2024–2025 STEGG-INTERACT Cohort

Maame “Kobe” Asiamah
Mentor: Giri Athrey (Texas A&M University)
Co-Mentor: Richard Meisel (University of Houston)
Project: The Host-Microbe Interactions of Infected and Non-Infected Anopheles coluzzii

Adolfo Delgado
Mentor: Mahul Chakraborty (Texas A&M University)
Co-Mentor: Richard Meisel (University of Houston)
Project: Sequencing and Assembling the Y Chromosome of Drosophila melanogaster

Skylar Godwin
Mentor: Scott Egan (Rice University)
Co-Mentor: Heath Blackmon (Texas A&M University)
Project: Resolving Taxonomic Boundaries and Hybridization in the Genus Ellipsoptera

Meghann McConnell
Mentor: Heath Blackmon (Texas A&M University)
Co-Mentor: Scott Egan (Rice University)
Project: Assessing the Impact of Continuous Traits on the Evolution of Discrete Traits: The
Ancestral Condition Test

Brenton Milton
Mentor: Tom Miller (Rice University)
Co-Mentor: Kerri Crawford (University of Houston)
Project: Effects of Geographic Variation in Aridity on Vertical and Horizontal Transmission
of Epichloë Fungal Endophytes of Grasses

Jasmine Morris
Mentor: Kerri Crawford (University of Houston)
Co-Mentor: Tom Miller (Rice University)
Project: Plant-herbivore Interactions for a Dioecious Plant Species

Samyah Smalley
Mentor: Kory Evans (Rice University)
Co-Mentor: Jacob Daane (University of Houston)
Project: Genetic Mechanisms Behind Selection of Parrotfish Beak Traits

Zoya Wani
Mentor: Adam Stuckert (University of Houston)
Co-Mentor: Scott Egan (Rice University)
Project: Elucidating the Evolution of Anuran Olfactory System