Funding Opportunities
If you have interest in working with me on research projects, please contact me. There are many funding opportunities at UAF for undergraduate research:
- URSA (Undergraduate Research & Scholarly Activity): At the University of Alaska Fairbanks, URSA supports, develops and institutionalizes UAF’s diverse and robust programs of undergraduate research and creative scholarship.
- BLaST (Biomedical Learning and Student Training ): NIH funded program to enhance capacity for undergraduate biomedical research training.
- Alaska INBRE (IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence): NIH funded program of NIGMS is intended to broaden the geographic distribution of NIH funding for biomedical and behavioral research by serving rural and medically underserved communities.
Current Students
- Tracie Haan – Heavy Metal toloreance (BLaST Project Award recipient)
- Anastasia Butler – Ancient DNA and Invasive Bird Vetch (URSA Award recipient)
- Alexandra Keller – Plant-Microbe interactions (URSA Project Award recipient)
Past Students
- Jackson Drew: B.S. Biological Sciences at UAF
- Maddie McCarthy – Antibiotic Resistance in modern and ancient soils (BLaST Project Award recipient)
- Alex Wynne – Methanogens in permafrost associated soils (URSA Project Award recipient)
- Jason Foreman
- Patrick Knavel
- Patrick Smith