SOAR Student Profiles

Dalton Lewis

Dalton Lewis

  • SOAR Position: Member; Treasurer (2022-23)
  • Major: Biology
  • Faculty Mentor(s): Dr. Mina Mohebbi & Dr. Cole Easson

Current Focus: Evaluation of Microplastic Contamination in Food Waste Composts and Anaerobic Digestates

Project Description

I am studying the effect of mircoplastics in food waste. I am also helping Dr. Cole Easson with undergraduate research.

Why does this topic interest you?

I would like to help keep this planet clean and show the effects of our actions to the earth.

What are your professional aspirations?

To become a wildlife officer for the state of Tennessee then move