Tyler G. Foote

Tracking ground arthropod diversity in urban forests: Lessons learned from a new undergraduate long-term project, Alfaro, B., Porter, R.C., Foote, T.G., Lohmann, M.J., Herring, C., Blankley, K.E., Anemone, J.N., Madden, K., Unander, D.W., Alfaro, R.E., Urban Naturalist, 74, 1–10 (2024)

• LED It Grow: Phenotypic Shifts in Orange Hat Tomatoes Under Colored Light Treatments, Foote, T., 2025, Eastern University Biology Department Senior Thesis Showcase
• Biodiversity and Floristic Composition in Bioretention Basins at NASA GSFC, Foote, T., 2025, Eastern University College of Health and Sciences 2025 Research Symposium
• Integrating Biomass and Meteorite Data: A Database Approach to Analyzing Organic Compound Abundance and Frequency, Foote, T., 2024, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Solar System Exploration Division
• NASA L’SPACE Mission Concept Academy Preliminary Design Review: Enceladus South Tiger Stripe Research and Inorganic Polymers Exploration (E-STRIPE), Sheha, A., Foote, T.G., Harutyunyan, A., Aletto, J., Kautsch, S., Cherop, F., Naicker, H., Trivette, T., Budhathoki, B., Stacey, J.A., Nonna, M., Hong, M., 2023, NASA L’SPACE Academy Standing Review Board
• Synergistic Assessment of Biodiversity and Floristic Composition of Bioretention Basins at GSFC, Foote, T., 2023, NASA Wallops Flight Facility and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Medical and Environmental Management Division

• NASA L’SPACE Academy - LEAP Internship Mentor of the Semester (Spring 2025)
• Eastern University Biology Department ‘Outstanding Internship’ Award (2025)
• American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) ASCEND Event Diversity Scholarship (2023)
• Leadership Fellows Grant (2021- 2025)
• Bookstore Award (2021-2022)
• Tom Byron Memorial Scholarship (2021-2025)

• Member of Out in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (oSTEM) (2025-present)
• Member of American Geophysical Union (2024-Present)
• University Club President (September 2023- May 2025)

Organized campus events and awareness campaigns, created promotional materials, and led community outreach initiatives.

• Member of Sigma Zeta Honors Society (2024-Present)
• NASA L’SPACE Mission Concept Academy Chief Scientist (September 2023 - December 2023)

Led research and mission design on Enceladus habitability; authored key NASA lifecycle documents (MCR, SRR, MDR, PDR); presented Preliminary Design Review to a Standing Review Board; developed skills in technical writing, workforce development, and mission-relevant concepts.