Long Nights



Stephanie Castle
UC Davis
Graduate Group of Ecology 

We are coming to the end of our time here in Guatemala. We have packed SO MUCH science into the last three weeks. In addition to daily workshops/trainings in limnology, phytoplankton ecology, zooplankton, chemistry, and wetland ecology, the students have also been working in groups on one of seven research projects. Today, the students are compiling and analyzing their data, and I have to tell you, they are such hard workers. Normally, you would have months to put together a research project, months to analyze data and to formulate a meaningful synthesis or results, and  months to prepare a professional presentation for your scientific peers. These students have had just short of two weeks! They may be up for a very long night of working on their presentations, but I can't wait for our conference tomorrow. Our students are so smart, so hardworking, so invested in this opportunity, I just know they will blow us away tomorrow!