Congratulations to Alen Poehlman (2025) for receiving the UW Chemistry ScholarshipÂ
Congrats to 2025 Cohort members Shivani Kottantharayil and Xagros Faraji for being named a Goldwater Scholar https://www.washington.edu/uaa/2025/04/21/four-uw-undergraduates-named-2025-goldwater-scholars/Â Â
https://uged.ucsb.edu/national-scholarships (Xagros)Â
Congrats to 2024 Amgen Scholar Gabriel Jones-Thomsom for receiving the NSF Graduate Research FellowshipÂ
Emily Friedman (2024) was showcased by her home institution, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, after she and three other student presented at the 2025 American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) Conference. https://inside.smcm.edu/news/2025/08/professor-mertz-and-students-present-research-national-biochemistry-and-molecularÂ
Congratulations to 2025 Fulbright Scholar and 2022 cohort Amgen Scholar Sahana Shah  Â
Jessica Kahng (2019 cohort) just finished her PhD at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories (CSHL). She was recently interviewed by the Diversity Initiative for the Advancement of STEM at CSHL, a trainee led affinity group. In the interview she shares her journey and her excitement about glia! https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/trainee-tech-first-thursdays-dias-cshl-tqk9c/?trackingId=%2F4u2uaYtnXsg%2FCCSWSU7NA%3D%3D Â
 Congratulations to Will Benman (cohort 2017) for winning the Solomon Pollack Award for Graduate Bioengineering Research at the University of Pennsylvania. Will is now a postdoctoral fellow in the Shapiro lab at Caltech. https://beblog.seas.upenn.edu/2024-solomon-r-pollack-awards-for-excellence-in-graduate-bioengineering-research/ Â
Check out Professor Ni Feng’s (2007 cohort) web site for her lab at Wesleyan University. She just published her first papers and had many undergraduates work on the projects. https://www.feng-lab.org/ Â
Jamie Cyr MD/PhD (cohort 2015) first finished her PhD at the University of Cambridge as a Rhodes Scholar, then finished her MD at the University of Vermont. As a medical student she received the prestigious Cardiovascular Research Institute early career advisory committee award to fund her 2025 research project on Dopamine Conjugated Alginate Patches as a Cardiovascular Sealant. Jamie is currently a resident in Internal Medicine at Duke University.Â
Congratulations to V. Sara Thoi (2007 cohort) for being promoted to Associate Professor of Chemistry at Johns Hopkins University.  https://chemistry.jhu.edu/directory/v-sara-thoi/ Â
