My Fulbright research aims to predict honey bee foraging patterns to help mitigate disease transmission both between honey bee colonies and to other foraging species.
Nova Meng graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2024 with a BSE in Bioengineering. She is passionate about developing accessible technologies in both healthcare and environmental contexts. At Penn, she conducted research in rehabilitation robotics, was the president of the Penn Beekeeping Club, and spent a summer in Germany studying honey bee disease propagation.
This experience inspired her current Fulbright research, where she investigates honey bee foraging patterns. She is conducting this work at the Australian National University under the mentorship of Dr. Sasha Mikheyev. Outside of research, Nova loves completing or attempting to complete random art projects.