The 2021 Teacher-Researcher Partnership Program includes 12 OPS teachers and 11 UNO faculty mentors. The administrative team is composed of the lead program PI, two co-PIs, and a Grant Coordinator.
TRPP 2021 Research Partnerships
| OPS Teacher Partner(s) | UNO Mentor(s) | Project |
|---|---|---|
| Terri Gulick UNMC High School Alliance/ OPS Career Center |
Song-young Park Health & Kinesiology |
Cardiovascular and autonomic responses to acute exposure to mild hypercapnic conditions |
| Robyn Jernigan Benson High School |
Adam Rosen Health & Kinesiology |
Understanding ankle “giving-way” episodes in patients with Chronic Ankle Instability |
| Collin McAcy Northwest High Magnet School |
Zac Suriano Geography/Geology |
Evapotranspiration and soil moisture variability across land-use type at Glacier Creek Preserve |
| Ariel Gass Central High School Lee Ann Stover Burke High School |
Ashlee Dere and Roxi Kellar Geography/Geology; Biology |
Life Above- and Belowground: Plant and soil metagenomic diversity across land uses |
| Shawn Graham Accelere Program John Huber McMillan Magnet Center |
Sara Myers and Hafizur Rahman Biomechanics |
Improving walking with specialized assistive tennis shoes |
| Samia Eltouny Nathan Hale Magnet Middle School Victoria Arrowsmith South High School |
Derrick Nero Teacher Education |
Near Space Testing & Experiments Using High Altitude Ballooning Instrumentation Technologies (NSTE HABIT) |
| Sarah Nelson Wiese Bryan Middle School |
Melina Luethje Geography/Geology |
Investigating diatoms (algae) in Carter Lake before and after lake restoration |
| Kristoff Berzins Central High School Margaret Munro Blackburn Alternative High School |
Claudia Rauter and Mark Schoenbeck Biology |
Antimicrobial immune defenses in burying beetle eggs: endogenous immune system or transfer of maternal immunity? |
TRPP 2021 Administrative Team
Lead PI: William Tapprich
Co-PIs: Christine Cutucache, Neal Grandgenett
STEM Education Grant Coordinator: Heather Leas