GEM3 VIP Contacts
Dr. Donna Llewellyn – GEM3 VIP Project Lead/Faculty Lead (BSU)
Dr. Janet Loxterman – VIP Faculty Lead (ISU)
Dr. Chris Caudill – VIP Faculty Lead (UI)
GEM3 uses a Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) strategy. The VIP is an intentional curricular infrastructure that establishes an on ramp for students and provides a range of training, mentoring and professional development support to both students and faculty. The VIP is implemented statewide and the goal is to provide the scaffolding to support transdisciplinary science and grow the next generation of conservation science leaders and workers.
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How to Get Started
If you are a student interested in research, please visit the links below to see details on VIP research going on at your institution.
Current GEM3 VIP Projects
Boise State University
- Nature's Cypher: Decoding and Translating the Conversations of the Natural World (TBD), Spring 2022
→ Contact: Dr. Jen Forbey - TURN: Tribal Urban Rural Nexus, Fall 2021
→ Contact: Dr. Emily Wakild - MIND: Math in Natural Dynamics, Fall 2021
→ Contact: Dr. Trevor Caughlin - Mapping Sagebrush Restoration, Fall 2021
→ Contact: Dr. Trevor Caughlin - Genome 2 Phenome, Fall 2021
→ Contact: Dr. Sven Buerki - Environmental Sustainability, Fall 2021
→ Contact: Dr. Kelly Hopping - Plant-Soil Interactions, Spring 2021
→ Contact: Dr. Marie-Anne DeGraaff
Idaho State University
- Variation of Early Life History Traits of Big Sagebrush, Spring 2021
→ Contact: Dr. Katheryn Turner - Quantifying Phenotypic Diversity in Sagebrush and Trout, Fall 2020
→ Contact: Dr. Keith Reinhardt, Dr. Ernest Keeley, Dr. Kathryn Turner
University of Idaho
- Software Process meets the Scientific Method (TBD), Fall 2022
→ Contact: Dr. Luke Harmon - The GEM3 Geodesign Studio: From Uncertainty to Scenarios, Fall 2021
→ Contact: Dr. Dan Cronan - Modelling the change in species’ distributions due to climate change, Spring 2021
→ Contact: Dr. Travis Seaborn, Dr. Chris Caudill
Institutional VIP pages
Who should apply?
The VIP program is suited for students interested in working on teams, learning new tools and from the majors, including but not limited to, listed below:
- Bachelor of Applied Science
- Biological Sciences
- Chemistry
- Civil Engineering
- Computer Science
- Environmental Studies Program
- Geosciences
- Interdisciplinary Studies
- Mathematics
- Physics