Notre Dame Junior Lucy Freitag was selected to participate in the Students and Teachers as Research Scientists (STARS) program at UMSL. STARS is an summer science program that provides high school students with the opportunity to work side by side with professional scientists to gain hands-on experience in research.
Lucy will be working with SLU Chemistry professor, Dr. Dana Baum, for 6 weeks. She received a scholarship from UMSL to participate in this program. At the end of the program, students present the findings of their research at the Touhill Center on the UMSL campus.
The STARS Program offers academically-talented students who are entering their junior or senior year of high school and their teachers a rare opportunity to work within a laboratory research setting with top scientists at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, Saint Louis University, St. Louis College of Pharmacy, Solae, Washington University in St. Louis, and the host institution, the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
Participants will join a community of investigators working under the supervision of practicing research scientists. More than 60 scientists who work in fields such as biology, chemistry, computer science, earth science, engineering, environmental science, mathematics, medicine, physics, and psychology will share their experiences as they and their research team direct students and teachers in research projects.
Activities include a research paper (presented at the end of the program), lectures by nationally-known scientists, career confabs, communications, and social activities.
The program is sponsored by LMI Aeorspace, Inc,/D3 Technologies, Solae LLC, Green Foundation, Monsanto, Co, and the Academy of Science of St. Louis in partnership with the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, Saint Louis University, Solae LLC, Washington University in St. Louis, and the University of MO—St. Louis.