Undergraduate Research Symposium 2020
The EEB Undergraduate Research Symposium is an end of the year event that celebrates the accomplishments of EEB's undergraduate students and explores the diversity of research they have been involved in. The 2020 Undergraduate Research Symposium featured 5 minute lightning talks with a Q&A session that showcased the student's research projects. The second half of the symposium included workshops presented by EEB graduate students: How to Apply for NSF Graduate Fellowships & How to Put Together a Professional Academic CV.
Below you will find the alphabetical list of presenters, abstracts, and their presentation links.
Sarah Ashlock
Contributions of ecophysiological divergence to Neotropical plant diversity
Faculty advisor: Dr. Kathleen Kay
Olivia Daniels
Trends in Ecology and Evolution at University of California
Faculty advisor: Dr. Rita Mehta
Sakoya Hart
Prey Availability and Predation Risk Drive Den Site Selection in Pumas
Faculty advisor: Dr. Chris Wilmers (Environmental Studies); Grad student mentor: Anna Nisi
Jeannie Johnson
Best Practices to Reduce Mobulid Ray Bycatch: Literature Review for Global Tuna Fisheries
Faculty advisor: Dr. Katy Seto (Environmental Studies); Grad student mentor: Melissa Cronin
Avery Laing
Temperature affects male sexual harassment rates in two populations of Western mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis)
Faculty advisor: Dr. Suzanne Alonzo; Grad student mentor: Doriane Weiler
Christina Langford
Entanglement rates of Zalophus Californianus in Two Rookeries along the Northern California Coast
Advisor: Dr. Patrick Robinson
Brynn Lowry
Stratigraphy of leaf structure and stable isotope ratios within a tropical rainforest canopy in West Africa: implications for primate feeding and isotope ecology
Faculty advisors: Dr. Jarmila Pitterman & Dr. Vicky Oelze (Anthropology)
Sean McCollum
Functional composition and diversity of three zooplankton communities of Santa Catalina Island
Faculty advisor: Dr. Rita Mehta; Grad student mentor: Katherine Dale
Wave Moretto & Allegra Stahl
Knotty Behavior: Impacts of acute temperature changes on the unique feeding behaviors of Gymnothorax mordax
Faculty advisor: Dr. Rita Mehta
Bianca Ramirez
Ten Years of Domoic Acid Surveillance in Stranded Marine Mammals of Monterey Bay 2009-2019
Faculty advisor: Dr. Robin Dunkin
Breanna Rodgers
Impact of Mass Dieback of Tanoak and Madrone on Forest Structure
Faculty advisor: Dr. Greg Gilbert (Environmental Studies)
Ishana Shukla
From Above, Below or Within? Drivers of Sleeping Strategies in Mammals
Faculty advisor: Dr. Roxanne Beltran
Hannah Thacker
Thermal influences on courtship behavior in male Gambusia affinis
Faculty advisor: Dr. Suzanne Alonzo; Grad student mentor: Doriane Weiler
Samantha Wong
Context-dependent male mate choice in western mosquitofish
Faculty advisor: Dr. Suzanne Alonzo; Grad student mentor: Doriane Weiler
