On my first day at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, I felt nervous and scared because I couldn’t believe that I got a summer research position. My mentor tried to calm me down, but I was scared because I didn't feel that I was a real ... Read More
Learning to become a thorough scientist and nurturing a lifelong love of the natural world
Cool morning dew sparkled off an army of deep green blades; somewhere close an abrupt rustle originated. The green sea parted, a young fawn appeared, and the world became still for only a moment. Experiencing a research summer at the W.K. ... Read More
The sand dune of research: A steep but lovely learning curve
I stood in soft sand that might as well have been quicksand due to my inability to move. Looking back down the dune at Traverse City State Park, I saw how far I had come up just to be stuck on this particularly sandy slope with still so far ... Read More
Conducting summer research? Turns out, it’s pretty rad-ish
Before starting this experience, I was scared of the journey I was about to embark on. I was leaving behind the life I knew in California for the summer to work in an unfamiliar lab in a different state with a group of people I had never ... Read More
Embracing the unknown: REU student values taking risks and learning new skills at KBS
Case Western Reserve University student Akshata Rudrapatna's first summer at KBS was so enriching, she aimed to return in 2019. This summer, she's back in the Klausmeier Lab studying metacommunity theory. Akshata was interviewed by external ... 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
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