Undergraduate Research

Working with two research teams to understand past, present and future of NH forests
Dakota Mako is an environmental sciences: ecosystems science major who has worked in Professor Heidi Asbjornsen's and Professor Mark Ducey's labs.
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Working in lab with faculty and grad students yields rewards
Nicolas Forestell is a double major in forestry and French who is working in Professor Heidi Asbjornsen's Ecohydology Lab.
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Working with the data from UNH's unique nutrition survey CHANAS
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.
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Studying Nutrient Intake Among 18 to 24 Year Olds
Margo Kamis is a nutrition: dietetics and ecogastronomy dual major from Glastonbury, Connecticut. She is also minoring in culinary nutrition and food studies.
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Biochemistry major works on plant breeding project
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…
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An international research opportunity on orphaned Vervet monkeys
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…
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A summer research fellowship to study undergrad behavior
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.
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Researching a safer, more effective pesticide
Riley Wilson is a genetics major from Colorado Springs, Colorado who was awarded a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship.
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Taking her place in a welcoming community for women in STEM
Carrie Hill ’25 is a biology major and triple minor in biomedical science, genetics and psychology.
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A research interest fulfilled and a career discovered
Gabrielle Jarrett ’24 is a marine, estuarine, and freshwater biology major and Classics minor from Exeter, New Hampshire. While an undergraduate, Gabrielle worked in Gregg Moore’s Coastal Restoration and Resiliency Lab and made critical contributions to microplastics research.
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Bullfrog Vocalization Study: A Zoological Analysis
Alex Zager, a zoology major, explores bullfrog vocalizations and the effects of temperature on their activity during mating season.
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Zoology Research: Giraffe Vocalizations Study
Discover COLSA student Jocelyn Brierley's research on giraffe vocalizations and behavior in response to noise at the Potawatomi Zoo.
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