Becky Marin

Position:

• PhD Candidate, Department of Biology.

Primary Research Project:

• Spatio-temporal patterns of vegetation change in a Chihuahuan desert mountain ecosystem.

Contact details:

Started at UTEP:

Education:

• 1994-2002 BSc The University of Texas El Paso. Major in Biology.

Research Interests:

• Landscape ecology, climate change biology, GIS and remote sensing, ecosystem structure and function, plant ecology.

Teaching:

• Undergraduate classes:

  • Organismal Biology Laboratory.

  • Biology Laboratory for non-majors.

Grants and Fellowships:

• 2007-2009 NSF GK-12 Fellowship.

• 2007 Recipient of the T & E, Inc. Conservation Biology Research Grant.

• 2005-2007 Alliance of Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) Fellowship.

Favorite Technologies:

• GIS and remote sensing software

Favorite Field Site:

• The Indio Mountains Research Station, of course!!!

Hobbies:

Ambitions:

• To inspire young students into STEM careers and research.

Personal Statement:

• I was born and raised here in El Paso, TX and have always loved living here in the Chihuahuan Desert. I have hopes of working in the academia and being able to travel the world. Right now, I am working really hard to finish my dissertation, but I am also working hard at being the best mother in the world. I have three beautiful children that I adore and for whom I work to make a better life. I enjoy my work very much and love coming to UTEP everyday. I could not have asked for anything better than to be working in the SEL with such wonderful people.

Miscellaneous:

• Find out more about UTEP's Indio Mountains Research Station.