Oct. 24, 2025
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Like many undergraduate students just beginning their research journeys, Nora Pryor was tasked with reading multiple research papers and articles in 2022 when she first began working with Heather Hennkens, an associate professor in the University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR) and the College of Arts and Science.

Just two years later, Pryor found her name – along with other collaborators – on a published research article.

“One of the first assignments Dr. Hennkens gave me was to read a ton of papers, and I remember poring over them and having to email her because I didn’t understand a lot of what I was reading,” said Pryor, a senior chemistry and romance languages (French) double major who is pursuing the Honors Certificate. “It’s really cool to look back at that growth. I’m just very blessed and am definitely grateful for the research experiences I’ve been able to have at Mizzou.”

This story originally appeared on Show Me Mizzou. 
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