Undergraduate researcher Mari Cullerton was one of 23 students from across the university selected for the prestigious University scholar program (https://universityscholars.uconn.edu/2020-university-scholars/). She is conducting research as a member of the Applied Forest Ecology Lab on a project entitled "Field-based disturbance ecology, remote sensing, and geospatial analysis: An interdisciplinary approach to the evaluation of the role of secondary mortality agents in forest disturbances". Her work will focus on linking remote sensing and field data to attempt to better understand the role of secondary pests and pathogens (primarily Two-lined Chestnut Borer and Armillaria) in broad scale tree mortality that has affected southern New England over the past few years (https://stormwise.uconn.edu/2018/09/22/the-slow-storm/). Her UScholar committee also includes NRE faculty member Dr. Zhe Zhu (https://gerslab.uconn.edu/) and Extension Forester Tom Worthley (http://www.ctforestry.uconn.edu/).
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