OverviewDr. Eugene Odum, regarded as the father of ecosystems ecology, launched his scientific career at the Huyck Preserve in the early 1940s as one of the first Senior Research Fellows at the 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. Similar to the National Science Foundation's Research Experiences for Undergraduates programs, interns work with scientific professionals, conduct and present original research, and gain valuable professional experience at a biological field station that has a rich history of launching prominent ecologists' careers.
Internship summary
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2014 Odum Internship InfoApplications for 2014 are closed
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About the Internship
Interns will work under the direction of the Senior Research Fellow (SRF). Previous Senior Research Fellows have included:
Interns will also have the opportunity to participate in the Preserve's avian monitoring program modeled after that internationally renowned Monitoring Avian Survivability and Productivity Stations (MAPS). Working with the Executive Director at the Preserve, Dr. Dawn O'Neal, interns will gain extensive experience mist netting, handling, and banding breeding birds.
Student projects can be in the fields of ecology, conservation biology, environmental science, and evolutionary biology. Students will also have the opportunity to work on projects with visiting scientists whose research is supported by the station. Examples of the projects conducted at the Huyck Preserve recently include studies examining:
Interns from previous years have come from Colleges and Universities such as: Allegheny, Bard, Bates, Binghamton, Colgate, Cornell, Hamilton, Macalester, UMBC, SUNY ESF, and University of Chicago
- Dr. Eddie Watkins, Assistant Professor of Biology at Colgate University
- Dr. Susan Beatty, formerly Professor of Geography and Associate Dean of Natural Sciences at University of Colorado at Boulder and now Dean of Arts and Sciences at Portland State University
- Dr. Radka Wildova, Plant Ecologist, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology U. Michigan.
Interns will also have the opportunity to participate in the Preserve's avian monitoring program modeled after that internationally renowned Monitoring Avian Survivability and Productivity Stations (MAPS). Working with the Executive Director at the Preserve, Dr. Dawn O'Neal, interns will gain extensive experience mist netting, handling, and banding breeding birds.
Student projects can be in the fields of ecology, conservation biology, environmental science, and evolutionary biology. Students will also have the opportunity to work on projects with visiting scientists whose research is supported by the station. Examples of the projects conducted at the Huyck Preserve recently include studies examining:
- Slave-making ants
- Forest disturbance and soils
- Aquatic macrophyte
- Streamside invasive earthworms
- Invasive vines
- Forest succession
Interns from previous years have come from Colleges and Universities such as: Allegheny, Bard, Bates, Binghamton, Colgate, Cornell, Hamilton, Macalester, UMBC, SUNY ESF, and University of Chicago
