GLOBES Fellows in the Field
GLOBES fellows participate in field research on various topics: invasive species, stream ecology, climate change and infectious disease, as they gain real world experience at sites around the world.
2008 Field Research Projects
Ashley Baldridge in Wuhan, China - May 2008
Ashley Baldridge, joined by ND biologist Matt Barnes, visited China over a three week period to study the impact of nonindigenous crayfish introduction and harvest on native ecosystems in China. They conducted interviews with local scientists and fishermen and established essential relationships as they traveled across southeastern China to collect specimens and examine potential sites for their study of the invasive Louisiana crayfish. A second point of research interest is the use of crayfish as a biocontrol agent for the snail vector of human schistosomiasis, a disease that has resurfaced as a growing problem due to China's rapid land-use change.
Becky Miller in Uganda - June 2008
Becky joined Father Robert Dowd and Tim Lyden of the Ford Family Program of the Kellogg Institute in a research fact-finding trip to Uganda to assess collaborative opportunities regarding the prevention and treatment of malaria. Along with colleagues from the Uganda Martyrs University, Becky met with local health officials including nurses, hospital administrators, pharmacists, clinic workers, drug store workers, charity groups, and drug wholesalers to evaluate the treatment of malaria in Nnindye.
Brandy St. Laurent in Indonesia - July 2008
In association with the Eck Institute for Global Health, Brandy traveled to Indonesia for her research work in characterizing the mosquitos that transmit malaria. At this field site in Central Java, she is collecting larvae at an old well with fellow ND biologists. Brandy is particularly interested in community-based management and sustainable control strategies that decrease the risk of disease.