In honor of German geographer, explorer, and naturalist Alexander von Humbolt, this fund provides annual fellowships to students conducting undergraduate research as participants in the Undergraduate Research Center鈥檚 Summer Research Program.
About the Roberts Summer Research Fellowship
This fellowship provided support for students to conduct faculty-mentored research through the URC Summer Research Program. It was specifically for those engaged in research associated with the Anderson Center for Environmental Sciences at the Moore Laboratory of Zoology and/or in the natural sciences.
Previous Recipients
2024
Jodhan Fine (Urban & Environmental Policy, '25) "The relative influence of habitat versus connectivity on understory and ground-dwelling birds in urban wildlife corridors" [mentor: Amanda Zellmer]
Mari Pokorny (Geology, '26) "Developing an Annually Resolved Record of Alpine Climate Change from Laminated Glacier Lake Sediments" [mentor: Darren Larsen]
Katie Vynhal (Biology, '25) "Rivals in the Riverbed: Comparing Water Efficiency of Invasive Arundo Reeds and Native California Flora in the Santa Clara River" [mentor: Alexandria Pivovaroff]
2023
Malena Laque (Biology, '24) "Divergence of Sharp-shinned Hawks across the Mesoamerican Highlands" [mentor: John McCormack]
Alyssa Player (Biology, '24) "The role of a novel artificial reef as refugia for sea star and urchin populations along the Palos Verdes Peninsula" [mentor: Dan Pondella]
2022
Zerlina Lai (Computer Science, '24) 鈥淯ncovering hidden divergence: Fine-scale genetic structure of slender salamanders in the Los Angeles metropolitan area鈥 [mentor: Amanda Zellmer]
Xiaolu Wang (Geology, 鈥23) 鈥淩econstructing Holocene Hydrological Records of Summit Lake, Nevada鈥 [mentor: Darren Larsen]
2021
Maeve Secor (Biology, 鈥22) 鈥淓volutionary divergence in Yellow Grosbeaks in the forests of Mexico鈥 [mentor: John McCormack]
2019
Mia Forsline (Biology, 鈥21) 鈥淭emperature Variation Within Urban Salamander Microhabitats鈥 [mentor: Amanda Zellmer]
Ian Van Dusen (Geology, 鈥20) 鈥淧attern and Signature of Holocene Soil Erosion in the Icelandic Highlands as Recorded by Lake Sediments鈥 [mentor: Darren Larsen]
2018
Brianna Baker (Biology, '19) 鈥淚mpact of microenvironment water conditions on Coast Live Oak resistance to beetle vectors and affiliated fungal pathogen鈥 [mentor: Beth Braker]
Aria Blumm (Geology '19) 鈥淕enerating the Frequency of Past Earthquakes from Lake Sediment Cores in Grand Teton National Park, WY鈥 [mentor: Darren Larsen]
Roshni Katrak-Adefowora (Biology '19) 鈥淯sing biodiversity database to test habitat models of connectivity through a major urban wildlife corridor鈥 [mentor: Amanda Zellmer]