Achievement

LEAP training and funding allowed LEAP fellow Carrie Seltzer to finish collecting data at her field site in Tanzania, give three conference presentations on her research, set up a database for aggregating data on plant-animal interactions, and submit three manuscripts for publication. As part of her participation in LEAP, she also choreographed and filmed a dance that shows seeds (undergraduates) being dispersed by a giant pouched rat (Carrie). The video was posted online and submitted to the Dance Your PhD contest. She also co-authored a guide to seedlings in Tanzania that will allow local residents, project managers and students to more easily identify trees in their early growth stages.