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Freshman Research Initiative (FRI)

Our Team

Meet our team of faculty and staff.

FRI Leadership

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Kara Helmke Rogers

  • Assistant Professor of Practice
  • Director of Freshman Research Initiative
khrogers@austin.utexas.edu
PAI
2.34
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Lauren DePue

  • Assistant Professor of Practice
  • Assistant Director of Freshman Research
laurendepue@austin.utexas.edu
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Elizabeth Ilardi

  • Assistant Professor of Practice
  • Assistant Director of Freshman Research

Research Educator | Bioactive Molecules Stream

eilardi@utexas.edu
WEL
2.114
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Timothy Riedel

  • Director of UT Inventors Program
triedel@utexas.edu
PAI
2.10
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FRI Program Contacts

PROGRAM ComPonent

Admissions & Recruitment

Advanced & Summer Research

Assessment & Accreditation

Communications

Course Scheduling & Stream Sort

Corporate & Industry Relations

K-12 Outreach

K-12 Pipeline Initiative

Operations & Safety

Peer Mentors

Peer Observations

Summer High School Research Academy (HSRA)