Community Engagement
The Woodhams lab encourages students to engage with the community, both locally and globally.
Amanda Tokash-Peters teaches a mosquito ecology workshop at the University of Rwanda.
Amanda Tokash-Peters, Ph.D candidate at the Woodhams lab, is highly engaged with the community, both locally and globally. In September 2019, she discussed probiotics for mosquitoes on The Science Pawdcast (episode 12). Amanda introduced 3D printing for entomologists at the 2019 meeting of the Ecological Society of America. In the summer of 2019, Amanda provided a mosquito ecology workshop for University of Rwanda students. As part of the Asian Tiger Mosquito – Invasive Boundary Project, Amanda led a team of undergraduates to demonstrate how to trap mosquitoes at the Blue Hills Reservation in Milton, MA
Watch: Amanda Tokash-Peters Trapping Mosquitoes at the Blue Hills Reservation
An array of mesocosms (experimental ponds) used by Brady Inman and Ross Whetstone to conduct research in partnership with Wakefield Estates in Milton, MA.
Brady Inman and Ross Whetstone research disease mitigation in Eastern red-spotted newts using an array of mesocosms (experimental ponds). These mesocosms are hosted in partnership with Wakefield Estates in Milton, MA, reaching hundreds of local students K-12. In addition, they survey natural ponds in Western Massachusetts in preparation for proactive disease mitigation against Bsal, the salamander chytrid fungus threatening to invade North America.
Download: Pro-Active Management of Red-Spotted Newts in Massachusetts Ponds Information Flier