Summer Internship Experience

This summer I had the opportunity to do an internship with PowerPollen in Ames, Iowa. PowerPollens’s main focus is collecting, preserving and applying pollen on demand in seed corn production fields. They have engineered technologies that improve seed production which enables more effective cross-pollination. A few of my tasks as a biology intern were assisting with field experiments, doing laboratory tests to determine pollen viability, and participating in large scale collection and application of corn pollen. It was definitely a rewarding experience as I got to meet many new people, establish friendships, experience agriculture in a different state and participate in research and development of a new technology in agriculture.