Profile

• Time Zone

  Eastern

  
  
• Organization

  Pennsylvania State University

  
  
• Role

  Scientist Mentor: I will mentor teams of students online

  
  
• Research Interests (300 words)

  Soil physical and chemical properties as related to turfgrass performance

  
  
• Profile Question 1

  What is the coolest thing you have discovered or learned about plants?

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

  Plants can propagate from small pieces of themselves! Vegetative propagation isn't possible for animals....imagine if you could cut off a piece of your finger and grow it into another person!

  
  
• Profile Question 2

  What is tough about being a scientist?

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

  Talking about science to folks who don't have scientific training can be tough. If we scientists can't make it interesting and applicable, most people's eyes glaze over and they can't benefit from our hard work.

  
  
• Profile Question 3

  What is your favorite plant? Why?

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

  Turfgrasses are my favorite plants. They are so small, but amazingly resilient and beautiful. One acre of closely mown turf harbors over 100 million individual plants!

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

  1

  
  

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