Catherine Werkmeister

Upcoming graduate (May 2023) from Rutgers University: New Brunswick with a Bachelors in Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources.

Capstone Honors Thesis Fall 2022-Spring 2023

Russell Lab, Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources Department

• Participated in field work involving pan trapping, flower observations, and netting for a project with PSE&G studying native bee abundance and diversity.
• Pinned, identified, and sorted specimens obtained during field work for the PSEG survey project.
• Developed a research question, performed independent data collection for an honors thesis, and analyzed the data using Excel.
• Collaborated with another undergraduate student working on a related project.

Wang Lab, Entomology Department

• Performed experiments with live insects in order to test the effectiveness of various chemical and physical bed bug control measures on the market.
• Analyzed the collected data in Excel and presented the results as a poster at the Aresty Research Symposium.

Rutgers New Brunswick School of Environmental and Biological Sciences

Rutgers Honors College

B.S. in Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources May 2023

GPA: 3.866