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

Jalen Major

Mentor: Richard Meisel (University of Houston)
Co-mentor: Aaron Tarone (Texas A&M University)
Project:  The Effects of Age, Sex, and Genotype on Thermal Preference in Musca domestica

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

Jesus Villalobos

Mentor: Molly Albecker (University of Houston)
Co-mentor: Giri Athrey (Texas A&M University)
Project:  Salty Guts: An analysis of the gut microbiome of larva Hyla cinerea after exposure to coastal or inland wetlands

Zoya Wani

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