Rebecca L. Andres has a: B.S. in Zoology from NDSU and is currently working on her M.S. in the ECS program at NDSU. Becky studies the effects of tallgrass prairie management (burning, haying, grazing) on prairie bees.
Advisor: David Ryder, Ph.D.
Degree Progress: Masters in Environmental and COnservation Sciences expected in December 2007.
For three years I have been collecting bees on the prairie and identifying them to species. After I finish my Master's degree, I would like to start my PhD (in Entomology), and work on the phylogenetics of some groups of bees and look at their biogeographical ranges.
Hometown: Grew up in Verndale, MN
Info: Always been a science nerd! When I was a kid, I used to make my
Grandpa take me out and name all the plants and animals we saw.
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