{"id":15,"date":"2018-07-05T08:28:21","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T15:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vendor.hub.wp.nau.edu\/undergraduate-research\/student-research-stories\/"},"modified":"2025-01-07T09:44:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T16:44:54","slug":"student-research-stories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/office-undergraduate-research\/student-research-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Aspiring to Discover"},"content":{"rendered":"

Read these stories to find out more about the range of research opportunities offered to undergraduates at NAU.<\/p>\n

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Trailblazing research seeks to protect Sedona’s landscapes<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
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NAU Informatics major Jason Libby is developing computer software to help solve a mystery on Pluto\u2019s surface<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
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\"Mackenzie<\/div>
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Creative Media and Film major Mackenzie Baradic is documenting the stories of migrants, and those who help them, as they risk their lives to cross the Sonoran desert<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
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\"Josette<\/div>
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Josette Vigil, an NAU Mechanical Engineering major, applies bioengineering to advance medical device science<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
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\"Zachariah<\/div>
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Chemistry major Zachariah Bess is helping develop a sustainable energy option using ionic liquids prepared from amino acids<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
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\"Mariah<\/div>
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Nature or nurture? Senior spends her NAU career researching the role of genetics vs. learning in how birds acquire \u2018language\u2019 <\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
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\"Hannah<\/div>
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NAU undergraduate tackles the question of college students\u2019 stress levels in senior research project<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
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\"Mitzzy<\/div>
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From scared to successful<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
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\"Ayanna\"<\/div>
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Political Science major focuses her research on notorious public housing project, social justice<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
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\"Reilly<\/div>
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Can big data make big money? Undergraduate researcher hopes to find out through math, data analysis, business acumen<\/b><\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
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\"Matt<\/div>
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Undergraduate making an impact searching for cancer-fighting drugs<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
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\"Cecily<\/div>
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NAU undergraduate finds her research home in geology, 4FRI project<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
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\"Undergraduate<\/div>
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Undergrad studies microbiology, genetics to prepare for nursing career<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
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\"Allen<\/div>
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Designing software for microbiologists and geneticists<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
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\"Mitchell<\/div>
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Asteroid miner in training: Student researcher studies micrometeorite weathering<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
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\"Kaitlyn<\/div>
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An undergraduate with a passion for infectious disease research<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
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\"Chris<\/div>
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Undergraduate researcher uses bioinformatics to find connections between gut microbiome and Alzheimer\u2019s<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
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\"Undergraduate<\/div>
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Faculty mentors inspire undergraduate researcher to focus on mosquito-borne viruses<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
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\"Jacob<\/div>
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Childhood stargazing sparks a lifelong interest in astronomy for undergraduate researcher<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
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\"Kyle<\/div>
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Supercomputers, zebra fish, and insulin: undergraduate researcher combines physics and biology<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
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\"Noelle<\/div>
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NAU undergraduate researcher is tackling opioid addiction from a new angle<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
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\"Taylor<\/div>
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Researcher seeks to restore humanity through chemistry<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
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A cultural approach to cancer prevention<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
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\"Mia<\/div>
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If you want to help babies, you have to help moms<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
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\"Joseph<\/div>
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Mom\u2019s cancer diagnosis makes research personal<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
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\"Giulia<\/div>
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Student finds unexpected depth of learning possible through simulation games<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
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Taking the bite out of fleas<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
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Math and social science collide<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
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Engineering for climate change<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
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Art in the quest for social justice<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
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The mathematics of gene mutation<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
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Hunting dangerous pathogens<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n
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Have a story to tell?<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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Contact the Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity team<\/a> at 928-523-5569<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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