<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-1700f484-7fff-e91e-49f2-05ae5dd3f519"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lavanya Uppala is an University Innovation Fellow and an undergraduate student studying Bioinformatics and Biology at the [[File:Resized Scott Scholar Image.JPG|thumb|Resized Scott Scholar Image.JPG]]University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO), with a minor in Computer Science. Lavanya grew up in Nebraska, where she has also lived most of her life. Growing up around family members working in the natural sciences, she also discovered her love for the subject. Combining this with her newfound discovery of computer science, Lavanya reached the juncture of bioinformatics. After joining a community at UNO that would help her to pursue a degree in this, Lavanya was exposed to the UIF program, . Through this program she hopes to foster change and innovation at a fundamental levelat her university.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-1700f484-7fff-e91e-49f2-05ae5dd3f519"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At UNO, Lavanya is a second year representative for the Honors Student Association and a member of the Walter Scott Jr. Scholarship program. Additionally she volunteers with the Open Door Mission, a gospel rescue shelter, and works as an undergraduate researcher.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"></p>
== Related Links ==
<span style="font-size:small">[[University_of_Nebraska_OmahaUniversity of Nebraska Omaha|University of Nebraska Omaha]]</span>
<span style="font-size:small">[[University_of_Nebraska_Omaha_Student_PrioritiesUniversity of Nebraska Omaha Student Priorities|University of Nebraska Omaha Student Priorities]]</span>
<span style="font-size: small">2019 UNO Innovation Fellows</span>
<span style="font-size: small">[[Cade_WolcottCade Wolcott|Cade Wolcott]]</span>
<span style="font-size: small">[[Nate_JohnsonNate Johnson|Nate Johnson]]</span>
[[Elizabeth_HaagElizabeth Haag|<span style="font-size: small;">Elizabeth Haag</span>]]
[[Lavanya_Uppala|'''<span style="font-size: small;">Lavanya Uppala</span>]]'''
<span style="font-size: small">2018 UNO Innovation Fellows</span>
<span style="font-size: small">[[Parker_JensenParker Jensen|Parker Jensen]]</span>
<span style="font-size: small">[[Nico_LindellNico Lindell|Nico Lindell]]</span>
[[Category:Student Contributors|Student_Contributors]]