After two weeks of visiting sacred forests, meeting with land managers and community members, and visiting local forestry labs, I'm excited to have laid the groundwork for what will be a very interesting PhD research program. ​

It was an honor to spend the last two weeks at University of Utah for an intensive course in stable isotopes. Stable isotope techniques are crucial to understanding biogeochemistry and functional ecology. Two projects and several lectures later, I am now part of an amazing network of scientists and am so much more knowledgeable about how stable isotopes can inform research about the natural world.