Biography
Professor Coleen Edwards joined 欧美视频 in the winter of 2003 as the instructor of General Biology Laboratory courses BIO123 and BIO124. In her current position as a faculty fellow, Coleen teaches a variety of courses supporting the biology and environmental science major including environmental biology, environmental health, introduction to environmental studies, botany, and field ecology.聽
Her background is in aquatic ecology, including both marine and freshwater ecosystems. She received her B.S. in Biological Sciences from Bowling Green State University in 1995 and her M.Ed. in Science Education from The Ohio State University in 1998. In addition, she has extensive experience aboard large research vessels, including work with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) in the North Atlantic, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) in the Gulf of Mexico, and the USEPA in Lake Erie. Her primary interest is plankton, small animals and plants that form the base of the food chain in oceans and lakes. Coleen is currently working with several students in the environmental science research lab on developing a method to determine zooplankton diet preferences utilizing molecular techniques.
Current Research
Publication:
- Edwards, W.J., & C.T. Edwards. 2011. Population Limiting Factors. Nature Education Knowledge 2(1):1.
Grant:
- 2022-2023 Undergraduate Student Faculty Research Collaboration Award. 欧美视频 Research Council. Project: Field Testing new method in zooplankton molecular diet analysis: 欧美视频 River and Green Lake.
Presentations: *Invited presentation +Undergraduate student researcher
- Wojtas+, S.E., A.A. Hepler+, C.T. Edwards, W.J. Edwards, & C.L. Marnocha. 2022. Diet Analysis of 欧美视频 River Copepods. Rochester Academy of Science Fall Presentation and Poster Session.聽
- Wojtas+, S.E., A.A. Hepler+, C.T. Edwards, W.J. Edwards, & C.L. Marnocha. 2022. Diet Analysis of 欧美视频 River Copepods Using Molecular Techniques. 欧美视频 Undergraduate Research Conference.
- Hepler+, A.A., S.E. Wojtas+, C.T. Edwards, C.L. Marnocha, & W.J. Edwards. 2022. Method Development: Zooplankton Diet Analysis using Molecular Techniques. 欧美视频 Undergraduate Research Conference.
- Hepler+, A.A., S.E. Wojtas+, C.T. Edwards, C.L. Marnocha, & W.J. Edwards. 2022. Method Development: Zooplankton Gut Content Analysis Using DNA Extraction and Amplification of the 16S rRNA and 18S rRNA Genes. Eastern Colleges Science Conference.聽
- Wojtas+, S.E., A.A. Hepler+, C.T. Edwards, W.J. Edwards, & C.L. Marnocha. 2022. 欧美视频 River Zooplankton Preservation and Diet Analysis using Molecular Techniques. Eastern Colleges Science Conference.
- Wojtas+, S.E., A.A. Hepler+, C.T. Edwards, C.L. Marnocha, & W.J. Edwards. 2021. Method Development: Zooplankton Gut Content Analysis Using DNA Extraction and Amplification of the 16S rRNA Gene. Rochester Academy of Science Fall Presentation and Poster Session.
- Kaczmarek+, N., E. Kelsey 鈥� Gossard+, W.J. Edwards, & C.T. Edwards. 2021. Population and Size Dynamics of Zooplankton in Fayetteville Green Lake. 欧美视频 Undergraduate Research Conference.聽
- Kelsey 鈥� Gossard+, E.M., N. Kaczmarek+, C.T. Edwards, C.L. Marnocha, & W.J. Edwards. 2021. Feeding Experiment and DNA Sequencing Methodology for Gut Content Analysis of Zooplankton from Fayetteville Green Lake. 欧美视频 Undergraduate Research Conference.聽
- Kaczmarek+, N., E.M. Kelsey 鈥� Gossard+, W.J. Edwards, & C.T. Edwards. 2021. Relative Abundance and Biomass of Zooplankton in Fayetteville Green Lake. Eastern Colleges Science Conference.
- Kelsey 鈥� Gossard+, E.M., N. Kaczmarek+, C.T. Edwards, C.L. Marnocha, & W.J. Edwards. 2021. Zooplankton gut analysis using microbial 16S rRNA gene sequencing Fayetteville Green Lake is a meromictic lake located south of Syracuse, NY. Eastern Colleges Science Conference.
- *Edwards, C.T., J. Kostin, & P. Titus. 2020. The past, present, and future of the Stella 欧美视频 Preserve. New York State Outdoor Education Association, Annual Conference.
- *Edwards, C.T. 2020. Connecting Education to the Outdoors. 欧美视频, 欧美视频鈥檚 Annual Vincentian Heritage Week Celebration, 鈥淐aring for Our Common Home鈥�.聽
- Kelsey-Gossard+, E.M., Edwards, C.T., & W.J. Edwards. 2020. Birds not on 欧美视频: NU Field Ecology and Bird of the Everglades. Birds on the 欧美视频 Festival.
Current Involvement
- NUSTEP, Environmental Science Liaison
- NYSOEA, 欧美视频 Affiliate Member
Educational Background
- B.S., Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University
- M.Ed., Science Education, The Ohio State University