Undergraduate Research Ambassadors are available to speak about their research experiences through UCARE, how to find a faculty advisor, and how to apply for funding.
Are you interested in being an Undergraduate Research Ambassador for 2016-2017? Ambassadors give short (10-20 minute) presentations to prospective students, current students, UNL faculty and staff, and other distinguished visitors (ex. Board of Regents) about their undergraduate research experiences. Apply by May 6 to be considered.
Meet the Ambassadors
Second row: Lee Kreimer, Schuyler Chambers, Adrienne Ricker
Third row: Morgan Mallisee, Daniel Rico, Kevin Real
Not pictured: Boqiang Tu
Kourtney Meysenburg
- Hometown: Lincoln, NE
- Major: Classics and Religious Studies; English
- Year in school: Senior
- Random fact: I love reading the Garfield comic strip.
- Most memorable moments as a UNL student: Finishing my UCARE website and putting it online to be publically viewed.
- On-campus activities: Sigma Alpha Iota - UNL's Women's Music Fraternity (Vice President).
- Plans after graduation: Graduate school for a master of science in education and become a school librarian.
- Hobbies/interests: Reading and watching movies (especially fantasy and historical fiction); drawing; Greek mythology; digital humanities.
Vicki Liu
- Hometown: ShenYang, China
- Major: Biochemistry
- Year in school: Senior
- Random fact: My favorite color Skittle is green.
- Most memorable moments as a UNL student: Moving into Neihardt freshman year.
- On-campus activities: Omicron Delta Kappa, research under Dr. Bin Yu in the School of Biological Sciences, lab worker at a gnotobiotic mouse facility on East Campus, Launch Leadership.
- Plans after graduation: Taking a gap year to travel before pursuing professional schools.
- Hobbies/interests: Reading, bike riding, crafts and art, listening to music, TV shows.
Celeste Labedz
- Hometown: Lincoln, NE
- Major: Physics and Geology
- Year in School: Senior
- Random fact: I can sing the periodic table of elements.
- Most memorable moments as a UNL student: When I realized that being a scientist really is within my reach.
- On-campus activities: Mortar Board, Society of Physics Students, AAPG Student Chapter, Students of Earth and Atmospheric Science, and various research projects.
- Plans after graduation: I will attend graduate school and work toward a research career in geophysics, likely in either seismology or planetary science.
- Hobbies/Interests: Science fiction, hiking, sitcoms, gender issues in STEM fields.
Lee Kreimer
- Hometown: Lincoln, NE
- Major: Global Studies/Spanish
- Year in school: Senior
- Random fact: I love to bake apple pies.
- Most memorable moments as a UNL student: My study abroad trips to Turkey and Spain!
- On-campus activities: I am a member of the EN Thompson Scholars and the Honors Program.
- Plans after graduation: After graduation, I am considering teaching abroad, various internships, and law school.
- Hobbies/interests: I am a big animal lover! I ride my horse, Molly, regularly. I also teach therapeutic riding lessons to handicapped children and adults. In addition to animals, I love sports, reading, sewing, and traveling.
Adrienne Ricker
- Hometown: Minot, ND
- Major: Geology and Biological Sciences
- Year in school: 5th Year Senior
- Random fact: I love trying new foods and finding small, hole-in-the-wall restaurants. I recently found an Ethiopian restaurant and it was delicious.
- Most memorable moments as a UNL student: It's all been memorable!
- On-campus activities: National Residence Hall Honorary; College of Arts and Sciences Ambassador, University of Nebraska State Museum Ambassador, McNair Scholars Program.
- Plans after graduation: Continuing my education in a PhD program in evolutionary biology.
- Hobbies/interests: Board games, hiking, camping.
Morgan Mallisee
- Hometown: Des Moines, IA
- Major: Nursing
- Year in school: Senior
- Random fact: I've never broken a bone!
- Most memorable moments as a UNL student: Going to football games at Memorial Stadium.
- On-campus activities: Tutor, Student Nursing Association.
- Plans after graduation: Apply to graduate school to pursue a degree in nursing anesthesia.
- Hobbies/interests: Watching Netflix, running, hanging out with friends and family.
Daniel Rico
- Hometown: Omaha, NE
- Major: Electrical Engineering
- Year in school: Junior
- Random fact: I have studied abroad in Japan (world religions) and Iceland (reneweable energy) and have researched abroad in Costa Rica (tropical field research).
- Most memorable moments as a UNL student: Tough question!!! My study and research abroad experiences; conquering Physics 211 (calculus-based classic mechanics) and Physics 212 (calculus-based electricity and magnetism) in the first and second 5-week summer session. It was a great challenge, I assure you!
- On-campus activities: undergraduate research, McNair Scholars Program.
- Plans after graduation: Going to graduate school.
- Hobbies/interests: Watching movies, learning the violin, building circuits (FM radio transmitter, etc), anything nature related.
Kevin Real
- Hometown: Papillion, NE
- Major: Biological Systems Engineering
- Year in school: Junior
- Random fact: I play Starcraft competitively.
- Most memorable moments as a UNL student: Being inducted into the Innocent's Society.
- On-campus activities: Innocents Society, Beta Theta Pi, UCARE, UCARE Ambassadors, Honors Program Student Advisor , UHON 198H TA, CHEM 109 TA.
- Plans after graduation: Attend medical school.
- Hobbies/interests: I love playing video games, working out, watching game of thrones, and I identify myself as an avid reader.
Schuyler Chambers
- Hometown: Los Angeles, California
- Major: Chemistry
- Year in school: Senior
- Random fact: While I am from Los Angeles, California, I am actually named after the city of Schuyler here in Nebraska.
- Most memorable moments as a UNL student: My most memorable moment at UNL was the first time I walked through the tunnel at Memorial Stadium. Walking onto the field reminded me of how exciting it is to be apart of such a devoted school and community.
- On-campus activities: I am a teaching assistant for UNL's Department of Chemistry, and a member of both the Chemistry Club and the American Chemical Society.
- Plans after graduation: Next year, I plan to continue onto graduate school and pursue a doctoral degree in chemistry.
- Hobbies/interests: I love to travel in my spare time and I even studied abroad during my time here at UNL.