{"id":234,"date":"2017-03-16T21:54:09","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T21:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/undergraduate-excellence\/2017\/03\/16\/student-profile-alex-himstead\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T17:00:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T17:00:01","slug":"student-profile-alex-himstead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/undergraduate-excellence\/2017\/03\/16\/student-profile-alex-himstead\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Profile: Alex Himstead"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_236\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-236\" style=\"width: 190px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-236\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/undergraduate-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2017\/03\/Alex_Himstead_Headshot.jpg\" width=\"190\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/undergraduate-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2017\/03\/Alex_Himstead_Headshot.jpg 360w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/undergraduate-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2017\/03\/Alex_Himstead_Headshot-180x300.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-236\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex Himstead<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;color: black\">Alex Himstead (Bachelor of Science Biology\/Biological Science, \u201817) is an emerging scientist intrigued by the human mind and fascinated by\u00a0its\u00a0complexity. The mind, he says, &#8220;is responsible for our consciousness, which in my opinion is the most remarkable thing in the world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;color: black\">As a <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;color: black\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/research-and-institutions\/office-undergraduate-research-creative-activity\/funding-opportunities\/surf-program.aspx\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;color: #1155cc\">SURF Fellow<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;color: black\">, Alex teamed up with Dr. Bill\u00a0Wright, a marine biology professor at Chapman University, to study the brain and behavior of the California sea hare, or <i>Aplysia californica<\/i>. The <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;color: black\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/research-and-institutions\/office-undergraduate-research-creative-activity\/funding-opportunities\/surf-program.aspx\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;color: #1155cc\">SURF<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;color: black\"> program offers undergraduate students the amazing\u00a0opportunity to pursue research and creative activity with the guidance of a full-time faculty mentor, with\u00a0up to $3,000 in fellowship funding. While Alex is working in science, the program is open to all disciplines. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;color: black\">The faculty-student team of\u00a0Wright and Himstead hypothesized that there was an adaptive advantage to suppressing the ability to learn later in the species\u2019 life.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_237\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-237\" style=\"width: 196px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-237\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/undergraduate-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2017\/03\/himstead-wright-lobster-carcass-580x773-1-225x300.jpg\" width=\"196\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/undergraduate-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2017\/03\/himstead-wright-lobster-carcass-580x773-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/undergraduate-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2017\/03\/himstead-wright-lobster-carcass-580x773-1.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-237\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Wright with a lobster carcass.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;color: black\">\u201cLearning is an investment in the future that has a significant energy cost, and sea hares can reproduce until they die.\u201d Therefore, Wright and Himstead hypothesized that \u201cat the end of [a sea hare\u2019s] life, it would be pointless to learn and invest in the future, when you could save that energy and redirect it into reproduction.\u201d During the course of their experiment, they eventually proved their hypothesis to be wrong.\u00a0That&#8217;s right, they succeeded by being wrong.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;color: black\">Participating in this research project was so interesting to\u00a0Alex\u00a0that he chose to continue his research beyond the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;color: black\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/research-and-institutions\/office-undergraduate-research-creative-activity\/funding-opportunities\/surf-program.aspx\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;color: #1155cc\">SURF<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;color: black\"> program. In fact, Alex traveled with professor Wright to the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama to continue studying underwater species. In a recent blog post, Alex wrote that he had \u201can incredible experience in Panama, and I got a taste of what it means to be a professional ecologist. Dr. Wright and I spent over 6 hours clambering over slippery rocks, counting <i>Dolabrifera<\/i>, setting traps or fishing in the rocky intertidal each day. We lived according to the schedule of the tides, often venturing out at 2, 3, 5 or 6 am to check traps, or count the animals in each tide pool. Weather did not prevent us from collecting data, and I have never felt so alive as I did scampering over slimy rocks while rain smacked my skin and lightening cracked over the water. In Panama, I got a better sense of what it means to be a behavioral ecologist in the field, and I loved every minute.\u201d\u00a0Not every student&#8217;s curiosity leads him to slimy rocks, and that&#8217;s why OURCA programs encourage students to find their individual intellectual and creative\u00a0passions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;color: black\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-260 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/undergraduate-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2017\/03\/himstead-aplysia-160x160-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/undergraduate-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2017\/03\/himstead-aplysia-160x160-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/undergraduate-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2017\/03\/himstead-aplysia-160x160-1.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-261 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/undergraduate-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2017\/03\/himstead-dolabrifera-580x773-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"255\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/undergraduate-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2017\/03\/himstead-dolabrifera-580x773-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/undergraduate-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2017\/03\/himstead-dolabrifera-580x773-1.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/>In addition to participating in the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;color: black\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/research-and-institutions\/office-undergraduate-research-creative-activity\/funding-opportunities\/surf-program.aspx\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;color: #1155cc\">SURF<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;color: black\"> program, Alex also served as an <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;color: black\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/research-and-institutions\/office-undergraduate-research-creative-activity\/index.aspx\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;color: #1155cc\">OURCA<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;color: black\"> Ambassador during the 2015-2016 academic year, the program&#8217;s pilot year. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;color: black\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/research-and-institutions\/office-undergraduate-research-creative-activity\/index.aspx\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;color: #1155cc\">OURCA<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;color: black\"> Ambassadors are an outstanding group of undergraduate researchers from a variety of disciplines. As part of the program, the ambassadors share their experiences and OURCA opportunities through\u00a0class visits and other\u00a0activities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;color: black\">Want to apply for <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;color: black\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/research-and-institutions\/office-undergraduate-research-creative-activity\/funding-opportunities\/surf-program.aspx\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;color: #1155cc\">Chapman University\u2019s Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;color: black\"> (<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;color: black\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/research-and-institutions\/office-undergraduate-research-creative-activity\/funding-opportunities\/surf-program.aspx\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;color: #1155cc\">SURF<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;color: black\">) program or find out more about the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;color: black\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/research-and-institutions\/office-undergraduate-research-creative-activity\/index.aspx\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;color: #1155cc\">OURCA<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;color: black\"> \u00a0Ambassador Program? 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