PHOTOGRAPH BY JUSTIN ROTH
Biology professor Dr. Katrina Gobetz and Shannon Gillen (‘22) visit the Edith J. Carrier Arboretum to gather their research. “I could not have done this without JMU,” said Gobetz after patenting an innovative Animal Monitoring Data Station that stores video and measurements of tiny creatures, like mice and shrews, without trapping the animals. Her 3-D printed devices record the elusive wildlife without exposing the fragile creatures to possible starvation, hypothermia or harm from humans. In 2025, Gobetz returned to Madison Trust to pitch her new idea — redesigning the station into a tree- landing pad to collect data from flying squirrels in the Edith J. Carrier Arboretum.
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