pursue a career in art, but it then dawned on me - why not have both? I changed my major to Environmental Science and Biology, and minored in geology. It was absolutely the right move! I now can spend my time in the field, gathering data, running tests, studying the world around me. I can then distill the information to write meaningful reports that occasionally help to influence policies.

  
  
• Profile Question 2

  What is best about being a scientist?

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

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• Profile Question 3

  What is tough about being a scientist?

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

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• 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

Nolan, Austin, Katie Crystal Shafer May 14, 2018

Your report is looking pretty good - data and overall flow is solid. 

How are things going with this? How do you feel about the report part? Have you submitted and/or when is the final submission due?

If you have not yet submitted a final…

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Your report is looking pretty good - data and overall flow is solid. 

How are things going with this? How do you feel about the report part? Have you submitted and/or when is the final submission due?

If you have not yet submitted a final report - I did notice a few minor items that could use some revision. I'll need to check in with Mr. Bateman to see how much guidance I can provide in terms of proof-reading, if any. It could be a word-to-pdf issue where we lost some spaces (it happens) and a few capitalization inconsistencies. 

 

Nolan, Austin, Katie Crystal Shafer Apr 24, 2018

Thank  you for sharing! Are the data in the far left "dry mass" column showing averages from multiple plants (e.g. "4.98/3=1.66")?

If so, what did you base the plotted (far right) dry mass column on? 

Nolan, Austin, Katie Crystal Shafer Apr 24, 2018

Perfectly understandable. I hope the DNA and RNA unit went well for everyone and you had a nice break.