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| Project Leader: | Tori Spencer tspencer39@tamu.edu Ecology and Conservation Biology |
| Faculty Mentor: | Dr. Kirk Winemiller |
| Meeting Times: | TBA with in-person, zoom and hybrid options. |
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Team Size:
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8 |
| Open Spots: | 0 |
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Special Opportunities:
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Students may gain families with programs like R and with citation management tools. There may be opportunities for hands on aquatic invertebrate and stingray identification in the future. If the literature reviews and data are substantial, student are encouraged to consider poster presentations and conference talks
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Team Needs:
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Motivated students who enjoy writing, data organization and with some familiarity with script line programs are preferred but by no means required. Interest in stingrays, freshwater fish diets and/or aquatic invertebrates is more important |
| Description | Tori Spencer, second year PhD student in the Winemiller Aquatic Ecology Lab (EEB/ECCB department) is seeking 1-4 undergraduate research assistants to draft literature reviews and perform data collection for preliminary research reports primarily involving the diet and dispersal of South American freshwater stingrays and their aquatic invertebrate prey. Interviews will be held through July 4th, decisions will be made and applicants notified by the end of July. The application form is here https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfL1EuSTUE48HWdR4Sh9F853UQAh4TN9wDI5MS8RIFmFvXSgg/viewform?usp=sf_link. |