Abby Lehr
Biographical Information:
Abby is a fourth-year undergraduate from Raleigh, NC. She is working toward a B.S. in Chemistry as well as a B.S. in Biology. After undergrad, she hopes to pursue a Ph.D. in Chemical Biology. Since May of 2023, she has been involved in a collaborative research project between the Weeks and Laederach labs, characterizing the RNA structure of Alu elements, a family of retrotransposons that comprise 11% of the human genome, via chemical probing techniques.
Outside of the classroom and lab, Abby enjoys running, hiking, landscape photography, crocheting, and watching documentaries. She is training to run her first half marathon in November of 2024!