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Photo: Roy L. Caldwell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e03c7c5b8e9a4125053ea19/1578591430723-8OOGWZTTVAF74NR4PSE7/ELAK-9333.jpg Projects Former mentee, Victoria Morgan, preparing samples of mantis shrimp exoskeleton for testing in a nanoindenter materials testing machine. Photo: Emily L. A. 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