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
Zoria Shields
Lincoln University
Cerena Fechteler
Trinity College
Elaina McEntire
University of Kansas
Jace Taylor
Lindenwood University
Maxwell LaPlant
Rochester Institute of Technology
Shuzhen Zeng
Oberlin College
CJ Williams
Lincoln University
Elise Wilson
John Brown University
Kate Seida
Purdue University
Monira Ortega
National Technical Institute for the Deaf
Toby Chiu
Georgia Institute of Technology
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
