by hageyt | Nov 6, 2023 | Research
I’m very excited to share that this week I was awarded MUW’s first Excellence in Research Award for my research efforts at the W. I want to thank my chair for nominating me! I’m very proud of all the work I’ve done over the last few...
by hageyt | Sep 6, 2023 | Research
This summer I was lucky enough to plan a field research trip to the island of Mauritius in the Indian ocean. This trip was funded by the British Ecological Society, the MUW department of Science and Mathematics, Mississippi Space Grant Consortium, MUW Nancy Yates...
by hageyt | Aug 28, 2023 | Research
This summer I had the opportunity to visit three natural history museums in Europe! I visited the Natural History Museum in London, the National Museum of Natural History (Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle) in Paris and the Natural History Museum of Marseille...
by hageyt | Jul 22, 2023 | Education, Outreach
Last week, we completed our 5-day, summer course for middle school kids at Plymouth Bluff! With our funding from the NASA Inspires Futures for Tomorrow’s Youth (NIFTY), program, we were able to make this space science course free for participants! We had a total of 25...
by hageyt | Jun 28, 2023 | Research
MUW undergraduate Maddie Guerin practiced finding and catching local Mississippi fence lizards (Sceloporus) in preparation for upcoming gecko...
by hageyt | Jun 23, 2023 | Research
We recently caught some house geckos on Mississippi State University’s campus for an engineering project!...
by hageyt | Apr 30, 2023 | Outreach, Research
This week I received two new members of the lab. Two crested geckos! Graciously donated by Dr. Jeff Jenovets from Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science. They have a bight new enclosure...
by hageyt | Apr 30, 2023 | Research
I’m very excited to share a publication that recently came out! It was a project by Joel Slade and Danielle Whittaker that I was invited to help with at Mountain Lake Biological Station back in 2018. We were looking at how migratory and resident Junco birds may...
by hageyt | Feb 20, 2023 | Outreach
Last weekend I had a great time participating in Mississippi State University’s “Science Night at the Museum” spearheaded by MSU’s geology department. It was great getting to share activities with the parents and kids that checked out our...
by hageyt | Feb 11, 2023 | Outreach
Last week we had the privilege of participating in New Hope middle school’s 2023 STEAM night! It was great having students Kayla Redmond and Karen Saffold help out! Our booth was a huge success. We had our clothes pin bird game where kids try to eat large and...
