https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiZGhHB2g2k Video of Alice Chamberlin before coming to UCLA.
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
 2024 Amgen Scholar Emily Grunert received the Rathmann Family Foundation Endowment for Chemistry and Biology 24-25. Congratulations Emily!Â
2024 Amgen Scholar, Gabriel Jones-Thomson has been awarded the 2024 Goldwater Scholarship. Way to go Gabe!Â
