{"id":365,"date":"2024-06-24T19:24:59","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T19:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/caplter\/?page_id=365"},"modified":"2025-09-17T10:54:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T17:54:58","slug":"current-and-past-reu-students-and-projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/caplter\/current-and-past-reu-students-and-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Current and past REU students and projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"unityblocks-hero\" class=\"wp-block-unityblocks-hero hide-content\" data-herotype=\"heading-hero\" data-image=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/caplter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/06\/Pheonix-Pictures.jpg&quot;,&quot;altText&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;cssClass&quot;:[],&quot;size&quot;:&quot;medium&quot;}\" data-subtitle=\"{&quot;text&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;highlightColor&quot;:&quot;white&quot;,&quot;maxWidth&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;cssClass&quot;:[]}\" 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Project:<\/strong> Urban Socio-Ecological Feedbacks between Humans and Arthropod Diversity<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chloe Martz &amp; Alexandra Vela<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor: <\/strong>Kelsey Lyberger<br><strong>Research Project: <\/strong>Urban Microclimate Refugia and Seasonal Persistence of <em>Aedes aegypti<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Natalie Parra Miguel &amp; Tallia Robledo<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentors:<\/strong> Lilianna Caughman &amp; Edauri Navarro Perez<br><strong>Research Project:<\/strong> Relational Restoration: Exploring Perspectives, Practices, and Outcomes of Kinship with Water<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sophia Ruger<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Kelli Larson<br><strong>Research Project: <\/strong>Phoenix Area Social Survey 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Arshonne Cazares<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentors: <\/strong>Nancy Grimm, Mandy Kuhn, and Michele Clark<br><strong>Research Project: <\/strong>Connecting local river narratives for watershed-scale transformation of the Rio Salado<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alexandra (Lexi) Cegielski, Sharika Kapur, and Sophia Ruger<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentors: <\/strong>Kelli Larson, <br><strong>Research Project: <\/strong>Expanding residential wildlife gardens in metro Phoenix and Arizona: A partnership between CAP\/ASU and the Arizona\/National Wildlife Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Raisa Mahmud<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentors<\/strong>: Dan Childers and Luke Ramsey-Wiegmann<br><strong>Research Project:<\/strong> Understanding design and decision-making of constructed treatment wetlands in arid cities<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">David Nguyen<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentors:<\/strong> Dan Childers and Julia Hernandez<br><strong>Research Project:<\/strong> Exploring Aquatic Primary Productivity of Tres Rios<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Taylor Somyk<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor<\/strong>: Anthony Barley<br><strong>Research Project:<\/strong> Determining introduction pathways of an introduced lizard in Phoenix<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Simone Vega Rabelo<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Heather Bateman<br><strong>Research Project:<\/strong> Trash-removal by Urban Birds<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2023\">2023<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Brian Ballantyne<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Chad Johnson<br><strong>Research project:<\/strong> Using CAP-LTER\u2019s arthropod dataset to examine urban evolution within a socio-ecological framework<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mariah Beltran<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentors:<\/strong> Dan Childers and Kelli Larson<br><strong>Research project: <\/strong>Tres Rios for Two (summer) and Examining the Opportunities, Constraints, and Contexts for Human-Wildlife Coexistence (academic year)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Arshonne Cazares<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentors: <\/strong>Michelle Hale and Michele Clark<br><strong>Research project:<\/strong> Diversifying Visions of the Future with Rural and Urban Indigenous Communities<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Zoe Gentry<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentors: <\/strong>Nancy Grimm and Liliana Caughman<br><strong>Research project:<\/strong> River Futures: Participatory visioning for an urban river<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Carter Henry<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Kelli Larson<br><strong>Research project: <\/strong>Examining the Opportunities, Constraints, and Contexts for Human-Wildlife Coexistence (academic year)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">David Nguyen<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor<\/strong>: Dan Childers<br><strong>Research project:<\/strong> Tres Rios for Two<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nadia Upah<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Pierre Deviche<br><strong>Research project:<\/strong> Birds in a Warming World: An Integrated Physiological Perspective<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2022\">2022<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Zoe Gentry<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Nancy Grimm<br><strong>Research project:<\/strong> Visions of the Rio Salado: Planning participatory visioning for an urban river<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Maddelyn Gibson<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Kevin McGraw<br><strong>Research project:<\/strong> Color me sexy: does ornate coloration predict health state in an invasive urban parrot species?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Savage Cree Hess<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Michelle Hale<br><strong>Research project:<\/strong> Diversifying visions of the future of the Rio Salado \u2013 A community-centered approach to Rio Reimagined<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Garrett Storey<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Pierre Herckes<br><strong>Research project:<\/strong> Occurrence and fate of emerging contaminants in the Tres Rios Wetlands<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2021\">2021<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hasti Asrari<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor: <\/strong>Chad Johnson<br><strong>Research project:<\/strong> The effects of urbanization on the gut microbiome of an urban arthropod pest: An investigation into the gut of western black widow spiders across a gradient of urbanization<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dayanara Avilez, Akilah Davitt, and Janelle Siefert<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentors:<\/strong> Kelli Larson and Jeff Brown<br><strong>Researchp project:<\/strong> Exploring Human-Nature Interactions in the Phoenix Area Social Survey (PASS) Neighborhoods<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dean Drake<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor: <\/strong>Kevin McGraw<br><strong>Research project<\/strong>:<strong> <\/strong>Does food quality explain urban-rural variation in finch coloration and health?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Olivia Nguyen<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Jesse Lewis<br><strong>Research project:<\/strong> Comparing wildlife occupancy and AZGFD public reporting data across the gradient of urbanization during the Covid-19 pandemic<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Brian Sehner<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Amy Frazier and Billie L. Turner II<br><strong>Research project:<\/strong> Quantifying the spatial connectivity of surface urban heat island intensity and thermal refuges in the Phoenix metropolitan area<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2021\">2020<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kerrala Chandran<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Chingwen Cheng<br><strong><strong>Research project:<\/strong><\/strong> UEI hydrologic performance evaluation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dave DeBacker<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Stephen Elser<br><strong><strong>Research project:<\/strong><\/strong> The Future of Urban Ecosystem Services<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kathryn DePinto<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Kevin McGraw<br><strong><strong>Research project:<\/strong><\/strong> Health and nutrition in the city: Testing principles of self-medication and personalized nutrition in urban and rural birds<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Matt Millado<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Stephen Elser<br><strong><strong>Research project:<\/strong><\/strong> The Future of Urban Ecosystem Services<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Finnley Rickman<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Marta Berb\u00e9s-Bl\u00e1zquez<br><strong><strong>Research project:<\/strong><\/strong> The future of urban ecosystem services<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2020\">2020<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kerrala Chandran<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Chingwen Cheng<br><strong><strong>Research project:<\/strong><\/strong> UEI hydrologic performance evaluation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dave DeBacker<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Stephen Elser<br><strong><strong>Research project:<\/strong><\/strong> The Future of Urban Ecosystem Services<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kathryn DePinto<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Kevin McGraw<br><strong><strong>Research project:<\/strong><\/strong> Health and nutrition in the city: Testing principles of self-medication and personalized nutrition in urban and rural birds<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Matt Millado<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Stephen Elser<br><strong><strong>Research project:<\/strong><\/strong> The Future of Urban Ecosystem Services<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Finnley Rickman<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Marta Berb\u00e9s-Bl\u00e1zquez<br><strong><strong>Research project:<\/strong><\/strong> The future of urban ecosystem services<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2019\">2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ryan Faust<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Jesse Lewis<br><strong><strong>Research project:<\/strong><\/strong> The distribution, diversity, and abundance of scorpions in relation to urbanization and landscape characteristics across the CAP LTER study area<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Melissa Fleeger<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Kelli Larson<br><strong><strong>Research project:<\/strong><\/strong> Residents\u2019 Attitudes toward Bees in Metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sarah Lindley<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Chad Johnson<br><strong><strong>Research project:<\/strong><\/strong> The Effect of Urban Heat Island Temperatures on Microhabitat Preference in Black Widow Spiders<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jenna Rosales<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Jenni Vanos<br><strong><strong>Research project:<\/strong><\/strong> Observing the solar radiation and heat protection factors of tree shade: A novel comparative assessment of desert trees<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2018\">2018<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Keaton Coker<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Chad Johnson<br><strong><strong>Research project:<\/strong><\/strong> Black Widows on an Urban Heat Island: Using Hormones and Behavior to Understand Global Change<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jessica Dwyer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Jesse Lewis<br><strong><strong>Research project:<\/strong><\/strong> The effects of urbanization on species composition and activity patterns of the bat community across the Phoenix Valley<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Caitlin Nordheim<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Heather Bateman<br><strong><strong>Research project:<\/strong> <\/strong>Comparison of riparian herpetofauna along urban and wildland streams<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chelsea Stratton<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Fabio Suzart de Albuquerque<br><strong><strong>Research project:<\/strong><\/strong> Energy, water and habitat diversity as predictors of bird diversity in urban areas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2017\">2017<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Caitlin Gray<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Fabio Suzart de Albuquerque<br><strong><strong>Research project:<\/strong><\/strong> Environmental drivers of phylogenetic diversity of bird species in riparian areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Claire Moen<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Chad Johnson<br><strong><strong>Research project:<\/strong><\/strong> Black Widows On An Urban Heat Island: Using Genes, Physiology And Behavior To Understand Global Change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Robert Moakley<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Kevin McGraw<br><strong><strong>Research project:<\/strong><\/strong> Where sleep meets sex in the city: links between bird breeding and beauty sleep<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">David Nardelli<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentors:<\/strong> Nancy Grimm, Lauren McPhillips, and Monica Palta<br><strong><strong>Research project:<\/strong><\/strong> Nutrient loading and its effects in water-supply canals and stormwater outfalls in Phoenix, AZ<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2016\">2016<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Devon Allred<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Kevin McGraw<br><strong><strong>Research project:<\/strong> <\/strong>Urban night-lighting and pace-of-life: can urban birds buy back time?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Maria Eller<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Erin Redman<br><strong><strong>Research project:<\/strong> <\/strong>Ecology Explorers Program<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nikita Kowal<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Becky Ball<br><strong><strong>Research project:<\/strong> <\/strong>Urbanization and N-Deposition and Microbial Community-Level Physiological Profiles<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Michelle Poletti<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Ariane Middel<br><strong><strong>Research project:<\/strong><\/strong> Impact of interior temperatures of shaded and unshaded vehicles on children\u2019s health \u2013 A case study in Phoenix, AZ<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Brandon Ramirez<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> David Iwaniec<br><strong><strong>Research project:<\/strong><\/strong> Developing data visualization and decision-making tools for CAP LTER Sustainable Future Scenarios<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Isabella Tapia<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Charles Redman<br><strong><strong>Research project:<\/strong> <\/strong>Infrastructural Response to Extreme Events in Phoenix, AZ<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Javier Urcuyo<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Chad Johnson<br><strong><strong>Research project:<\/strong><\/strong> Urban heat islands and urban arthropod biodiversity<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2015\">2015<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jessica Hoffman<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Kelli Larson<br><strong><strong>Research project:<\/strong> <\/strong>Yard creatures: Management, perception, and reality<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bridget Harding<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Dan Allen<br><strong><strong>Research project:<\/strong> <\/strong>Long-term analysis of biodiversity patterns, land-use, and climate anomalies on urban community structure<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sky Arnett-Romero<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Dan Allen<br><strong><strong>Research project:<\/strong> <\/strong>Long-term analysis of biodiversity patterns, land-use, and climate anomalies on urban community structure<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2014\">2014<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kelly Bergin<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Becky Ball<br><strong><strong>Research project:<\/strong> <\/strong>Impacts of altered precipitation on aboveground-belowground interactions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Soukaina Kouteib<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Pierre Deviche<br><strong><strong>Research project:<\/strong> <\/strong>Relationships between urbanization and immunity<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Caitlin Holmes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Sharon Hall<br><strong><strong>Research project:<\/strong> <\/strong>Soil properties in residential landscapes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Evan Kuras<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> David Hondula<br><strong><strong>Research project:<\/strong> <\/strong>Personal monitoring for smarter heat-health interventions in Central Arizona<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Meghan Cook<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Kevin McGraw<br><strong><strong>Research project:<\/strong> <\/strong>Cognition in the city: Problem-solving in a foraging context as a function of urbanization in house finches<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pierce Hutton<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Kevin McGraw<br><strong><strong>Research project:<\/strong> <\/strong>Cognition in the city: Problem-solving in a foraging context as a function of urbanization in house finches<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jessica Jia<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentors:<\/strong> Elizabeth Wentz and Kelli Larson<br><strong><strong>Research project:<\/strong> <\/strong>A comparative analysis of the water consumption and cost of xeric vs. mesic landscaped single family residential properties in Tempe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2013\">2013<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jessica Alvarez Guevara<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentors:<\/strong> Becky Ball and Mitch Pavao-Zuckerman<br><strong><strong>Research project:<\/strong> <\/strong>Moss nutrient plasticity over variations in soil resource availability in desert soils<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Beau Rudd<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Heather Bateman<br><strong><strong>Research project:<\/strong> <\/strong>Effects of multi-use recreational trails on reptiles in the Phoenix mountain parks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dakota Tallman<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Dan Childers<br><strong><strong>Research project:<\/strong> <\/strong>Understanding the importance of open water processes to the provision of ecosystem services in a constructed wastewater treatment wetland ecosystem<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Samuel Lane<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Pierre Deviche<br><strong><strong>Research project:<\/strong> <\/strong>Bird song and the brain: Behavioral and neuroanatomical adaptations of northern mockingbirds to urbanization<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Amanda Wolf<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentors:<\/strong> Monica Palta and Nancy Grimm<br><strong><strong>Research project:<\/strong> <\/strong>Ecosystem services and trade-offs mediated by urban water bodies for homeless populations in Phoenix<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Billy Smith<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong> Kerry Smith<br><strong>Research project: <\/strong>Does water conservation compromise the reliability (and sustainability) of water systems?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alyssa McAlister<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentors:<\/strong> Amber Wutich and Alex Brewis<br><strong>Research project: <\/strong>Human health in a warming world: Cultural models of climate change and disease<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#\">Back to 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