Emily Mensch's guest appearances

Emily Mensch

The Sci-Files on Impact 89FM

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Emily is a second-year masters student in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at MSU. She is a part of the Applied Behavioral Ecology Lab, researching behavioral and chemical ecology in the invasive Sea Lamprey, and how this can be applied to new ways of managing invasive species. To learn more about the Graduate Certification in Community Engagement, check out their website here. To keep up to date with WaMPS updates, you can follow @msuwamps on Instagram and Facebook. If you would like to learn more about graduate school in physics and astronomy at MSU, check out their website here. If you would like to leave comments, questions, or recommend someone to be interviewed on Journeys of Scientists, you can email Bryan at stanl142@msu.edu

Emily is a second-year masters student in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at MSU. She is a part of the Applied Behavioral Ecology Lab, researching behavioral and chemical ecology in the invasive Sea Lamprey, and how this can be applied to new ways of managing invasive species. To learn more about the Graduate Certification in Community Engagement, check out their website <a href="https://gradcert.engage.msu.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. To keep up to date with WaMPS updates, you can follow @msuwamps on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/msuwamps/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/msuwamps" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a>. If you would like to learn more about graduate school in physics and astronomy at MSU, check out their website <a href="https://pa.msu.edu/academics/graduate-program/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. If you would like to leave comments, questions, or recommend someone to be interviewed on Journeys of Scientists, you can email Bryan at stanl142@msu.edu

Episode 17 - Emily Mensch

On this week’s The Sci-Files, your hosts Chelsie and Danny interview Emily Mensch. Emily is a 2nd-year master's student in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife in the Applied Behavioral Ecology Lab. She studies chemical and behavioral ecology in the invasive sea lamprey and how this can be applied to management and conservation efforts in the Great Lakes and beyond. The invasive sea lamprey has been historically detrimental to the Great Lakes- decimating both economic and ecological resources. While current control techniques (such as dams and pesticides) are successful in controlling this species, there is societal pressure to remove barriers and reduce pesticide use, and climate change will likely create more management challenges. This means that alternative or supplementary control mechanisms are necessary. Emily’s research focuses on one such alternative control technique- using smell to manipulate fish movement. Many aquatic organisms, sea lamprey included, are able to smell when a member of the same species is injured or dead. This scent, called an alarm cue, elicits a “fear” reaction in the fish, resulting in behavior patterns such as avoidance. Emily is working to understand the chemical identification of this alarm cue so that it can be used as a repellent in invasive sea lamprey management, with implications for use in the conservation of imperiled species such as the pacific lamprey. Scientifically, this would also be the first full description of a fish alarm cue.  If you’re interested in talking about your MSU research on the radio or nominating a student, please email Chelsie and Danny at scifiles@impact89fm.org. You can ask questions about future episodes here. Check The Sci-Files out on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube! 

On this week’s The Sci-Files, your hosts Chelsie and Danny interview Emily Mensch. Emily is a 2nd-year master's student in the <a href="https://www.canr.msu.edu/fw/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Department of Fisheries and Wildlife</a> in the Applied Behavioral Ecology Lab. She studies chemical and behavioral ecology in the invasive sea lamprey and how this can be applied to management and conservation efforts in the Great Lakes and beyond. The invasive sea lamprey has been historically detrimental to the Great Lakes- decimating both economic and ecological resources. While current control techniques (such as dams and pesticides) are successful in controlling this species, there is societal pressure to remove barriers and reduce pesticide use, and climate change will likely create more management challenges. This means that alternative or supplementary control mechanisms are necessary. Emily’s research focuses on one such alternative control technique- using smell to manipulate fish movement. Many aquatic organisms, sea lamprey included, are able to smell when a member of the same species is injured or dead. This scent, called an alarm cue, elicits a “fear” reaction in the fish, resulting in behavior patterns such as avoidance. Emily is working to understand the chemical identification of this alarm cue so that it can be used as a repellent in invasive sea lamprey management, with implications for use in the conservation of imperiled species such as the pacific lamprey. Scientifically, this would also be the first full description of a fish alarm cue.  If you’re interested in talking about your MSU research on the radio or nominating a student, please email Chelsie and Danny at scifiles@impact89fm.org. You can ask questions about future episodes here. Check The Sci-Files out on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube!

Emily Mensch about Novel Invasive Species Management of the Sea Lamprey