How a 海角社区 undergrad鈥檚 summer research project became a paper in a prestigious journal
When then-海角社区 undergraduate Maya Willard-Stepan cold-emailed a professor asking to help with their research, she didn鈥檛 expect the project to end up in the Nature-partner journal .
鈥淚 really wanted to get involved in research early,鈥� said Willard-Stepan, who had come to 海角社区 from a small town on Vancouver Island.
Her interest in research, plus her love of the outdoors and early fascination with climate science, led Willard-Stepan to reach out to Prof. Eric Galbraith in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences. She joined his lab through 海角社区鈥檚 Science Undergraduate Research Award, which funds students to work alongside professors during the summer.
鈥淪ummer funding and other scholarships from 海角社区 gave me the space to focus on science full-time without having to juggle other jobs,鈥� she said.
