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![Students Anna Cardon and Felix Spaniol do a dive while gathering data in the waters off of Bonaire.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-05/LUMP%20Felix_Anna_Diving%20web.jpg?h=ab6e298f&itok=6qGwFV7E)
A music element was added this spring as 14 students and three faculty members spent two weeks in the Caribbean doing field research on marine life, the latest academic adventure in the Lawrence University Marine Program.
![Lawrence University senior Charlie Bunch works in a science lab.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-04/CharlieBunch_web.jpg?h=2c864278&itok=9c9blHr9)
Following graduation in June, Lawrence University biochemistry major Charlie Bunch is headed to International Space University in France to pursue a master’s program in space science and exploration.
![Joseph Carpenter poses for a photo in Steitz Hall of Science.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-04/Carpenter%20Joseph_Goldwater_1.jpg?h=7394e25c&itok=vRBjTCx4)
Joseph Carpenter, a Lawrence University junior studying mathematics and physics, is the recipient of a Goldwater Scholarship. He is the third Lawrentian to earn that honor in the past five years.
![Jodi Sedlock poses for a photo on Main Hall Green.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-04/On%20Main%20Hall%20Green%20Jodi%20Sedock.jpg?h=d7a3438e&itok=jjB4SAVp)
Jodi Sedlock, professor of biology at Lawrence University, has been listening to bats as she and students pursue research in sensory ecology in forests, caves, and biodiverse rice fields.
![Grace Weber poses for a portrait.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-03/GraceWeber_1.jpg?h=02f0ad61&itok=q9ilWUof)
Grace Weber, a physics major from Oshkosh, has used important microscopy research and a study abroad experience in Amsterdam to fuel her career plans for life after Lawrence. She is pursuing medical physics.
![Jeff Clark and Kat McClain look on as Sydney Closson works through the wiring of a spectrometer.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-02/Clark4.jpg?h=d4713b53&itok=kYXBMHP6)
Lawrence University geosciences professor Jeff Clark and two students are building handheld spectrometers for use in research and hands-on instruction. It's funded by a $10,000 grant from the Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium.
![Matthew Stoneking poses for a portrait in front of Youngchild Hall as the snow comes down.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-01/StonekingMHG_webAaron%20Lindeman.jpg?h=029634e9&itok=xlwMLO4A)
Lawrence University Professor of Physics Matthew Stoneking has spent much of the past decade splitting his professional time between the Lawrence campus in Appleton and a physics research institute in Munich, Germany, all in pursuit of a novel kind of plasma.
![Graham Sazama sits on a bench outside of Main Hall.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2023-10/SazamaMHG_2.jpg?h=02c0aa34&itok=WdmxPjXA)
Graham Sazama, affectionately known as Dr. Saz, brings enthusiasm and curiosity to his teaching in chemistry. He leads research at Lawrence that bridges the fields of organic materials and inorganic chemistry.
![Sydney Closson poses amid a collection of rocks in Youngchild Hall.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2023-07/ClossonSydney.jpg?h=ff0c8987&itok=DA_KchgH)
Lawrence University’s Sydney Closson is rocking her undergraduate studies with help from a NASA Wisconsin Space Grant Scholarship. It ties in with her interest in studying other planets.
![Amber Newman and Madeline Taylor stand in the greenhouse in Briggs Hall.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2023-03/Research%20geosciences%20duo.jpg?h=18afe9c8&itok=WMVy4VOF)
Lawrence seniors Amber Newman and Madeline Taylor took the research they did last summer with geosciences professor Relena Ribbons and presented at the recent American Geophysical Union (AGU) conference in Chicago.
![Brian Piasecki stands for a photo on the sidewalk leading to Main Hall.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2023-02/PiaseckiMHGNewVersion.jpg?h=8942ab2c&itok=GWe5Fqhz)
Brian Piasecki, associate professor of biology, believes in learning by doing. He takes that approach into the biology lab as he collaborates on research with Lawrence students.
![students working in groups in individual pods in the Science Learning Commons.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-12/YoungchildPhysics1_202111-2.jpg?h=9f0ef5b3&itok=Q4HDLRv_)
Lawrence University, in conjunction with two other universities, received a $600,000 National Science Foundation grant to help in efforts to elevate undergraduate physics education.
![Physics professor Matthew Stoneking poses for a photo with research equipment in his lab in Youngchild Hall.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-08/MattStoneking_202207%20%281%29.jpg?h=13cefaf9&itok=1oBwZwIR)
Physics professor Matthew Stoneking received a three-year, $431,200 grant from the National Science Foundation. He will expand his research on thermal equilibrium in non-neutral plasmas.
![Eleanor Meng and Reese Lavajo cruise Trout Lake in a small boat as do research.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-08/Trout%20Lake%20Meng%20Lavajo%202022%202crop%20%281%29.jpg?h=a628216d&itok=pX8geZIk)
A summer research project at Trout Lake in northern Wisconsin on migration patterns of the microscopic zooplankton species Daphnia brought together Lawrence students, faculty, and alumni.