We had three stellar undergraduates finish their degrees this May: Ines Huret, Vashee Shenthan, and Natalie Meyer. Ines and Natalie both completed theses and Ines won an award in Natural History from the IB department. Peter Zhiyang Chen also walked this semester, although he will finish in Fall 2024. He was awarded the Franklin Henry Award, which celebrates achievement in physiology, cognition, and biodynamics. Ines will start a two-year lab technician position in the Pellman Lab at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in June 2024. Natalie will be a research assistant at the Stoller Lab at UCSF during summer 2024, and then a research assistant at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus starting fall 2024. Vashee is planning to pursue a degree in medicine and is currently (May 2024) waiting to hear which medical school he will attend. Peter is taking a few more classes this fall while he applies to graduate school and looks for lab technician jobs for 2025.

Ines Huret

Natalie Meyer

Vashee Shenthan

Peter Zhiyang Chen

We also have bittersweet news that Nikki Lemus, who has been working as a part-time technician in the lab since 2021, will be moving on to greener pastures. To be specific, they were awarded an NSF GRFP and will start graduate school at the University of Kansas in fall 2024! Go Nikki!

Nikki Lemus