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Lab member Emily Kelvin is highlighted in an interview shared on the Department of Applied Environmental Science's page- you can read about her experience in the Environmental Science MS program HERE!

It's been a busy summer!  While TWE lab members focused on research or internships, Dr. Duggan attended the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists in Boulder, CO with two CSUMB undergraduates, Nicole Bonello and Alana Owings.  Interviews with Nicole and Alana about their conference experiences were published in the AES Department Highlights, and it sounds like they had a great time!

Congratulation's to this year's TWE lab graduates, Josh Beasley, Caroline Bolen, and Sarah Winkel! 

• Sarah Winkel is highlighted in an interview shared on the Department of Applied Environmental Science's page- you can read about her internship experience HERE!

Matt McGee and Jenny Duggan presented talks, posters, and workshops at the Joint Meeting of the International Federation of Mammlogists and the American Society of Mammalogists in Anchorage, Alaska.  Matt's talk (pictured below) was standing room only!

• Congratulations to all of our graduating TWE lab members!
• Matt McGee successfully defended his M.S. thesis on May 3rd. Next, he's headed to a PhD program in the Razafindratsima Lab at the University of California, Berkeley. Be on the lookout for upcoming publications!
• Spring 2022 graduate, Annabelle McCarthy, recently published a blog post on the Squirrel-Net webpage. Next, she will begin working on her MS in the Haddad Lab at Michigan State University. Best of luck! 

Jess Sutton is highlighted in an interview shared on the Department of Applied Environmental Science's page- cool stuff!

The TWE Lab was out and about this summer!  Rebecca Roberts (upper left) and Matt McGee (upper right) presented posters at the annual meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists in Tucson, AZ.  Josh Beasley (lower right) presented a poster at the annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America in Montreal, Canada, and Diego Salgado (lower left) presented research he conducted as a UROC student at the CSUMB Summer Research Symposium.

• Matt McGee won the Provost's Graduate Award for Exemplary Academic Achievement for 2021-22- well done!
• Congratulations to Matt McGee and Rebecca Roberts for winning travel awards to this year's Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists- see you in Tucson, AZ this coming June!
• Rebecca Roberts won the "People's Choice" award during the CSUMB 2022 Grad Slam Finals- great job!

• Matt McGee is highlighted in an interview shared on the Department of Applied Environmental Science's page- check it out!

• Yimin Gu, a 2019 UROC researcher in the TWE lab, graduated from UCLA in Spring 2021 and has been accepted to the Chemical Engineering Graduate program at UCLA this fall.  Read more in UROC's Sept/Oct 2021 newsletter.

• Congratulations to Kristen Burroughs, recent graduate of CSUMB, for winning the Squirrel-Net logo design contest. Kristen is pursuing a career as a science illustrator, and we think she is off to a great start!
  

• Janette Perez-Jimenez has been accepted into a PhD program at Ohio University where she will be working in Dr. Johnson's Ohio Bat Lab.  Way to go, Janette!
• Yucheol Shin's work on rattlesnakes at the UC Fort Ord Natural Reserve was published in the Spring 2021 issue of the Herpetological Bulletin.  Congratulations!
• Annabelle McCarthy has been accepted for a Resident Mentor Position at the Kellogg Biological Station Summer Undergraduate Program. Not only will she be mentoring undergraduates, she'll also be conducting research on how farming methods affect butterfly diversity.  

• Both Hannah Carrell and Amanda Preece presented talks on their research at this year's Annual Wildlife Symposium, which was held remotely by the California Central Coast chapter of The Wildlife Society Great job, team!

• Hannah Carrell's work with bats has been highlighted in UROC's Aug 2020 Newsletter. Not only is she continuing her research in the UROC Researcher program this fall, she has also been invited to act as a UROC Ambassador to help promote UROC and mentor her peers.

• Annabelle McCarthy has been accepted into the UROC LSAMP Rising Researcher Program. She will be conducting research focused on the nesting success of birds in urban green spaces.

Happy Halloween from the TWE Lab!

• Hannah Carrell presented her research project at the UROC's Virtual Summer Research Symposium.
• Congratulations to Amanda Preece for submitting her M.S. Thesis, "Associating landscape variables with nesting occupancy and success of songbirds using nest boxes in semi-urban greenspaces"! For now, she is continuing to work at Asilomar State Beach, and you can find her there monitoring birds and restoring native vegetation.

• Squirrel-Net, a group dedicated to integrating authentic field research with mammals into undergraduate biology education, has launched a website where instructors can request access to educational materials: squirrel-net.org. Check it out!
• Students in BIO 360 (Natural History of CA Wildlife) and/or associated with the Terrestrial Wildlife Ecology Lab attended the Annual Wildlife Symposium hosted by the California Central Coast chapter of The Wildlife Society. Left to right: Janet Gonzalez, Sam Gautreaux, Janette Perez-Jimenez, Matt McGee, Larissa Nielson, Rebekah Shannon, Thomy Tran, Jenny Duggan.

• Yimin Gu and Thomy Tran presented posters on their UROC research projects at the 6th Annual Monterey Bay Summer Research Symposium.

• Miya Fukutomi presented an individual research project at CSUMB's Spring 2019 Capstone Festival.
• Sam Gautreaux has been accepted in CSUMB's graduate program in Environmental Science and will begin work on her M.S. degree in Fall 2019. Congratulations!

• Students associated with the Terrestrial Wildlife Ecology Lab and/or the CSUMB SEEDS club attended the Annual Wildlife Symposium hosted by the California Central Coast chapter of The Wildlife Society. Left to right (back): Thomy Tran, Bethany Schulze, Sam Gautreaux, Miya Fukutomi, Devon Jimenez, Yucheol Shin, Sarah Morgan, Julius Lubin (front) Bailey Gastelum.

• Sam Gautreaux participated with Dr. Jenny Duggan and Dr. Corin White in a panel presentation at the 2018 conference of the Council on Undergraduate Research in Arlington, Virginia.
• Bailey Gastelum, Rubi Rangel, and Marinn Browne presented a poster at this year's Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists in Manhattan, Kansas. Not only did they have a great time meeting other researchers, they also gave an unforgettable karaoke performance of, "Squirrels Just Want to Have Fun".
• Deven Jimenez, Mei Liu Owens, Marinn Browne, and Yucheol Shin presented posters on their UROC research projects at the 5th Annual Monterey Bay Summer Research Symposium.

• Rebecca Roberts has accepted a position as a small mammal research intern at the Point Lobos State Natural Reserve. Great job!
• Andrew Caudillo has been accepted in CSUMB's graduate program in Environmental Science and will begin work on his M.S. degree in Fall 2018. Congratulations!

• Andrew Caudillo and Rebecca Roberts presented individual research projects at CSUMB's Fall 2017 Capstone Festival.
• Adriane Baade, Mary Hernandez, and Summer Wilson presented research posters at the 2017 Annual Wildlife Symposium held by the California Central Coast chapter of The Wildlife Society.

• Adriane Baade presented a researcher poster on her capstone project at this year's Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists in Moscow, Idaho. The meeting included diverse oral and poster presentations, technical workshops, and social events. Adriane was able to network with some of the best-known researchers in the field!
• Isabella Munguia and Andrew Caudillo presented posters on their UROC research projects at the 4th Annual Monterey Bay Summer Research Symposium.

• An article on Kendall Emerick and her participation in the Terrestrial Wildlife Ecology lab is included in the latest edition of the CSUMB magazine!