Qais Stovall

I've always been interested in ecological research and projects focused on outreach, education, or human impacts. As an undergraduate, that manifested in my work. At Columbia, I briefly sat as president of an emerging SEEDS chapter, a program run by the Ecological Society of America to promote diversity in ecology. At the Hua Laboratory, based at University of Wisconsin-Madison, I focused on projects that investigated the spread of harmful pollutants, like microplastics, into wetland spaces. Additionally, I took an interest in projects that investigated the efficacy of community science work. Through these experiences, I sought to recouple and anchor people to their environment. I hope to continue that with my current project at UMN, which focuses on creating a curriculum for workforce training programs in arboriculture, urban forest design, and surrounding technologies including GIS.