GLOBES Fellows in the Field
GLOBES fellows participate in various topics of field research: invasive species, stream ecology, climate change and infectious disease, as they gain real world experience at sites around the world.
Andy Deines in Zambia and Uganda - June 2007
Andy completed a six-week long exploratory assessment trip to Zambia and Uganda in his quest to study the impact of tilapia invasions worldwide. Here he meets with an internationally renowned fish farmer, Metusera Beinomugisha, at Tukundane Farm near the Ruhirra Millennium Development Village. In addition to investigating the ecological, economic, and social impacts of tilapia aquaculture in both regions, Andy met with Ugandan Millennium Village officials to evaluate the possible future collaboration of GLOBES Real World Projects at two sites associated with the Notre Dame Millennium Development Initiative.
Peter Levi in Alaska - Summer 2007
Peter spent the summer immersed in stream ecology field work near the city of Craig, Alaska. At Maybeso Creek, the primary research site, Peter installs an automated water sampler to take water samples during flood pulses/higher flows. A pool near the creek was packed with 2000 to 5000 salmon just downstream of a cascade/waterfall, waiting for slightly higher flow to charge upstream to spawn. More work was done at nearby Nossuk Creek, a pristine example of old-growth Alaskan rainforest. > More Photos
Jill Mueller on Vancouver Island - Summer 2007
Jill travelled to Vancouver Island, British Columbia, to study range dynamics related to climate change and species invasions under the tutelage of Prof. Jessica Hellmann. In the picture, Jill is collecting galls of the jumping gall wasp from Garry oak leaves in Washington. The wasps have recently expanded their range north to the island, where they are outbreaking and damaging the trees. Jill is using genetic methods to determine the dynamics of their spread.
Sarah Epstein in Trinidad - March 2007
In Windy Hills, a bit east of the capital Port-of-Spain on the island of Trinidad, Sarah joined Prof. David Severson's field research team in collecting Aedes aegypti larvae to compare expression levels of proteins involved in the heat shock response from larvae found in different environments (sunny vs. shade, plastic vs. steel drums).