Claribel Zia Connor

Mentor: Tom Miller (Rice University)
Co-Mentor: Kerri Crawford (University of Houston)
Project: Responses of Grass-Endophyte Relationships to Space-Mediated Versus Time-Mediated Climate Variation

Zo Harris

Mentor: Aaron Tarone (Texas A&M University)
Co-mentor: Rich Meisel (University of Houston)
Project: To Egg or Not to Egg: Investigating Alterations in Fecundity & Site Preference w/in Cochliomyia macellaria Populations by Dysregulating Chemosensory Pathways via Differing Organ Obstruction Methods

Lizziah Murry

Mentor: Adam Stuckert (University of Houston)
Co-Mentor: Bill Murphy (Texas A&M University)
Project: Investigating the Genomic Basis of Toxic Sequestration across Anura

Brianna Oates

Mentor: Erin Kelleher (University of Houston)
Co-Mentor: Mahul Chakraborty (Texas A&M University)
Project: Adaptive Dynamics of Host Tolerance: Detecting Selection on Standing Genetic Variation in Drosophila melanogaster

Jude Mirghani

Mentor: Scott Egan (Rice University)
Co-Mentor: Heath Blackmon (Texas A&M University)
Project: Investigating the Hymenopteran Natural Enemy Community of Cynipid Gall Wasps on Central American Live Oaks

Kaitlyn “Kait” Rieder

Mentor: Heath Blackmon (Texas A&M University)
Co-Mentor: Richard Meisel (University of Houston)
Project: The Paucity of PAR Sizes Limits Our Ability to Elucidate Sex Chromosome Evolution Across the Tree of Life

Lauren Sellmayer

Mentor: Molly Albecker (University of Houston)
Co-Mentor: Kory Evans (Rice University)
Project: Carry-Over Physiological Responses of Anurans to Intruding Coastal Salinity