Renallen Neckles
rn38@rice.edu

M.S. Student

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Rice University

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Education:

BS, Environmental Engineering, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Positions Held:

NSF BioSMART REU Intern, Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology Lab,
New Jersey Institute of Technology

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Environmental Chemistry Lab, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Writing Tutor, Kathleen Jones White Writing Center, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
NSF GRFP Fellow

Research Interests:

Understanding microbial communities (communication, structure, processes, gene transfer mechanisms), Environmental microbiome engineering, Metabolic engineering, Bioremediation, Resource recovery, Bioprocessing/Biomanufacturing

Other Interests:

Activities: Soccer, cooking, free driving, board games, road trips, STEM outreach, Christian service and outreach, reading (or listening - Audible), retreats, basking in the presence of Jesus (quiet times, Bible studies, prayer, worship, Koinonia, meditations)
Literature: Science journalism, popular science, science (non-fiction and non-textbook), history, Christian literature, philosophy.
Other fields of interest: Organic chemistry, biological chemistry, bio-organic chemistry, bio-inorganic chemistry.