Expedition Guyana

An expedition was conducted in 1992 by a group of ecologists surveying the flora and fauna of an area of lowland rainforest near the village of Kurupukari, but this data was never published. With this, we, 10 2nd year Biology students of Imperial College London, aim to mirror the previous projects’ bird, butterfly, rodent, primate and flora surveys and then comparing the previous data to our data and determining how and increase in traffic has affected the biodiversity of the region. A study will also be conducted to determine to what extent the road has an effect on the ambient air through measurements of NO2 concentration. The collected data will be published in a peer-reviewed journal and that conclusions drawn from this important project will be used as a putative model for the changes occurring to the world’s rainforests.


Contact Details:
Hitoshi.Takano@Imperial.ac.uk
07936270007

Wednesday, 27 June 2007

Mark Brown Profile

I am currently studying biology in my second year and hope to be able to go on to do a PhD with the ultimate goal being to enter a research career. Constantly learning, discovering and understanding is an exciting concept for me and something I am extremely motivated to achieve.
I am predominantly interested in the smaller scale biology, that of the cell, the biochemistry and genetics. How these sorts of mechanisms manifest themselves on a larger scale such as the entire organism or even evolution is of great interest to me.
Music is also a large part of my life, playing various instruments and writing my own songs is a great hobby of mine and I feel that creativity is a valuable thing, especially in an area such as research.

Personal goals
See an area of the world drastically different to any I’ve been to and have a chance to help preserve it for others.
To gain an insight into what a research career would be like whilst paving the way towards it by developing my CV.

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