Miranda Rochelle

Miranda Rochelle Headshot

Biology

Fellow Country: Germany

Fellowship: DAAD Rise 2022-23

As a DAAD RISE awardee, Miranda will assist with research at Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg in Germany in the department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology on a project related to beta-diversity in forest ecosystems. “I’ll compare biodiversity at small-scale patches within the forest to larger-scale diversity across the ecosystem. This project is unique in that it focuses on higher trophic levels, namely predators and predators of predators, which have often been neglected in similar studies,” explains Miranda. Miranda hopes the DAAD program will be a natural step toward attending an international Ph.D. program. “This program is specifically geared towards future graduate students looking to make connections in Germany, which I would be very happy to maintain in my long-term career as a conservation biologist,” she says.

The DAAD Research Internship in Science and Engineering (RISE) grant gives students the opportunity assist with research in Germany in science and engineering.


RIT students interested in applying for a DAAD Rise fellowship should contact Jenny Sullivan (jenny.sullivan@rit.edu), Director of Education Abroad & International Fellowships.