The 2022 deadline has passed.
Overview
Dr. Eugene Odum, regarded as one of the founders of ecosystem ecology, launched his scientific career at the Huyck Preserve in the early 1940s as one of the first Senior Research Fellows at the Huyck Preserve's biological research station. In honor of his legacy, the Huyck Preserve offers an internship for undergraduate students who are interested in conducting ecological field research. Interns work with scientific professionals, conduct and present original research, and gain valuable environmental education experience through involvement in our high school summer program.
Covid-19 Notice: 2022 Odum Interns will be required to show proof of full Covid-19 vaccination (two weeks past last vaccination of the series including booster) before starting the internship and to follow all Covid-19 protocols in place during the internship. Protocols will be sent with letters accepting students into the program, and updates will be shared before the start of the program. The Huyck Preserve follows federal, state, and local guidelines for Covid-19 and reserves the right to cancel the program if this is deemed necessary.
Internship summary
- This is a full-time, residential internship lasting eight weeks from mid-June to early August.
- Four highly qualified undergraduate students will be selected each summer.
- The internship is unpaid; however, housing and equipment are provided.
- Arrangements for college credit must be made with the applicant’s home institution.
About the Internship
Summer 2022 interns will work under the direction of Dr. Jonathan Titus, the Summer Research Fellow (SRF). Dr. Titus is a biology professor at SUNY-Fredonia, located near Lake Erie. He teaches freshman biology and upper level classes in botany and ecology, local natural history, and greenhouse studies. Dr. Titus received his Ph.D. at the University of Washington researching primary succession on Mount St. Helens. Before teaching at Fredonia, he taught at Biosphere 2 in Arizona -- but he did not live inside the Biosphere! He is active with land conservancies in western New York and is on the Board of the Nature Sanctuary Society of Western New York and the Research Science Consortium at Presque Isle. Dr. Titus led the high school Forest Ecology Research Program at the Preserve in 2021 and looks forward to working with undergraduate students at the Preserve this summer!
Previous Research Fellows have included:
Previous Research Fellows have included:
- Dr. Susan Beatty, Emerita Professor of Biology and Past Provost for The Sage Colleges (Troy and Albany, New York); Emerita Professor of Geography, University of Colorado, Boulder (Boulder, Colorado)
- Dr. Seth Bigelow, Forest Ecologist, Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center
- Dr. George Robinson, Associate Professor of Biology at University at Albany, SUNY
- Dr. Eddie Watkins, Assistant Professor of Biology at Colgate University
- Dr. Radka Wildova, Plant Ecologist, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at U. Michigan
