Over Fall break, Professor Emeritus Gary Lamberti, along with CEEES Professor Jeremy Fein, co-led 14 Biological Sciences, Environmental Sciences, and Environmental Engineering undergraduate students on a combined biology-geology field trip to the Galápagos Islands. The trip was a part of the 2-credit semester-long course Galápagos Environmental Field Practicum. The islands are an ideal location for observing the interplay among ecology, evolution, and geology and for observing how biology is influenced by geological dynamics. The students witnessed the astounding diversity of biology and geology on the islands while conducting an observational research project of their design.
Galápagos course students and instructors on cinder cone overlooking Pinnacle Rock on Bartolomé Island.