I found through my time in the Brackenridge Fellowship that as a researcher you must be flexible. There were times where I thought I would be able to be fully prepared and fully predict what was going to happen next, but things can always change and a good researcher will be able to adapt. At…
Author: rebeccaalvarez1
Research Should be Shared With a Broad Audience
One of the most important aspects of research includes communicating your findings to others. Depending on if you are presenting to others in your field, researchers outside of your field, the general public, or even children, your strategies for talking about your research will have to be adjusted in order to become an effective speaker….
Research Across Disciplines
Already within this community I have learned about the many different ways a person can go about collecting information. Adding multiple perspectives can reveal different ways that a person can go about solving a problem or making new discoveries. I am very interested in making my current and potential future work practical and applicable to…
Beck Alvarez: Impact of Herbivory on Duckweed Performance
Hello! My name is Beck Alvarez and I use she/they pronouns. I am a rising senior majoring in Ecology and Evolution with a minor in Political Science. I’m from Montgomery County, PA. I like to spend my free time crocheting, hiking, and reading. A fun fact about me is that I spent the past semester…