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0:04-I’m a soil microbiologist and what I’m really
0:07-interested in is how different human impacts
0:11-effect soil microbial communities and how
0:14-that affects important ecosystem functions that
0:17-we’re interested in. So things like nutrient cycling or
0:20-greenhouse gas emissions or contaminant remediation.
0:24-I think one of my favorite things about being
0:27-a graduate student advisor is seeing how the students
0:30-grow and change over time. And so it’s great to see that
0:34-when they first start in my lab group they come in
0:36-and they, you know, they knock on my door
0:38-and they’re asking lots of questions and asking about
0:40-how to do methodology and what they should be
0:42doing in the lab. And as the time goes on and they’re,
0:46-you know, finishing their PhDs, they basically come to
0:48-my office to chat about their lives and chat about
0:51-the research and, you know, talk about different things
0:54-that are important to them, so. It’s really neat to see the
0:56-transition from coming in as a, kind of a new student,
0:59-and going out as a colleague.
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