Meet the RiO REU Students

Eight undergraduates from around the U.S. have joined OSC for the summer as part of the brand-new Research in Optics REU program.

Please welcome:

• Kaleb Campbell, from Miami University
• Amorette Dudegon, from Pima Community College
• Kyle Gag, from the College of St. Benedict and St. John's University
• Naveed Jafari, from the University of New Mexico
• Tiara Kaye, from the University of Southern California
• Yitbarek Kazentet, from Georgia Perimeter College
• Isabella Pagano, from Carnegie Mellon University
• Eric Reichel, from Whitworth University

Guiding them this summer are a number of faculty and graduate student mentors, as well as staffers R. John Koshel and Melissa Sarmiento Ayala, assisted by Stephanie Celaya-Serventi and Ashley Valdez.

The RiO students will present their work on Aug. 10 in the SUMC Ballroom – we'll share more about their experiences then!