For more than 25 years Texas Tech's Center for the Integration of STEM Education & Research (CISER) has offered support for an authentic research experience for College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources undergraduates, starting with what's known as the Undergraduate Research Scholars. STEM is shorthand for science, technology, engineering and math.

Among the CASNR students involved in the program this year are:

• Adam Castillo, a senior food science/chemical engineering major from Kingwood, Texas; Mentor: Hongjun Liang, an associate professor of cell physiology & molecular biophysics with Tech's Department of Chemical Engineering
• Austin Hargrove, a senior natural resources management major from Amarillo, Texas; Mentor: Richard Stevens, an associate professor of biodiversity and conservation biology with Tech's Department of Natural Resources Management
• Madeleine Thornley, a senior natural resources management major from Flower Mound, Texas; Mentor: Clint Boal, a professor of wildlife biology with Tech's Department of Natural Resources Management

 

0506NM19 / Editor's Note: For more information on the CISER undergraduate research program and how to become involved, visit their website here