What are you up to now?

Daniella Rodriguez

REU '09

Mentor: Shannon Pelini

Project: Under warmer conditions, the advantage of improved foraging is negated by increased mortality in Aphaenogaster rudis (abstract)

Hometown: Yuma, AZ

College and major: Arizona State University, Conservation Biology and Ecological Sustainability, class of '11

• What you miss most about the REU program: My mentor and the friends I made.
• What you miss least about the REU program: Living with 20 other people.
• What about the REU program has stuck with you: How to start and go about a science project - and that research can take a lot of work but it can also be a lot of fun!
• Have you stayed in touch with other REU students?: Yes.
• Whether your REU experience supported or changed your career plans: A little bit of both.
• What you're up to now: Right now I am working on my first semester here at ASU and just hoping to do well in my classes.. and hopefully by January start looking for REUs for next summer!