Welcome to the
Limeri Lab
at Texas Tech University
Welcome to the
at Texas Tech University
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. We work to identify instructional strategies for building supportive and positive classroom climates to foster student resilience and success.
April 2025: All 7 undergraduate researchers in the lab presented posters at the annual TTU Undergraduate Research Conference!
Pictured left to right: Jess Tan (undergraduate researcher), Lisa Limeri (Lab PI), Cassandra O'Pry (undergraduate researcher), Luke McFather (undergraduate researcher), Nolan Sedillo (undergraduate researcher)
Luke McFather presenting his poster. He won the first place award for the Learning impact area!
Seymur Khalilov presenting his poster. He won the third place award for the Learning impact area!
Feb 2025: The Texas Tech Annual Biological Sciences Symposium (TTABSS) was a great success!
Mason Tedeschi (doctoral candidate) was the lead organizer and the symposium featured Dr. Melissa Aikens as a keynote speaker. Three undergraduates presented their work as poster presentations!
Undergraduate researchers William Hummeldorf (left) and Muna Oriaku (right) presented a poster at TTABSS!
Seymur Khalilov (right), undergraduate researcher, being presented the best undergraduate poster presentation award by Mason Tedeschi (left)!
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!
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!
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!