Nyibol Thareek is a scholar and a track and field athlete of junior standing studying Mathematics and minoring in Biology at Eastern Washington University (EWU). Her primary research interests through applied mathematics studies complex systems and dynamics arising in various biological phenomena. Through the EWU McNair Summer Research Internship, Nyibol plans to test the excitability of mitochondria and its ability to support a traveling wave along with her mentor, Associate Professor of Mathematics, Dr. Andrew Oster.