07/27/2016STEM research assistant details his field research in Mussel populations and water quality in KentuckySTEM research assistant details his field research in Mussel populations and water quality in KentuckyEarlier this month, I was asked by mentor Dr. Buddhi Raj Gyawali, assistant professor in the College of Agriculture Food Science and Sustainable Systems, if I could participate in a field work trip to take water samples at 10 sites on the Nolin River with graduate research assistant Lesley Sneed, and her mentor, Dr. Wendell Haag of the United States Forestry Service Research Division. Sneed and Dr. Haag’s research will determine pr...