They participate in seminar and discussion groups, laboratory meetings, undergraduate research symposia at ASU, and travel to regional and national meetings. Graduates of the program are positioned to take advantage of opportunities for continued research in association with one of the programs under ASU's Undergraduate Biology Education Program.
Students receive credit and stipends for research.
Working on the effect of irrigation on community structure and diversity in urban insects. Teresa Tibbets Effects of endophyte-infected fescue grass on leafcutter ants Acromyrmexversicolor. Ecological stoichiometry of producers and consumers in temperate and arctic latitudes. Faculty participants all have experience working with undergraduate researchers, and lead research groups with from 5 to 20 researchers at a variety of levels. Field research is a significant component of all research programs.