Sara Matthews, MS student

Research Interests: I am a second year Masters student, working on behaviors of caprellid amphipods. These direct developers are known to exhibit maternal care and male-male aggression in the presence of a receptive female. Not much is known of this group of organisms in general, and less is known of the species found in Coos Bay. I am trying to find out who causes threats to juveniles, if mothers adopt juveniles from the same or different species, and if death is a major factor in male-male aggression.

Advisor: Dr. Richard Emlet

About GK-12:I teach 3rd and 4th grade in the Coos Bay schools. My favorite part of the program is seeing the students' faces light up when you walk in the room because they know they'll be doing a new hands-on activity and learning about their class habitat.