Welcome to the
Limeri Lab
at Texas Tech University
In the Limeri Lab, we study undergraduate biology education.
We are Discipline-based Biology Education Researchers. This interdisciplinary field draws on lessons from social psychology, educational psychology, and STEM education fields to study and improve undergraduate biology education. We focus on students' and instructors' beliefs about abilities, how we measure these beliefs, and how they impact well-being, persistence, and success in science.
Lab Updates
Feb 2024: Our lab had an amazing showing at the 2024 Texas Tech Annual Biological Sciences Symposium!
Graduate students Anastasia Chouvalova and Mason Tedeschi (left) successfully organized the conference as part of their leadership roles in the Texas Tech University Association of Biologists. The conference was a huge success thanks to their hard work!
Undergraduate researchers Zianna Casas and Luke McFather won the best undergraduate poster presentation in the general biology category! Congratulations!
Undergraduate researcher Rose Marie Tijerina won the best undergraduate poster presentation overall! Congratulations!
Oct 2023: PI Lisa Limeri had the honor of being invited to visit Carol Dweck's lab at Stanford and share her research progress with the founder of mindset herself!
April 2023: Many lab members presented at the Undergraduate Research Conference 2023 at Texas Tech University!
Pictured front row, left to right: Ga Yeon (Karen) Kim, Jessica Tan, Imani Obasi, PI Dr. Lisa Limeri, Anastasia Chouvalova, Isabel Billings. Back row, left to right: Stephanie (Stevie) Grimes, Sarah Ronda, Maverick Campbell, Aastha Mehta, Chance Pavlock
We swept up three presentation awards! Undergraduate researchers Karen Kim and Aastha Mehta won 2nd place for the education impact category; Isabel Billings won 3rd place among all TrUE Toreador symposium presentations; and Redmon Warmsley won 4th place among all TrUE Toreador symposium presentations. We are so proud of our researchers!
Apr 2023: Our lab had a successful showing at the 2023 Texas Tech Annual Biological Sciences Symposium (TTABBS).
Pictured left to right: Anastasia Chouvalova (doctoral student), Dr. Rosario Marroquín-Flores (postdoc), Dr. Lisa Limeri (PI), Dr. Anisha Navlekar (postdoc), Mason Tedeschi (doctoral student)
Undergraduate researchers Isabel Billings, Aastha Mehta, and Abby Caraway won the award for the best undergraduate poster presentation! Congratulations!