Justin Ondry (2013 cohort) was highlighted as part of the Headwaters Science Institute Lunch with a Scientist series.
You can listen to Justin’s talk and find resources on electron microscopy in this article titled “Lunch With A Scientist: Viewing atoms with microscopes with Justin Ondry, PhD” on the Headwaters Science Institute website.
Irena Roy (2018 cohort – received 2020 NSF) celebrated on the QCBIO front page.
Irena Roy was featured on UCLA Institute for Quantitative and Computational Biosciences homepage to recognize her receiving the NSF Graduate Fellowship.
Maxine Nelson (2014 cohort) was a coauthor on an exciting new paper from the Gladstone Institutes on Alzheimer’s Research
Maxine Nelson (2014 cohort) was a coauthor on an exciting new paper from the Gladstone Institutes on Alzheimer’s Research. Read the paper, “Why Do Some Neurons Degenerate and Die in Alzheimer’s Disease, but Not Others?” linked here.
William Benman (2017 cohort – received 2020 NSF)
William Benman was featured in the Penn Bioengineering Blog for being a recipient of the 2020 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP).
Douglas Yao (2017) publishes paper in Nature Genetics
Douglas Yao (2017 cohort) is a current PhD student in Biomedical Informatics at Harvard University. He published an exciting paper in Nature Genetics in 2020 and you can visit HERE to have him explain it to you in his own words.
https://douglasyao.github.io/blogs/2021/03/22/General-overview-of-Yao-et-al-2020.html
Jonathan Kuo (2010) featured for joining Penn State Department of Chemistry as Faculty
Amgen Scholar alumni, Jonathan Kuo, is featured in the news at Penn State for joining the Department of Chemistry as an Assistant Professor starting August 2021.
Michael Erb (2012 cohort) receives Breakthrough Science Initiative Award from Ono Pharma Foundation
Michael Erb was feature in the Scripps Research website for being awarded the highly competitive Breakthrough Science Initiative Award from Ono Pharma Foundation.
Sara Thoi (2007 cohort) received NSF Career Award & Cohen Translational Engineering Fund
Dr. Thoi has been recognized with an NSF CAREER Award, a DOE Early Career Award, and named as a Scialog Fellow in Advanced Energy Storage. The Thoi research group will integrate elements of synthetic chemistry and materials science for applications in both homogenous and heterogeneous catalysis.
Dr. Sara Thoi has also received a grant for research through the Cohen translational engineering fund.
Amgen Scholar and current Professor at UCLA, Aaron Meyer (2007 cohort) was interviewed for CSBC Highlight
Dr. Aaron Meyer is interviews for the Cancer Systems Biology Consortium (CSBC) Highlight feature for recent cancer research advancement using systems approaches.
Luke Elissiry (2018) featured in UCLA Chem & Biochem News
Luke was featured in the UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry’s News article titled, “2020 Undergraduate Students Departmental Awards.” The article congratulates Luke for receiving the Susan Elizabeth Baumgarten Chemistry Endowed Student Award.
Luke Elissiry (2018) featured in UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry News Article
Luke Elissiry was featured in the UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry News article titled, “Chemistry & Biochemistry scholars receive awards at UC LEADS Symposium.” The article recognizes Luke for receiving top honors in Physical Sciences and Mathematics at the UC LEADS Symposium, as well as being awarded the Campus Leadership Award at UCLA.