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Meet the 2025 Blandy REU Participants

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Christopher Houdeshell

Home Institution: University of Maine - Farmington
Project Title: Impacts of Tree Genus and Land-Usage on Soil Nutrients and Carbon Storage
Mentor: Justin Richardson

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Declan McQuinn

Home Institution: University of Virginia
Project Title: Effect of Nutrient Enrichment and Disturbance on Flowering Phenology of Perennial and Biennial Flowering Plants
Mentor: Howie Epstein

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Gavin Swope

Home Institution: University of Pittsburgh
Project Title: Ecosystem dependency of ALAN-imposed top-down pressure on caterpillars
Mentor: Kyle Haynes

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Kalea Lattin

Home Institution: Southern Utah University
Project Title: Associational Effects of the Azolla-Anabaena Symbiosis on Co-occurring Aquatic Plants 
Mentor: Rebecca Forkner

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Rachel Phillips

Home Institution: Colorado College
Project Title: Does Increased Fanning Behavior in Bombus Impatiens Reduce Foraging Frequency?
Mentor: Preston Thompson

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Sydney Chrome

Home Institution: Northern Michigan Univesity
Project Title: Enhancing Root Nodulation and Biomass in Tepary Bean
Mentor: Mary McKenna