{"id":263,"date":"2019-06-17T16:31:02","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T16:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esa.org\/students-preprod\/?page_id=263"},"modified":"2025-12-15T23:58:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T23:58:03","slug":"student-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/esa.org\/students\/about\/student-spotlight\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/students\/2023\/05\/31\/joanna-i-lumbsden-pinto-suny-esf\/\">Joanna I. Lumbsden-Pinto- SUNY ESF<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Joanna&#8217;s major research interest lies in studying the interaction between ecosystem dynamics and the effects of both anthropogenic activities and climate change. She seeks to understand how this interaction impacts the resilience and adaptability of forests and the implications it carries for their management and restoration. Her curiosity drives her to explore such topics with ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/students\/2023\/05\/31\/emea-okorafor-ude-tu-berlin\/\">Emea Okorafor Ude- TU Berlin<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Emea&#8217;s research interests revolve around a detailed study of anaerobic microbial transformations, with a specific focus on bacteria, archaea, and their responses to the environment. These responses include antibiotic resistance, environmental interactions, and protein biochemistry. He also explores the connections between the activities of these organisms and various omics disciplines, such as genomics and proteomics.\nEquipped ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/students\/2023\/05\/31\/gene-estrada-university-of-michigan\/\">Gene Estrada- University of Michigan<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\u00a0Gene\u00a0holds a broad interest in primate ecology and behavior. His current research endeavors center around uncovering the ecological factors that influence terrestrial behavior in predominantly arboreal primates. Specifically, he is investigating the impact of physical forest structure, predator presence, fruit availability, and weather on the timing and location of primate ground descents at Gunung Palung ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/students\/2023\/05\/31\/elliot-cameron-oregon-state-university\/\">Elliot Cameron- Oregon State University<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nElliot enjoyed a fulfilling eight-year teaching career, educating high school students about environmental science. However, driven by a strong desire to align their career with their passions, he decided to pursue his childhood dreams of working in wildlife conservation. Currently enrolled as a student at Oregon State University, he is actively pursuing a Master of ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/students\/2022\/09\/26\/open-esa-student-section-board-positions\/\">Open ESA Student Section Board Positions!<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Open ESA Student Section Board Positions!\n\nFollow this link for more information and this one for the self-nomination form.\n\n\n\n&nbsp;\n\n\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/students\/2018\/04\/16\/2018-4-16-elisabeth-a-maxwell-uofmaine\/\">Elisabeth A Maxwell UofMaine<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/students\/2018\/04\/16\/2018-4-16-elisabeth-a-maxwell-uofmaine\/\" title=\"Elisabeth A Maxwell UofMaine\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/04\/apr2018-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lcp_thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Elisabeth A Maxwell UofMaine\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/04\/apr2018-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/esa.org\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/04\/apr2018-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/esa.org\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/04\/apr2018-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/esa.org\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/04\/apr2018.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Elisabeth recently graduated from the dual-degree masters program through the School of Marine Sciences at the University of Maine. Her research focused on the soft-shell clam industry, which is one of Maine\u2019s most valuable commercial marine fisheries. More broadly, Elisabeth is interested in fisheries management, sustainable resource use, wildlife conservation, and ocean exploration. She is ...<\/div><\/li><\/ul><ul class='lcp_paginator'><li class='lcp_currentpage'>1<\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/esa.org\/students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/263?lcp_page0=2#lcp_instance_0' title='2'>2<\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/esa.org\/students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/263?lcp_page0=3#lcp_instance_0' title='3'>3<\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/esa.org\/students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/263?lcp_page0=4#lcp_instance_0' title='4'>4<\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/esa.org\/students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/263?lcp_page0=5#lcp_instance_0' title='5'>5<\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/esa.org\/students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/263?lcp_page0=2#lcp_instance_0' title='2' class='lcp_nextlink'>&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<hr>\n<h2>\u00a0<\/h2>\n<h2>Apply to be Featured<\/h2>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScW_6MpL6mmuQaXXyK-9uq_GldI8QYPxOO2bUfRHAyulYA4fw\/viewform?usp=header\">Student Spotlight Application Form<\/a> (Google\u00ae Forms)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Apply to be Featured Student Spotlight Application Form (Google\u00ae Forms)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8672,"featured_media":0,"parent":136,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-263","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8672"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1283,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/263\/revisions\/1283"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}