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Mississippi State University

Sam Mathes

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Mississippi State doctoral student Sam Mathes uses near-infrared spectroscopy to screen the health of an Eastern hellbender. Mathes earned national recognition for research using the technique to screen the health of the 160-million-year-old amphibian species of conservation concern. Also a research associate in the Department of Biochemistry, Nutrition and Health Promotion, Mathes received the inaugural Green-Wave Award for Conservation Innovation as part of the SpectraWizard’s Spectroscopy Application Challenge, sponsored by StellarNet, Inc.

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