Meet Alexius Dingle, a 2nd year Ph.D. student in Genetics at Texas A&M University, and the January featured Science Sista of the Month! Alexius is a first-generation college student. She earned her B.S. in Agricultural Science with a concentration in Biotechnology from Tennessee State University. She currently works in Dr. Zachary Adelman’s lab, where she conducts research focused on developing genetic engineering methods that can be employed as a means of controlling disease transmission via the mosquito vector, Aedes aegypti. Besides her academic responsibilities, Alexius is involved in the Black Graduate Students’ Association, Genetics Graduate Student Association, and her sorority, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.
