85 Research Reflection by Emily Dalley

Faculty Mentor: Connor Bischak (Chemistry, University of Utah)

I thought that participating in the SPUR program this summer was very beneficial to me. I had tried to get involved in research last semester, but I was unable to really dedicate much time to it as my class schedule often clashed with when my graduate student I was working with was able to work, and so this summer has been nice to fully dedicate time to research in a lab. I really enjoyed working with my professor and with all the graduate students in the lab, and also being allowed to run experiments on my own with the guidance of my P.I. and grad student was very beneficial to my time. I was fairly sure that I wanted to continue on to grad school before this summer, but my research experience this summer has further solidified that goal. I plan to continue work in this lab over the school year, and I really do look forward to that.