Undergraduate Research

Sabah Sabir graduated from UNH with a bachelor’s degree in biomedical sciences: medical and veterinary sciences. In her senior year, Sabah began earning credits toward her master’s degree in molecular and cellular biotechnology in UNH’s accelerated master’s program.

Braden Foulks ’25 has been working with Professor Becky Sideman and Professor Iago Hale on their respective research.

Caylin Grove is a genetics: genomics major from Hollis, New Hampshire, who is researching the presence of two diseases that affect oysters in Great Bay.

Matthew Farbaniec is a genetics major from Mount Laurel, New Jersey. Matthew has been working in Assistant Professor Anna O’Brien’s lab.

Dakota Mako is an environmental sciences: ecosystems science major who has worked in Professor Heidi Asbjornsen's and Professor Mark Ducey's labs.

Nicolas Forestell is a double major in forestry and French who is working in Professor Heidi Asbjornsen's Ecohydology Lab.

Anthony Dempsey, a nutrition: dietetics major, manages data for the College Health and Nutrition Assessment Survey (CHANAS), a long-running survey project targeting 18 to 24 year old adults that’s unique to UNH.

Margo Kamis is a nutrition: dietetics and ecogastronomy dual major from Glastonbury, Connecticut. She is also minoring in culinary nutrition and food studies.

Braden Foulks is a biochemistry, molecular and cellular biology major and an agriculture and food systems minor from Durham, New Hampshire. He has received the Trustee Scholarship. COLSA: Why did you choose UNH? Braden Foulks: UNH offered the best education and the most money, and everyone in…

Morgan Breen ’24 is a zoology major from Easton MA. Morgan is a recipient of the international Research Opportunities Program (IROP) grant and this summer she is doing research at Bambelela Wildlife Rehabilitation in South Africa. She is analyzing the behaviors of orphaned Vervet monkeys raised by…

Amanda Wittemann ’25 is a neuroscience and behavior major from Claremont, New Hampshire. They are also pursuing two minors: psychology and women and gender studies.

Riley Wilson is a genetics major from Colorado Springs, Colorado who was awarded a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship.