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Katharine Ordway Natural History Study Area
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Mission: Education, Research, Sustainability, Civic Engagment Contact Information Richard McCarthy, Resident Naturalist9550 Inver Grove Trail Inver Grove Heights, MN 55076 651-455-6204 Mike Anderson Associate Director Mark Davis Director
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Mike Anderson
Laboratory Instructor and Technician, Biology Department 9550 Inver Grove Trail Inver Grove Heights, MN 55076 651-455-6204 On Campus Office: Olin-Rice 115 (651) 696-6230 office andersonm@macalester.edu Mike Anderson is the resident and caretaker of the College's field station, the Katharine Ordway Natural History Study Area. He is also the laboratory instructor for two of the Department's core courses: Ecology, and Biodiversity and Evolution. Anderson is in the process of completing his PhD from the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, where his dissertation research focuses on the evolution of mutualistic interactions between Alaskan alder plants and the nitrogen-fixing bacterial genus Frankia. He was recently awarded an NSF pre-doctoral fellowship to support this research. Anderson lives at KONHSA with his wife and two sons, and in his spare time enjoys exlporing the field station's natural environments with them. PhD University of Alaska Fairbanks, in progress
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