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 * Group Topic Response **

We are going to do a career investigation for this project. We will investigate Dr. Devinder Sandhu. Dr. Devinder Sandhu is an Associate Professor of Biology at UWSP.

We already have some background knowledge on Dr. Sandhu's career, which is one reason we are going to investigate his career. Some background knowledge we have is: Dr. Sandhu's profession is focused on three primary things. These things are: teaching, scholarship, and service.

Teaching would consist of the courses he teaches, such as: Plant Biology, Genetics, Plant Genetics, Plant Breeding, Independent Study, and Seminar. We have already learned a fine amount about plants in elementary school, so we will understand some of what he's talking about when we interview him. Also, we are all really interested in learning about all the different fields that he teaches so we can't wait to start researching them.

Scholarship would focus on his research projects. Some of these include: Identification of Alternate Dwarfing System in Wheat, To Characterize the Genes Involved in the Reproduction of Soybean, and Understanding Systemic Acquired Resistance (immunity) Path Way in Plants. Our background knowledge on this topic consists of what Simran has been telling us so far about all the projects he does. We are really exciting to find out more about these projects because we think that they look pretty interesting.

Service would consist of the committees Dr. Sandhu is in and the different journals he reviews for. The committees he is in include: The Academic Affairs Committee, the Grade Review Committee, and the Student Centered Committee. He reviews for the //Journal of Heredity, Theoretical and Applied Genetics, Molecular Breeding, Crop Science, Euphytica, and Phytopathology//. Dr. Sandhu is also the academic adviser of 17 students. We find this part of Dr. Sandhu's job really unique. We think that it is really cool about how he writes reviews for different journals. We can't wait to learn more about this very special part of his job.

Some other reasons we are going to do a career investigation on Dr. Sandhu are because, first of all, it will be very easy to get information on Dr. Sandhu, which is important because we will need lots of information for a ten to fifteen minute presentation. It will be convenient because he is Simran's father, and he lives with her. Second, we already have a some background knowledge on Dr. Sandhu’s job, because of the life science unit we did in the past, and what is written above. The life science unit is helpful, because this way, even though he teaches college level courses, we will have an idea about what he teaches in his courses. Lastly, we are going to investigate Dr. Sandhu because he is well known throughout the world for his research. Another reason that we want to research Dr. Sandhu is because the courses he teaches at UWSP are very unique and not something you get the opportunity to research and get first had information about everyday. This is an once in a lifetime opportunity to learn about and get to know a world known scientist, so we really want to take an advantage of this opportunity, and learn a lot about him. We are really excited to get to know Dr. Sandhu and we can't wait to start our research.