REU Site: University of Michigan Biological Station: Biosphere-Atmosphere-Hydrosphere Interactions in a Changing Global Environment

REU 站点：密歇根大学生物站：不断变化的全球环境中的生物圈-大气-水圈相互作用

• 批准号: 1262634
• 负责人: David Karowe
• 金额: $ 37.65万
• 依托单位: Regents of the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-11-01 至 2017-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1262634&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; University; Michigan; Biological

This REU Site at University of Michigan Biological Station will engage students in research that examines how virtually all ecological systems are now being influenced by global change drivers such as rising temperatures, altered precipitation, altered soil moisture, increasing levels of atmospheric CO2 and ozone, deposition of reactive nitrogen, invasive species, and habitat loss. Multiple global change drivers typically interact with one another; for instance, rising temperatures may interact synergistically with increasing ozone levels to impede terrestrial carbon storage, and with reduced soil moisture and increased atmospheric nitrogen deposition to facilitate the spread of invasive plant and animal species. Such biosphere-atmosphere-hydrosphere interactions are poorly understood, but are crucial components of global change science. It is therefore very important to train promising young researchers to identify and quantify these interactions in order that they may ultimately help solve the increasingly complex environmental problems of the 21st century. The ultimate goal of this interdisciplinary REU program at University of Michigan Biological Station (UMBS) is to nurture young scientists to enter research careers addressing atmospheric, hydrological, and ecological causes and consequences of global change. The program provides comprehensive training via intensively mentored individual research projects, workshops in biogeochemistry, atmospheric chemistry, global change, ecology, experimental design and statistics, professional ethics, and communication, a weekly biosphere-atmosphere-hydrosphere reading group, and attendance at UMBS research seminars. The program emphasizes active participation by REU students in all phases of high quality research, from hypothesis formation through presentation of results in oral and written formats. Recruitment efforts will be expanded to include more partnerships with Underrepresented Minority Serving Institutions and institutions with limited opportunities for STEM research (including an on-site presence of faculty), a Recruiting Event at UMBS, and support for prior REU students to act as student ambassadors for the program.

密歇根大学生物站的 REU 站点将让学生参与研究，调查几乎所有生态系统现在如何受到全球变化驱动因素的影响，例如气温上升、降水变化、土壤湿度变化、大气二氧化碳和臭氧水平增加、沉积物活性氮、入侵物种和栖息地丧失。多个全球变革驱动因素通常会相互作用；例如，气温升高可能与臭氧水平升高相互作用，阻碍陆地碳储存，并与土壤湿度减少和大气氮沉降增加相互作用，促进入侵植物和动物物种的扩散。人们对这种生物圈-大气-水圈相互作用知之甚少，但却是全球变化科学的重要组成部分。因此，培训有前途的年轻研究人员来识别和量化这些相互作用非常重要，这样他们才能最终帮助解决 21 世纪日益复杂的环境问题。密歇根大学生物站 (UMBS) 跨学科 REU 项目的最终目标是培养年轻科学家进入研究职业，解决全球变化的大气、水文和生态原因和后果。该项目通过集中指导的个人研究项目、生物地球化学、大气化学、全球变化、生态学、实验设计和统计、职业道德和交流研讨会、每周生物圈-大气-水圈阅读小组以及参加UMBS研究提供全面的培训研讨会。该项目强调 REU 学生积极参与高质量研究的各个阶段，从假设的形成到以口头和书面形式呈现结果。招聘工作将扩大，包括与代表性不足的少数族裔服务机构和 STEM 研究机会有限的机构（包括教员现场存在）建立更多合作伙伴关系，在 UMBS 举办招聘活动，并支持以前的 REU 学生担任学生大使对于该程序。