Profile

• Time Zone

  Eastern

  
  
• Organization

  Hood College

  
  
• Role

  Scientist Mentor: I will mentor teams of students online

  
  
• Research Interests (300 words)

  Grass, Shrub, Fungi, and Tree nutrient and bacteria maximum pollution reduction potential. Further interest biological best management practice engineering to maximize sunlight exposure, and therefore maximizing yield and nutrient consumption. Role of invertebrates in nitrification, soil enrichment, and pollution reduction. Role of environmental restoration on human health; i.e. auto immune diseases, cancer, heart and lung complications, virus' and diseases, etc. Role of "recycled" cells and tissues on human health and longevity.

  
  
• Profile Question 1

  What is best about being a scientist?

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

  The fact that we know nothing in comparison to all there is to know; each day when I wake up, I am motivated by knowledge waiting to be uncovered and the brutal growth points that come with practicing wisdom. The pursuit of knowledge is never ending, what a beautiful truth.

  
  
• Profile Question 2

  What lessons have you learned in your career about how science works?

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

  Science works via cumulative knowledge. We only know as much as the previous generations have contributed, and we will only get as far as our open-minds will allow us to. Young people, we need your fresh outlooks. As we learn a new piece of the puzzle, the entire picture changes, giving evidence to incomplete hypotheses which leads to throwing out entire theories and adding validity to others.

  
  
• Profile Question 3

  When and why did you decide to go into a science career?

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

  When I finally looked inwards toward myself and accepted that science is what I was born to do. A love emerges from deep within and motivates you to learn more and more. Long story short, I knew once I realized that there was no hate involved with studying for my courses.

  
  
• Help represent the outreach efforts of your societies. Please click all those organizations you are a member of:

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• Capacity: How many teams at a time are you comfortable working with?

  2

  
  

Recent Posts

H2O Matthew Witmer Oct 26, 2017

Indeed, I have researched many other subjects than the few mentioned in my brief introduction.  During my collegiate education I studied: photosynthesis (during plant physiology), invertebrate and vertebrate phylogeny and physiology, stream…

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Indeed, I have researched many other subjects than the few mentioned in my brief introduction.  During my collegiate education I studied: photosynthesis (during plant physiology), invertebrate and vertebrate phylogeny and physiology, stream restoration reduction capabilities and implementation, and many more topics.   Outside of school, I researched effective methods to recycle HDPE (high-density polyethylene) bags and bottles deposited in a small town of Ghana, Khumasi, called Aboabo. 

As far as my free time activities outside of work, I love to hike, walk my dog, play video games, read books, and of course spend time with my friends and family.  As far as I have experienced, the older you grow, the more you realize that time with friends and family is the most valuable past-time hobby to share.  

 

How far along is your group with the photosynthesis project?

H2O Matthew Witmer Oct 26, 2017

Indeed, I have researched many other subjects than the few mentioned in my brief introduction.  During my collegiate education I studied: photosynthesis (during plant physiology), invertebrate and vertebrate phylogeny and physiology, stream…

more

Indeed, I have researched many other subjects than the few mentioned in my brief introduction.  During my collegiate education I studied: photosynthesis (during plant physiology), invertebrate and vertebrate phylogeny and physiology, stream restoration reduction capabilities and implementation, and many more topics.   Outside of school, I researched effective methods to recycle HDPE (high-density polyethylene) bags and bottles deposited in a small town of Ghana, Khumasi, called Aboabo. 

As far as my free time activities outside of work, I love to hike, walk my dog, play video games, read books, and of course spend time with my friends and family.  As far as I have experienced, the older you grow, the more you realize that time with friends and family is the most valuable past-time hobby to share.  

 

How far along is your group with the photosynthesis project?

GLADIATORS Matthew Witmer Sep 27, 2017

Hello Fellow Team Members :)

 

Recently, I completed a Project Management Internship for the Office of Sustainability and Environmental Resources for the County of Frederick Maryland.  There, I tracked, visited, and modeled all…

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Hello Fellow Team Members :)

 

Recently, I completed a Project Management Internship for the Office of Sustainability and Environmental Resources for the County of Frederick Maryland.  There, I tracked, visited, and modeled all current Best Management Practices implemented within all county jurisdictions.  Incorporating all moving parts involved with implementing BMP restoration projects, I tracked all current nutrient, sediment, and bacteria reduction, as well as projected out all possible BMP opportunities needed to reach Local and Chesapeake Total Maximum Daily Load targets.  Between this internship and my current job as a Biosurgery Technician for Osiris Therapeutics, I held jobs as an Organic Farm worker and handy-man and a Manufacture Technician with Thermofisher Scientific.  

 

Aside from my professional credentials, I have a strong passion for life and the ecosystem services they provide.  Photosynthesis and the miracles of plants are extremely interesting and I cannot wait to instill the same passion in these young scientists.