2026 Internship Resources
See what's happening this summer during our 2026 Research Experience for Undergraduates Internship Program.
2026 Calendar
2026 Program Syllabus
2026 Interns
Aaron Butler
University of Missouri-St. Louis
Edia Omoregbee
Amherst College


Erin Astroth
Maryville University


Kavi Stevick
Denison University


Naomi Borenstein
Mount Holyoke College


Toby Chiu
Georgia Institute of Technology


Cerena Fechteler
Trinity College


Elaina McEntire
University of Kansas


Jace Taylor
Lindenwood University


Maxwell LaPlant
Rochester Institute of Technology



Shania Dean-Motley
Tennessee State University


Zoria Shields
Lincoln University


CJ Williams
Lincoln University


Elise Wilson
John Brown University


Kate Seida
Purdue University


Monira Ortega
National Technical Institute for the Deaf


Shuzhen Zeng
Oberlin College


REU Program Team


Tessa Burch-Smith, PhD
REU Co-Director; Associate Member & Principal Investigator


Kirk Czymmek, PhD
REU Co-Director; Head of Core Facilities; Director, Advanced Bioimaging Laboratory


Monica Alsup
Administrative Assistant
Contact Us
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Attn: Internship Program
975 N Warson Rd, St. Louis, MO 63132
Our internship program is a Research Experience
for Undergraduates (REU) Site sponsored by the
National Science Foundation.


Current Internship Resources

