UROP Leader Information Submission: Submission #93
Submission information
Submission Number: 93
Submission ID: 7566
Submission UUID: b5a1aa1b-6cad-492f-9d1f-a1d044cbb937
Submission URI: /urop-leader-information-submission
Submission Update: /urop-leader-information-submission?token=5mctYP5HupXcLKTy7njWpAr71p9AIFVKYQm5TdL1CVA
Created: Fri, 04/28/2023 - 03:45 PM
Completed: Fri, 04/28/2023 - 03:56 PM
Changed: Fri, 05/24/2024 - 04:24 PM
Remote IP address: 69.254.167.242
Submitted by: Anonymous
Language: English
Is draft: No
Webform: UROP Leaders Information
Submitted to: UROP Leader Information Submission
| First Name | Remi |
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| Last Name | Ventura |
| Full name as you would like it to appear on the website | Remi Siegel-Ventura |
| Preferred Pronouns | she/her |
| Hometown, State, and Country (ex: Tallahassee, FL, USA) | Fanwood, NJ, USA |
| FSU email | rgv21@fsu.edu |
| Please check this box if you are willing to be contacted by students interested in UROP | Yes |
| LinkedIn URL (optional) | https://www.linkedin.com/in/remi-siegel-ventura/ |
| Major(s) | Environmental Science, Classical Civilizations |
| Minor(s) | Earth Science, Global Citizenship Certificate |
| Graduation Semester and Year (ex: Fall, 2022) | Spring, 2025 |
| What is your current research focus? | This past year I assisted in the meta-analysis data collection lab under PhD Candidate, Julia Saltzman in the Marine Turtle Research, Ecology, and Conservation group with Dr. Mariana Fuentes. I, then, conducted my own mini meta-analysis on the interactions between orca whales and vessels, created a poster and presented that at the 2024 Florida Undergraduate Research Conference. |
| Are there any other research related activities you participate(d) in? | This summer, 2024, I will be attending the Oxford University Consortium of Human Rights to collaborate with students from across the country in the UK! This includes attending workshops, lectures, discussions, and more with professors, peers, scholars, and even FSU students and faculty! I am super excited for this opportunity and to see how it relates to the research I do here! As a UROP student my freshman year, I assisted my mentor, Bobbie Renfro, in the preparing and analyzing of samples and photographs of her experimental sponges implemented into Alligator Reef in Islamorada Key, Florida. This was under the jurisdiction of Dr. Wulff in the FSU Marine Biology Labs. Later that year, I ran my own in lab experiment determining the amount of food necessary to keep marine sponge organisms alive in a closed aquaculture system in the lab. I then presented my research at the Undergraduate Research Symposium, and presented my findings at the 2023 Florida Undergraduate Research Conference. There, I was able to connect with researchers, professors and universities around the state and the world! I continued on volunteering in the Wulff Laboratory until the end of Spring 2023 and even went to Islamorada with my mentor on a brief field excursion to check her samples in the wild for updates! |
| Answer one of the following two questions about being a UROP Leader or your UROP background. | How has UROP impacted your time at FSU? |
| Please answer the question you selected above in the area provided. | UROP not only opened my eyes to an entirely new field of study that I have fallen in love with, but it made me feel more connected and at home on campus. This program allows me to get experience first hand in specific areas within my field and provide me the chance to learn and grow alongside esteemed faculty, graduate students, and peers. My UROP mentor has become more than just that, she is a friend and guide. She has been able to connect me with new laboratories and opportunities that I would have never learned about. And being able to present my personal research at conferences across the state is incredibly fulfilling and I have learned so much from the feedback I received! Joining UROP was one of the best things I did as a Freshman at FSU, and I strongly encourage everyone to apply! |
| Please list any other hobbies or interests you would like to share | This is my second year teaching UROP and I absolutely LOVE IT! We had so much fun in class last year and I cannot wait to do it again this year! I love marine animals and hope to one day own my own marine mammal sanctuary! I am planning to study Marine Biology Conservation and Policy in a PhD program post-grad! As a Classics second major, I learn a lot about Greek history and mythology and absolutely love it! If you are at all interested, I would love to chat more about that! Here are some other orgs I am involved in on campus: - (future) 4th year member of the FSU Flying High Circus - (forwarded) Executive Directer of the SGA Jewish Student Union - Phi Mu Sorority - FSU Honors Program - Global Citizenship Certificate (future) Recipient - Order of Omega Member - FSU College of Arts and Sciences Philanthropy Advisor (Student Foundation) - Garnet and Gold Scholar Society Member - FSU International Programs: Florence 2023 Summer Program |
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| 2025Year2025 | 2023 |
| Approved | Yes |
| Update URL UROP Leaders | https://cre.fsu.edu/urop-leader-information-submission?element_parents=elements/headshot&ajax_form=1&_wrapper_format=drupal_ajax&token=5mctYP5HupXcLKTy7njWpAr71p9AIFVKYQm5TdL1CVA |
| Years as a UROP Leader | 2023-2024 |