TWU-PRIME Students Engage in Rewarding Research Programs

9/2/21

Funded by the NSF, TWU-PRIME seeks to increase engagement from student populations typically underrepresented in STEM fields.

Sonia Adhikari (top left) will be working this fall under the guidance of TWU’s Dr. Dayna Averitt. The Averitt Lab is focused on studying sex differences in pain and analgesia.

Laura Ruemmele (top right) spent the summer in the laboratory of Dr. Elizabeth Fozo at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Laura investigated how the incorporation of exogenous fatty acids into phospholipids impacts membrane homeostasis in Enterococcus faecalis.

Alice McNeill (bottom left) is working with TWU’s Dr. John Beatty on a method to recycle carbon dioxide (CO₂) into fuel or other chemicals of practical use, in an effort to reduce the increasing levels of CO₂ in the biosphere.

Adina Zidermanis (bottom right) is working under the mentorship of TWU’s Dr. Camelia Maier. Adina is investigating plant-pollinator relationships in the TWU Bettye Myers butterfly gardens.

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