Nicholas Burnett, PhD
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Mentoring

Mentoring

One of my favorite aspects of being a scientist is mentoring and training future scientists.  As a graduate student and postdoctoral researcher, I have had the opportunity to mentor more than a dozen young scientists.  These scientists have gone on to careers in biotech and policy, or are continuing their education in graduate school.  Several of these mentorships have resulted in peer-reviewed publications with the mentees (*) as co-authors:
  1. Burnett, N.P., E.J. Armstrong, R. Romero, C.C. Runzel*, R.L. Tanner (2021)  Kelp morphology and herbivory are maintained across latitude despite geographic shift in kelp-wounding herbivores. The Biological Bulletin doi: 10.1086/715039 (Link)
  2. Sirison, N.*, N.P. Burnett (2019)  Turbinaria ornata (Phaeophyta) varies size and strength to maintain environmental safety factor across flow regimes. Journal of Phycology 56: 233-237. (PDF)
  3. Burnett, N.P., A. Belk* (2018)  Compressive strength of Mytilus californianus shell is time-dependent and can influence the potential foraging strategies of predators. Marine Biology 165: 42. (PDF)
  4. Kothari, A.R.*, N.P. Burnett (2017)  Herbivores alter plant-wind interactions by acting as a point mass on leaves and by removing leaf tissue. Ecology and Evolution 7: 6884-6893. (PDF)

Recent updates
  • May 5, 2023 - New publication: Burnett and Combes (2023) Close encounters of three kinds: impacts of leg, wing, and body collisions on flight performance in carpenter bees. Journal of Experimental Biology 226: jeb245334 (Open access link)
  • March 17, 2023 - Award: Received the 2023 UC Davis Award for Excellence in Postdoctoral Research
  • August 25, 2022 - New publication: Burnett and Koehl (2022) Ecological biomechanics of damage to macroalgae. Frontiers in Plant Science 13:981904 (Open access link)
  • July 22, 2022 - New publication: Burnett et al. (2022) An evaluation of common methods for comparing the scaling of vertical force production in flying insects. Current Research in Insect Science 2: 100042. (Open access link)
  • March 31, 2022 - New publication: Burnett et al. (2022) A push for inclusive data collection in STEM organizations. Science 376(6588):37-39 (Link)
  • March 24, 2022 - New publication: Burnett et al. (2022) Wind and route choice affect performance of bees flying above versus within a cluttered obstacle field. PLoS ONE 17(3): e0265911. (Link)
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