Heather Moulton
Travel, travel, and travel — Heather Moulton loves to travel! Her research project and SURF grant took her to New Zealand to live and work, which she prefers to being a tourist. Heather is a Wildlife Management major, planning to graduate in May of 2007. One of her motivations for writing for Inquiry is to inspire others to do their own project by explaining what she did. Heather feels that science is always changing; being able to look at the effects of humans on the environment and being able to reverse those effects is powerful. Her future goals are to work in all aspects of research and, of course, to travel, travel, travel!
Dr. Kimberly Babbitt
Dr. Kimberly Babbitt is Associate Professor of Wildlife Ecology in the Department of Natural Resources. She specializes in amphibian and wetland ecology. As the Program Coordinator of EcoQuest: New Zealand, she mentors sixteen undergraduate researchers, helping them do research and explore the unique country of New Zealand. Dr. Babbitt has been at UNH for about nine years. As Heather’s mentor, she helped in setting up her project, and in writing and revising the resulting research article. The most exciting part of this project, she feels, was the results: the endangered species of frog has become more abundant in an area with predator control. A bonus for Professor Babbitt was working with such a motivated student as Heather.
Dr. Matthew Baber
Dr. Matthew Baber is Research Director for Ecoquest: New Zealand. Before taking this position, he worked at UNH for three years as a postdoctoral research associate. As a Conservation Ecologist, he advised Heather Moulton throughout her project. “Heather is one of the most talented, enthusiastic, and appreciative persons I have ever come across, despite extremely tough field conditions,” he says. They have co-authored a paper that has been accepted for publication in the New Zealand Journal of Zoology.
Read Heather Moulton’s research article, Small Treasures: Rare Frogs of the New Zealand Rainforests >>
