Undergraduate student Emilee Mowlds, and graduate student Francisco Pickens, are featured in Oregon State University's Terra Magazine (see Student Research section; page 18). Both students are advised by OSU and Andrews Forest researcher, Ivan Arismendi, on stream ecology research at the Andrews Forest.
Mowlds and Pickens were participants in the NSF-funded Research Experience for Undergraduates program and did their work at the Andrews Forest. Mowlds said that participating in the Research Experience for Undergraduates program “felt like a mini version of a grad program where you develop your own project.” Pickens went on to pursue a graduate degree at OSU after the experience.
Each summer, the Andrews Forest LTER grant funds two, or more, Research Experience for Undergraduate participants at the Andrews Forest. Faculty researchers, across different areas of research, host and mentor the students.