Author: Savannah Washburn Major: Biology Starting in Fall 2019, I began research in the biological sciences department under my advisor, Dr. Jeffrey Lewis. I am a graduating senior at Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, majoring in biology. The overarching...
Author: Wesley Vaught Major: Biology and Biochemistry My name is Wesley Vaught, and I am a Biology and Biochemistry double major. My journey toward my Biochemistry degree brought me to my research mentor: Dr. Adnan Alrubaye. Dr. Alrubaye teaches the General...
Author: Ariston Gray Major: Biology I am a senior biology major in the Fulbright college of arts and sciences. I began my research with Dr. Jamie Baum of the Food Science department in the spring of 2020. I began working with Dr. Erin Howie of the...
Author: Kristen Gates Major: Biology My name is Kristen Gates and I am a biology major and African and African American studies minor in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences. In the spring semester of 2021, I conducted research in Dr. Clemencia...
Author: Sylvia Nupp Majors: Biology and Chemistry This past semester, I studied the metabolism of four different methanogens under Dr. Kral in the Biological Sciences department. My experiment tested if any of the four methanogens,...
Author: Kevin Hollar Major: Biology My name is Kevin Hollar. I am currently a senior who is approaching graduation this coming spring semester- quite a scary realization. I am an honors student in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences and will be graduating...
Author: Drew Vander Leest Major: Biology My research was a part of a NASA initiative called the Planetary Protection Act. Essentially it is to ensure that other planets aren’t contaminated from biological matter from Earth during interplanetary missions....
Author: Sydney Darling Majors: Biology and Spanish During the past spring and fall semesters of 2020, I have had the great privilege of studying disease ecology under my honors research advisor, Dr. Kristian Forbes. While exploring my interests throughout my...
Author: Christopher Rassmann Major: Biology From the Fall semesters of 2019 to 2020, I have performed research in the biological sciences department under my advisor, Dr. Timothy Kral. The primary goal of my research is to test the viability of methanogen life on...
Author: Valerie Lomonte Major: Biology For the past two years I was able to research with Dr. Hudson Beyzavi. The general goals of Dr. Beyzavi’s research lab are related to the synthesis of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and covalent-organic frameworks (COFs), the...