Faculty Sponsor: Douglass Morse

Shelby engaged youth, conservation agencies, and academia in international and intergenerational dialogue regarding pollinator biology and conservation. Her research partners, mainly high school science students, received sufficient instruction and equipment to collaboratively design and implement surveys that investigate the effects of invasive flowering plants on the diversity and abundance of native bees. Shelby hopes her research will yield insight into native bee distributions and abundance while inspiring students through engagement with the scientific process and biodiversity.