The researchers conducted their work using experimental enclosures called mesocosms. Mesocosms are meant to mimic a large aquatic ecosystem, but on a smaller, more experimentally approachable scale.
Sarah Princiotta, right, assistant professor of biology at Penn State Schuylkill, collects microbial samples from the Bothnian Bay in Sweden, with assistance from a colleague.
Sarah Princiotta, pictured in red and black, sets up one of the experimental enclosures she and her colleagues used to analyze microbes at the Umeå Marine Science Center in Sweden.
A group of Penn State Schuylkill business students traveled to Germany with their instructors over spring break as an extension of a new class focused on developing cultural intelligence in the workplace.
Sarah Princiotta, assistant professor of biology at Penn State Schuylkill, has recently returned from a trip to Sweden where she conducted research at a specialized facility to examine the role of aquatic microbes under ice.
Sophia Bates, left, is a third-year corporate communication major with minors in biology and communication arts and sciences, and Michael Russell, right, is a fourth-year biology student. Both will earn their degrees from Penn State Schuylkill and are the only two students at any University College Campus serving as Undergraduate Research Ambassadors.
Penn State Schuylkill third-year corporate communication student Sophia Bates and fourth-year biology student Michael Russell have been serving in Penn State’s Undergraduate Research Ambassadors Program, designed to encourage undergraduate research and creative activity throughout the University. The pair are two of three students representing Penn State’s Commonwealth Campuses.
