Conservation biologist Nick Haddad didn't set out to study rare butterflies. His undergraduate studies didn't focus on butterflies at all. Yet the plight of the St. Francis' Satyr, a butterfly so scarce that it's found in artillery ranges ... Read More
On data and reverie: A farmer and writer-in-residence at the KBS LTER
A blooming redbud tree flashed a profusion of pink outside the large windows in the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station’s Terrace Room. Inside, vases of freshly-picked plants spiffed up the small tables set around the room: milkweed, wood ... Read More
An unexpected experience: a summer at KBS
Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) 2018 undergraduate summer researcher, Beth Ann Hansen, is a biology major at Grinnell College. They wrote about their KBS Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) project working with the Wetzel ... Read More
A mathematical summer: My experience at KBS
Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) 2018 undergraduate summer researcher, Akshata Rudrapatna, a double major in Systems Biology and Origins Sciences at Case Western Reserve University wrote about her KBS Research Experiences for ... Read More
Working as a team in the Klausmeier Lab
Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) 2018 undergraduate summer researcher, Brian Lerch, is a junior at Case Western Reserve University and Biology and Mathematics major. He wrote about his KBS Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) ... Read More
Learning to step out of my comfort zone at KBS
Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) 2018 undergraduate summer researcher, Selassie Ijelu, is a Forensic Chemistry major at the University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne. She wrote about her KBS Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) ... Read More
My time as a REU: Learning the research process
Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) 2018 undergraduate summer researcher, Audrey Hogenkamp, an Applied mathematics and biology dual major at Augustana College. She wrote about her KBS Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) project ... Read More
Waders half full, or half empty?
KBS 2018 undergraduate summer researcher Sharon Carpenter is a junior at Michigan State University. She wrote about her Undergraduate Research Assistant project working with mentor Dr. Sarah Fitzpatrick. ... Read More
Trying something new: A home away from home
Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) 2018 undergraduate summer researcher, Cassie Stark, is a junior at James Madison University and a biology major. She wrote about her KBS Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) project working ... Read More
My opportunity of a lifetime
Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) 2018 undergraduate summer researcher, Samantha Turner, is a junior at Michigan State University (MSU) and a Human Biology major, with aspirations of becoming a physician. She wrote about ... Read More









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