Goldwater Scholar looks at genetic mutations to learn more about hearing loss Published: April 28, 2021 Author: Staff reports Rich-Joseph Facun/Ohio University 2021 Goldwater Scholar Nicole Hess works in the lab.
When Nicole Hess was a freshman at Ohio University, she was looking for a research project that was more human-focused. After discussing with her advisor, Dr. Soichi Tanda, he invited her to join his lab to conduct research on hearing loss.
Hess, a Honors Tutorial College junior majoring in biological sciences from Powell, Ohio, was excited to learn more and got to work right away in Tanda’s lab. Hess was recently awarded the Goldwater Scholarship for her research work.