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February 2, 2023

Student Highlights: Tera Swaby

Tera and her research team observe transiting exoplanets. Exoplanets are planets in stellar systems outside our solar system. As they orbit their respective stars, information can be gathered to determine their characteristics such as size, temperature, mass and more.
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January 25, 2023January 25, 2023

Student Highlights: Cole Messa

Cole’s doctoral research focuses on utilizing isotope geochemistry (i.e., minor variations in a rock’s chemical signature) to answer questions regarding the formation and evolution of basaltic lava flows, a darkly-colored volcanic rock, associated with the Yellowstone supervolcano.
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December 7, 2022

Student Highlights: Bridger Sparks

My undergraduate research through the Wyoming NASA Space Grant Consortium looks at how type 1 diabetes influences the reproductive health of swine that are just about to enter puberty (peripubertal).
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October 24, 2022

Student Highlights: Max Packebush

Max’s work focuses on developing a novel method of storing blood clotting factors and other biologic pharmaceuticals in a dry state at ambient temperature without the need for cold-chain refrigeration, freezing, or lyophilization.
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April 13, 2022April 14, 2022

Student Highlights: Kalley Collins

Kalley Collins is an undergraduate student at UW studying Geology and Anthropology. She works in Dr. Ellen Currano’s paleobotany lab and looks at the isotopic ratios of bulk carbon and nitrogen in modern leaf fossils.
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February 23, 2022April 14, 2022

Student Highlights: Zoë Short

My name is Zoë Short and I am from Douglas, WY. I have always loved to observe and care for animals, and I have volunteered, worked, and fostered for both Laramie Peak Humane Society in Douglas and Laramie Animal Welfare Society in Laramie. My major is zoology, which is fitting with my love for animals.
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February 2, 2022April 14, 2022

Student Highlights: Adalyn Vergara

My name is Adalyn Vergara and I am from Greeley, CO. Growing up I was highly involved in athletics but always found time to go outside to be active and explore, inspiring my fascination in the biology of plants, animals, and insects.
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