Graduate Research
May 2022 – Current
Dr. Daniel Johnson’s Tree Physiology Lab
University of Georgia
Investigated tree water use strategies in a low-water desert ecosystem. This was part of an NSF funded project to explore the path of water as it moves through trees.
My role was to better understand how these trees managed their water and measure changes to osmotica (salts) contained in their leaf tissues.
Undergraduate Research
Analysis of AChE Enzyme Inhibition in Huperzia lucidula Endophytes
September 2019 – May 2021
Dr. Annkatrin Rose’s Molecular Biology Lab
Appalachian State University
This research became my honors thesis project. The objective of this research is to isolate endophytic fungi found in Huperzia lucidula and identify their Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) enzyme inhibition (a suggested treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease) abilities.
Tissue Culture of Venus Fly Traps
(Dionaea muscipula)
May 2019 – Dec. 2019
Dr. Annkatrin Rose’s Molecular Biology Lab
Appalachian State University
Volunteered under Dr. Annkatrin Rose to learn tissue culturing methods of Venus Flytraps (Dionaea muscipula). Plants were grown and propagated in sterile culture, then transferred to pots, and sold to raise money for Endophyte Analysis Project.
Vanessa Gremler | Tree Physiological Ecologist 