Faculty mentors.  Twenty-two faculty affiliated with Kansas State University or Konza Prairie Biological Station are available to serve as mentors for students in the REU program.  The pool of prospective mentors includes beginning investigators who are developing new research projects, and senior scientists with well-established programs.  All mentors have considerable experience supervising research projects by REU students and have directed study projects by undergraduate students working for research credit during the academic year.  In total, the faculty members below have advised more than 100 REU students supported by REU Site Grants, REU Supplemental Grants or the early University Research Program (URP).  The research interests of this group are broad and span a diverse range of ecological and evolutionary disciplines. The faculty are an unusually cohesive unit because of their common ties to research at Konza Prairie and the associated LTER program.  REU students will be given access to the research equipment and project vehicles of the faculty members who serve as their mentors.  In the past, many faculty have also maintained an open door policy and have shared equipment with REU students working with other investigators.

The Application Form requires that applicants list three mentors that they would be interested in working with.  Please review the areas of research and websites below and select three possible mentors from the list below.  Please note that a few faculty may be unavailable each year because they are teaching intersession classes, traveling for field work, or are on sabbatical.

Last updated:  February 2008