Explore the scholarship displayed, and talk with the researchers about their work.
Also on hand are different offices and resources to help you on your academic journey.

10 – 11 a.m.

• Geography “Building a Community” – Dr. Aida Guhlineozzi
• MizzoµX Lab & Mizzou Paleo – Dr. Tara Selly
• Museum of Anthropology – Jessica Boldt
• Social Work & Criminology – Dr. Kelli Canada & Dr. Ashley Givens
• Virtual Reality Lab – Dr. Fang Wang
• TreeRing Lab – Dr. Joe Marschall
• Aquatic Ecology Lab – Dr. Alba Argerich
• Public Health – Dr. Carolyn Orbann
• Sociology of Connoisseurs – Dr. Brian Ott
• Fellowships – Erik Potter
• MU Library – Dr. Nav Khanal
• MU Library Special Collections – Dr. John Henry
• MedOpp Advising – Dr. Darcy Holtgrave
• Writing Center – Dr. Aaron Harms

11 a.m. – 12 p.m.

• Minority Focused News (ASH Scholars) – Dr. Christopher Josey
• Geography “Building a Community” – Dr. Aida Guhlineozzi
• MizzoµX Lab & Mizzou Paleo – Dr. Tara Selly
• Museum of Anthropology – Jessica Boldt
• Social Work & Criminology – Dr. Kelli Canada & Dr. Ashley Givens
• Virtual Reality Lab – Dr. Fang Wang
• TreeRing Lab – Dr. Joe Marschall
• Colorism, Health, and Relationships Lab – Dr. Antoinette Landor
• Aquatic Ecology Lab – Dr. Alba Argerich
• Public Health – Dr. Carolyn Orbann
• Sociology of Connoisseurs – Dr. Brian Ott
• Interdisciplinary Migration Studies – Dr. Martha Kelly
• Fellowships – Erik Potter
• MU Library – Dr. Nav Khanal
• MU Library Special Collections – Dr. John Henry
• MedOpp Advising – Dr. Darcy Holtgrave
• Writing Center – Dr. Aaron Harms

12 – 1 p.m.

• Minority Focused News (ASH Scholars) – Dr. Christopher Josey
• Geography “Building a Community” – Dr. Aida Guhlineozzi
• MizzoµX Lab & Mizzou Paleo – Dr. Tara Selly
• Social Work & Criminology – Dr. Kelli Canada & Dr. Ashley Givens
• TreeRing Lab – Dr. Joe Marschall
• Colorism, Health, and Relationships Lab – Dr. Antoinette Landor
• Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy – Dr. Thomas Kane
• Aquatic Ecology Lab – Dr. Alba Argerich
• Public Health – Dr. Carolyn Orbann
• Sociology of Connoisseurs – Dr. Brian Ott
• Interdisciplinary Migration Studies – Dr. Martha Kelly
• Fellowships – Erik Potter
• MU Library Special Collections – Dr. John Henry
• MedOpp Advising – Dr. Darcy Holtgrave
• Writing Center – Dr. Aaron Harms

11:30 a.m. Tours

• Physics & Astronomy
  • Dr. Gavin King –  Dr. King is developing and implementing a unique ultrastable atomic force microscope (AFM) to elucidate the structure, structural energetics, and conformational fluctuations of membrane proteins.
  • Dr. Yicheng Guo –  Dr. Guo’s research focuses on how galaxies, such as our own Milky Way, were formed and evolved from small, irregular blobs in the early universe into today’s massive systems with diverse morphology.
• Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology
  • Dr. Jacqueline Limberg –  Dr. Limberg is researching the mechanisms that contribute to the development of cardiovascular disease and interventions that can reverse and/or prevent cardiovascular disease risk.
• Department of Biochemistry
  • Dr. Craig Schenck –   Dr. Schenck is researching the evolution of plant chemical diversity, and harnessing innovations to increase crop resilience using gene editing approaches and enhanced production of medicinal plant compounds.
  • Dr. Clarissa Durie – The goal of Dr. Durie’s research program is to integrate biochemical, biophysical, and genetic approaches to understand the structure, regulation, and function of bacterial secretion systems in their physiological contexts.
• Department of Chemistry
  • Dr. Heather Hennkens – Dr. Hennkens is researching the production and purification of medical radionuclides and their use in the development of theranostic (combination of therapeutic and diagnostic) metals-based radiopharmaceuticals.
• Division of Plant Science & Technology
  • Dr. David Mendoza-Cozatl –  Dr. Mendoza-Cózatl is working to understand how trace metals, which can be toxins or essential micronutrients, are taken up, accumulated and transported between roots and leaves and seeds.
• Division of Biological Sciences
  • Dr. Pamela Brown –  Dr. Brown investigates the structure of bacterial cell walls, and studies how and why the molecular machinery that builds the wall is targeted to specific cell locations at certain times.
  • Dr. Enoch Ng’oma – Dr. Ng’oma uses genetic techniques to help understand the role of environmental conditions and natural selection on rates of aging in different species of animals. 
  • Dr. Dan Bergstrahl and Dr. Tara Finegan – Then Finegan Bergstralh Lab is currently studying how epithelial cells figure out the right direction in which to divide, and what happens when they don’t.
• School of Natural Resources
  • Dr. Jacob Westhoff – Dr. Westhoff is studying the life history distribution, habitat use, environmental tolerances, and general ecology of aquatic organisms while focusing on the applied needs of state and federal cooperators.
• Department of Veterinary Pathobiology
  • Dr. Roman Ganta – Dr. Ganta works to understand how tick-borne pathogens developed the ability to survive in animals and to discover critical proteins to develop molecular strategies to make pathogens incapable of causing diseases.

12 p. m. Tours

• Department of Physics and Astronomy
  • Dr. Yicheng Guo –  Dr. Guo’s research focuses on how galaxies, such as our own Milky Way, were formed and evolved from small, irregular blobs in the early universe into today’s massive systems with diverse morphology.
• Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology
  • Dr. Jappna Dhillon –  Dr. Dhillon’s research focuses on pre- and post-ingestive regulation of food intake, nutrition and health disparities and developing computational models to predict metabolic responses to diets.
  • Dr. Jacqueline Limberg –  Dr. Limberg is researching the mechanisms that contribute to the development of cardiovascular disease and interventions that can reverse and/or prevent cardiovascular disease risk.
• Department of Biochemistry
  • Dr. Craig Schenck –   Dr. Schenck is researching the evolution of plant chemical diversity, and harnessing innovations to increase crop resilience using gene editing approaches and enhanced production of medicinal plant compounds.
  • Dr. Clarissa Durie – The goal of Dr. Durie’s research program is to integrate biochemical, biophysical, and genetic approaches to understand the structure, regulation, and function of bacterial secretion systems in their physiological contexts.
• Department of Chemistry
  • Dr. Heather Hennkens – Dr. Hennkens is researching the production and purification of medical radionuclides and their use in the development of theranostic (combination of therapeutic and diagnostic) metals-based radiopharmaceuticals
• Division of Plant Science & Technology
  • Dr. David Mendoza-Cozatl –  Dr. Mendoza-Cózatl is working to understand how trace metals, which can be toxins or essential micronutrients, are taken up, accumulated and transported between roots and leaves and seeds.
• Division of Biological Sciences
  • Dr. Pamela Brown –  Dr. Brown investigates the structure of bacterial cell walls, and studies how and why the molecular machinery that builds the wall is targeted to specific cell locations at certain times.
  • Dr. Enoch Ng’oma – Dr. Ng’oma uses genetic techniques to help understand the role of environmental conditions and natural selection on rates of aging in different species of animals. 
  • Dr. Dan Bergstrahl and Dr. Tara Finegan – Then Finegan Bergstralh Lab is currently studying how epithelial cells figure out the right direction in which to divide, and what happens when they don’t.
• School of Natural Resources
  • Dr. Jacob Westhoff – Dr. Westhoff is studying the life history distribution, habitat use, environmental tolerances, and general ecology of aquatic organisms while focusing on the applied needs of state and federal cooperators.
• Department of Veterinary Pathobiology
  • Dr. Roman Ganta – Dr. Ganta works to understand how tick-borne pathogens developed the ability to survive in animals and to discover critical proteins to develop molecular strategies to make pathogens incapable of causing diseases.