{"id":15437,"date":"2017-03-17T13:14:13","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T17:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quantumnew.esu.edu\/insider\/?p=15437"},"modified":"2017-03-17T13:14:13","modified_gmt":"2017-03-17T17:14:13","slug":"esu-senior-conducts-rattlesnake-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/esu-senior-conducts-rattlesnake-research\/","title":{"rendered":"ESU Senior Conducts Rattlesnake Research"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eric Januszkiewicz came to East Stroudsburg University from New Paltz, N.Y. for two reasons: to continue his wrestling career and the reputable biology department. When he graduates this May, he\u2019ll be leaving with three majors, two years of experience as a resident advisor, three years on the varsity wrestling team and countless accolades.<\/p>\n

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\u201cGrowing up I used to tell people I want to be a biology professor,\u201d Januszkiewicz said. \u201cThat\u2019s not the answer you expect from a kid in elementary school, but I always liked the idea of doing research.\u201d\u00a0 As a young adult, his plan is still the same.\u00a0 He entered ESU as a biology major. \u201cI came into college with enough credits from AP classes to finish a year early,\u201d Januszkiewicz explained. \u201cBut during my sophomore year I thought \u2018Why not give myself the whole four- year college experience?\u2019 so I picked up another major.\u201d In his junior year he picked up a third. He will graduate this spring with degrees in biology, biochemistry and chemical biotechnology. Having a background in biotechnology and biochemistry, he believes, will lead to more possibilities in biology fields after graduation.<\/p>\n

During his first three years at ESU, Januszkiewicz was a varsity wrestler. He was named to the NWCA Division II All-Academic Team, as he has maintained a 4.0 GPA throughout his college career. He was also a member of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee. He gave up wrestling his senior year due to injuries. \u201cIf wrestling was my one and only passion I would probably still be doing it,\u201d Januszkiewicz said. \u201cBut it\u2019s not. I love being outdoors. I like to go rock climbing and ice climbing. Every time I got hurt wrestling it stopped me from pursuing these outdoor adventures.\u201d<\/p>\n

Without wrestling, Januszkiewicz fills his time on campus as a resident advisor in Hemlock Suites, a student in the honors program, a member of the National Society of Leadership and Success, and has been named to Who\u2019s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges <\/em>twice. He\u2019s also working on an independent study at ESU\u2019s Northeast Wildlife DNA Laboratory.<\/p>\n

He began working in ESU\u2019s Northeast Wildlife DNA Laboratory as a volunteer hoping to gain some research experience. He collected DNA from black bears and tested ticks for infectious pathogens. Now in his third year at the DNA Lab, he\u2019s conducting field research to genotype rattlesnakes. \u00a0\u201cI\u2019m collecting snake skins and keeping track of the health of the population,\u201d Januszkiewicz explained. \u201cThe research is really important to conservation.\u201d<\/p>\n

It all comes back to the research. However, Januszkiewicz, the outdoor enthusiast that he is, has come to realize he enjoys field research just as much as conducting research in the lab. \u201cBeing able to work in the DNA Lab has helped me find ways to combine my love of the outdoors with my love of research.\u201d<\/p>\n

Januszkiewicz hopes to spend some time travelling after graduation before entering into a graduate program to earn his Ph.D.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Eric Januszkiewicz came to East Stroudsburg University from New Paltz, N.Y. for two reasons: to continue his wrestling career and the reputable biology department. When he graduates this May, he\u2019ll be leaving with three majors, two years of experience as a resident advisor, three years on the varsity wrestling team and countless accolades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":15452,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-esu-success-stories","has-post-video"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15437"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15437"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15456,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15437\/revisions\/15456"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}