Think & Create
Use multiple thinking strategies to examine real-world issues, explore creative avenues of expression, solve problems, and make consequential decisions.
Tracking Cycles of InvasionI am currently studying invasive species at the University of Idaho. I am lucky enough to work for the Center for research on invasive species and small populations (UIDAHO CNR and AG SCI) at the University of Idaho. (http://projweb.cals.uidaho.edu/crissp/ ) The work I have been doing for CRISSP has been challenging, yet fascinating. Research requires you to constantly examine the issues and explore all options available to solve the world's problems.
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Exotic Plant PathogensExotic plant pathogens have been the cause of many devastating disease epidemics in America’s forests and agriculture. This project tries to understand this phenomenon of resistance and susceptibility to pathogens of congeners by performing host-range inoculation experiments using a speciose plant genus and multiple isolates of its most common pathogen. The plant genus Salix (willows) was chosen as an ideal group for inoculation experiments because in North America there are over one hundred native species and are commonly host to a rust fungus in the genus Melampsora.
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Lessons learned while trying to produce a short informational video
I was part of a team that created a six minute information video this spring titled: "Controlling Purple Loosestrife". In addition to helping capture the footage and interviews, I play one of my guitar pieces on the video. The completed video is shown to the left.
Lessons Learned
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