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Student research stories

Read these stories to find out more about the range of research opportunities offered to undergraduates at NAU.

Undergraduate researcher uses bioinformatics to find connections between gut microbiome and Alzheimer’s           Chris Keefe in the PMI office
Faculty mentors inspire undergraduate researcher to focus on mosquito-borne viruses           Undergraduate student researcher Daryn Erickson at the Undergraduate Symposium with her poster
Childhood stargazing sparks a lifelong interest in astronomy for undergraduate researcher           Jacob Hyden with mentor Christina Thomas at the Discovery Channel Telescope
Supercomputers, zebra fish, and insulin: undergraduate researcher combines physics and biology           Kyle Ghaby in front of his research poster at the Undergraduate Symposium
NAU undergraduate researcher is tackling opioid addiction from a new angle           Noelle Waltenberg working on opioid research in Naomi Lee's lab.
Researcher seeks to restore humanity through chemistry           Taylor Lambrigger working on research project in forensic lab
A cultural approach to cancer prevention          
If you want to help babies, you have to help moms           Mia Orneals working on research project
Mom’s cancer diagnosis makes research personal           Joseph Espinoza labeling water samples in the lab
Student finds unexpected depth of learning possible through simulation games           Giulia Paulet demonstrating process on white board
Taking the bite out of fleas          
Math and social science collide          
Art in the quest for social justice          
Engineering for climate change          
The mathematics of gene mutation          
Hunting dangerous pathogens          

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