Involvement
September 2022 Graduate panel on insect research for Insect Apocalypse course
August 2022 Volunteer for Biology department new GIA training
August 2022 Planning and hosting the first Biology New Graduate Student Orientation
November 2021 Manuscript review for Apidologie Journal
November 2021 Volunteer of UNCG’s Peabody Park Ivy Pull restoration
September 2021 Diversity and Biases Canvas modules/training
August 2021 – Dec. 2021 Plant and/or Pollinator Biology Faculty Search Committee
Sept. 2021 – May 2022 Student Affairs Student Advisory Board
August 2021 – May 2022 Disability Visibility Committee, GSA, UNCG
December 2020 Invited doctoral hooding ceremony speech, GSA, UNCG
November 2020 Holiday graduate food insecurity distribution, GSA, UNCG
Sept. 2020 – April 2022 Created/hosted Grab Grub with GSA, Local POC-owned restaurant and student food
insecurity effort
Sept. 2020 – April 2022 Created and hosted Come Talk with GSA, a safe networking space for graduate
students
Sept. 2020 - Dec. 2020 PPE gear distribution for graduate students, GSA, UNCG
August 2020 - April 2021 Student Leader Roundtable with the Chancellor, UNCG
August 2020 Lead Academy, student leadership training, UNCG
August 2020 - April 2021 Graduate Council and Policies Committee, UNCG
August 2020 USDA-AFRI-EDW Predoctoral Fellowship Application
July 2020 Manuscript review for Annals of the Ento. Soc. of America
June 2020 - Present Fall Community Health and Standards Committee, UNCG
April 2020 - August 2020 COVID-19 food insecurity assistance distributor, GSA, UNCG
April 2020 Undergraduate Research Expo judge, UNCG
April 2020 - Present Vice President of UNCG’s Graduate Student Association
February 2020 - Present Vice President of UNCG’s Beekeepers Club
November 2019 Volunteer of UNCG’s Peabody Park Ivy Pull restoration
October 2019 - Present Greensboro Science Pub coordinator
October 2019 - Present UNCG’s Science Policy (Spartan SciPol) participant
September 2019 - Present The Box Turtle Connection Project Leader, UNCG
September 2019 - Present Graduate Student Association Program Committee, UNCG
August 2019 - Present IMPACTS program, UNC’s Morehead Planetarium & Science Center
July 2019 Assisted in USDA grant submission to fund my dissertation
June 2019 - June 2020 Graduate Student Association biology senator, UNCG
June 2019 Manuscript review for Apidologie Journal
March 2019 Prospective biology undergraduate tour guide for UNCG
February 2019 Proctor for North Carolina Science Olympiad (NCSO)
August 2018 – Present Member of UNCG Graduate Student Association
June 2018 – Present Member of North Carolina Beekeepers Association
May 2017 – May 2018 Member of Insect Cryobiology and Ecophysiology (ICE) at USDA-ARS Fargo and NDSU
May 2017 – August 2017 Member of Pollination Nation at NDSU
August 2022 Volunteer for Biology department new GIA training
August 2022 Planning and hosting the first Biology New Graduate Student Orientation
November 2021 Manuscript review for Apidologie Journal
November 2021 Volunteer of UNCG’s Peabody Park Ivy Pull restoration
September 2021 Diversity and Biases Canvas modules/training
August 2021 – Dec. 2021 Plant and/or Pollinator Biology Faculty Search Committee
Sept. 2021 – May 2022 Student Affairs Student Advisory Board
August 2021 – May 2022 Disability Visibility Committee, GSA, UNCG
December 2020 Invited doctoral hooding ceremony speech, GSA, UNCG
November 2020 Holiday graduate food insecurity distribution, GSA, UNCG
Sept. 2020 – April 2022 Created/hosted Grab Grub with GSA, Local POC-owned restaurant and student food
insecurity effort
Sept. 2020 – April 2022 Created and hosted Come Talk with GSA, a safe networking space for graduate
students
Sept. 2020 - Dec. 2020 PPE gear distribution for graduate students, GSA, UNCG
August 2020 - April 2021 Student Leader Roundtable with the Chancellor, UNCG
August 2020 Lead Academy, student leadership training, UNCG
August 2020 - April 2021 Graduate Council and Policies Committee, UNCG
August 2020 USDA-AFRI-EDW Predoctoral Fellowship Application
July 2020 Manuscript review for Annals of the Ento. Soc. of America
June 2020 - Present Fall Community Health and Standards Committee, UNCG
April 2020 - August 2020 COVID-19 food insecurity assistance distributor, GSA, UNCG
April 2020 Undergraduate Research Expo judge, UNCG
April 2020 - Present Vice President of UNCG’s Graduate Student Association
February 2020 - Present Vice President of UNCG’s Beekeepers Club
November 2019 Volunteer of UNCG’s Peabody Park Ivy Pull restoration
October 2019 - Present Greensboro Science Pub coordinator
October 2019 - Present UNCG’s Science Policy (Spartan SciPol) participant
September 2019 - Present The Box Turtle Connection Project Leader, UNCG
September 2019 - Present Graduate Student Association Program Committee, UNCG
August 2019 - Present IMPACTS program, UNC’s Morehead Planetarium & Science Center
July 2019 Assisted in USDA grant submission to fund my dissertation
June 2019 - June 2020 Graduate Student Association biology senator, UNCG
June 2019 Manuscript review for Apidologie Journal
March 2019 Prospective biology undergraduate tour guide for UNCG
February 2019 Proctor for North Carolina Science Olympiad (NCSO)
August 2018 – Present Member of UNCG Graduate Student Association
June 2018 – Present Member of North Carolina Beekeepers Association
May 2017 – May 2018 Member of Insect Cryobiology and Ecophysiology (ICE) at USDA-ARS Fargo and NDSU
May 2017 – August 2017 Member of Pollination Nation at NDSU
Instructed courses
Fall 2018 - Fall 2020
BIO 111L - Principles of Biology I Laboratory
The lab complements the lecture which covers the fundamental principles of biology. Topics including the molecular and cellular basis of life, genetics and biotechnology.
Note: In 2021 Lexi received a USDA Predoctoral Fellowship that now pays her as a research assistant for 3 years (the remainder of her PhD).
The lab complements the lecture which covers the fundamental principles of biology. Topics including the molecular and cellular basis of life, genetics and biotechnology.
Note: In 2021 Lexi received a USDA Predoctoral Fellowship that now pays her as a research assistant for 3 years (the remainder of her PhD).
Mentor Experience
Fall 2020 - Present Patrick Gallagher, UNCG
Spring 2020 Jaziah Rispress, UNCG
Fall 2019 Taylor Monk, UNCG
Kayla Williams, UNCG
Summer 2019 Carrie Stott, UNCG
Katherine Longstreet, UNCG
Nicolas Bursche, UNCG
Spring 2019 Drew Greenstein, UNCG
Gretel Leon, UNCG
Fall 2018 Heather Hopkins, UNCG
Shantell Chance, UNCG
Jalpa Desai, UNCG
Spring 2018 Claire Campion, NDSU
Spring 2020 Jaziah Rispress, UNCG
Fall 2019 Taylor Monk, UNCG
Kayla Williams, UNCG
Summer 2019 Carrie Stott, UNCG
Katherine Longstreet, UNCG
Nicolas Bursche, UNCG
Spring 2019 Drew Greenstein, UNCG
Gretel Leon, UNCG
Fall 2018 Heather Hopkins, UNCG
Shantell Chance, UNCG
Jalpa Desai, UNCG
Spring 2018 Claire Campion, NDSU