Jessica Harrell

Coordinator, Bassett Scholars

Jessica Harrell is the Undergraduate Research Support (URS) Director. She is also an adjunct faculty in the Biology department and has co-directed the summer BSURF program. She is a first-generation student and completed her Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry at Louisiana State University and her PhD in Cell and Developmental Biology from UNC-Chapel Hill. A native of Louisiana, you can often find Dr. Harrell rooting for her beloved Tigers, arranging crawfish boils, and enthusiastically preparing for Mardi Gras (no matter the time of year).