Samuel Schmid
Profile
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Time ZoneCentral
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OrganizationMississippi State University
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RoleScientist Mentor: I will mentor teams of students online
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Research Interests (300 words)I study invasive species with a specialty in aquatic plants. My research seeks to study how these invasive species interact with the environment and how we can better control them. Currently, I focus on a plant called alligator weed which has invaded lakes and rivers in the southern United States
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Profile Question 1When and why did you decide to go into a science career?
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Answer the question you selected for profile question 1 here (300 words):I always had a budding interest in biology ever since I was a kid and even majored in biology in undergrad. However, it wasn't until my final semester in my final year as a senior in college when I was encouraged to go to graduate school. It was then, during my master's, when I knew I wanted to research aquatic invasive plants as a career.
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Profile Question 2What is your favorite plant? Why?
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Answer the question you selected for profile question 2 here (300 words):Picking a favorite plant for me is like picking a favorite child, but one of my favorites is an orchid native to the South called water spider orchid. It is particularly cool because, while it is found in shallow waters, it only grows on top of other aquatic vegetation. We call these plants that grow on top of other plants: epiphytes.
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Profile Question 3What is a typical day like for you?
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Answer the question you selected for profile question 3 here (300 words):The only thing typical about a day in the life of a biology graduate student is that no day is typical. I could be spending my day teaching college students, on a boat in some backwater slough, or in my office writing papers and running statistical analyses. The wide variety of work I do week to week is one of the most rewarding aspects of my job.
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Challenge, ELL, HonorsHonors or AP - Advanced Placement
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Capacity: How many teams at a time are you comfortable working with?1
Recent Posts
vsnhsfrazerwosspring2024 project 5
Samuel Schmid
Great work on your final project everyone! Your data are interesting and I think y'all developed good conclusions to explain your findings. I hope you found this exercise interesting and useful, the world can always use more plant scientists.
vsnhsfrazerwosspring2024 project 5
Samuel Schmid
Hi Anthony,
Sorry for the delayed response. I was at a conference for most of last week and am playing catchup. As you may already be aware, the body of a scientific paper consists of four parts: introduction, methods, results, and…
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vsnhsfrazerwosspring2024 project 5
Samuel Schmid
Hello again Anthony,
Good to hear at least some of your seeds germinated! I think you're right, y'all seem to be running into an issue of "too much of a good thing is a bad thing." Organisms interact with their environment in…
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