Welcome to the
Limeri Lab
at the University of Rhode Island
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In the Limeri Lab, we study undergraduate biology education.
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. We work to identify instructional strategies for building supportive and positive classroom climates to foster student resilience and success.
Lab Updates
Lab Updates
May 2026: The lab is leaving Texas Tech University and moving to the University of Rhode Island
May 2026: The lab is leaving Texas Tech University and moving to the University of Rhode Island
With deeply mixed feelings, the Limeri lab is leaving Texas Tech University. I, PI Limeri, have loved my position, colleagues, and students at TTU for five years. I am heartbroken that Chancellor Creighton and the Board of Regents has implemented illegal, politically motivated censorship of my teaching and research. The censorship has made it impossible for me to responsibly do my job educating students and conducting high-quality, ethical research at TTU. I simply cannot ask graduate students to join or even stay with me in a place where their first amendment rights are violated and their education is limited, ideological, and censored.
At the same time, I am so excited and grateful to have the opportunity to join the dedicated community at the University of Rhode Island as an Assistant Professor this fall. I am humbled by the top-tier researchers who are welcoming me as their newest colleague and I am excited for the opportunity to serve the URI student population. I look forward to joining a supportive community of people dedicated to complete and honest education and rigorous research in all fields of study. I am excited to start this new chapter of my career 🤩
April 2026: Incoming doctoral student Nolan Sedillo was awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship from the NSF!
April 2026: Incoming doctoral student Nolan Sedillo was awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship from the NSF!
Nolan will pursue research related to how Learning Assistants benefit from the role. He joins good company with current doctoral students Mason Tedeschi and Noah Courtney also being GRFP Fellows. Congratulations, Nolan!
March 2026: Noah Courtney and Mason Tedeschi tied for the best presentation award in the education category at TTABSS 2026! Congratulations!
April 2025: All 7 undergraduate researchers in the lab presented posters at the annual TTU Undergraduate Research Conference!
April 2025: Doctoral student Noah Courtney was awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship from the NSF!
April 2025: Doctoral student Noah Courtney was awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship from the NSF!
Noah will pursue research examining effective community college education. Congratulations Noah!
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)!
Feb 2024: Our lab had an amazing showing at the 2024 Texas Tech Annual Biological Sciences Symposium!
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!
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!
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).
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!
April 2023: Doctoral student Mason Tedeschi was awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship from the NSF!
April 2023: Doctoral student Mason Tedeschi was awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship from the NSF!
He will pursue research examining the experiences of neurodivergent STEM students. Congratulations Mason!
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