Bio-RET Group
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About
Bio-RET (Research Experience for Teachers). From 2024 through 2026, teachers from Jefferson County Public Schools will work with experienced scientists from the Biology Department on lab and field-based urban ecology research and work with experts to develop curriculum on environmental justice. High school teachers addressing the following topics: (a) impacts of human disturbance on songbird reproduction, (b) ability of insects to respond to climate change; (c) human – wildlife interactions and tick distributions; (d) invasive plant – arthropod interactions in disturbed habitats, (e) greenhouse gas emissions in urban and rural aquatic systems; (f) impacts of urban heat island effects and light pollution on cave salamander populations in local parks.
Visit the Urban Ecologh Research & Environmental Justice Bio-Ret website for more information. Note: This is an NSF-funded Bio-RET site.
Key Research Areas
- Urban Ecology
- Environmental Justice
- Teacher Education
Team
Linda Fuselier, Professor of Biology
Justin McFadden, Associate Professor, Education
Luz Huntington-Moskos, Associate Professor, RN
Carrie Mott, Associate Professor, Geographic and Environmental Sciences
- Megan Pool, Assistant Professor, UT Austin
- Monica Unseld, Until Justice Data Partners
- Connor Griffin, Courier Journal
- Tim Darst, Earth and Spirit Center