UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH

For their Senior Thesis or Honors in Research at UW-Madison, undergraduates in my lab are each spearheading their own research projects:

Carissa Freeh‘s senior thesis is exploring the diet of fisher (Pekania pennanti) in Wisconsin via stable isotope analysis. She is investigating the effects of geographic variables and diet on body condition in an effort to better understand this specie’s basic biology and regional population trends.

Rachel Larson is studying the genetic structure of black bears (Ursus americanus) in Colorado via the analysis of microsatellites to better understand population connectivity.