Aaron Silvus, MS (Medical Physics PhD Program Student)
Tell me about your background. I was born in Atlanta but moved to Lee’s Summit, a suburb of Kansas City, MO, at a fairly young age, so I’d say I am from KC. I started my bachelor’s degree at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in mechanical engineering but switched to physics in my second year. After […]
Lauren Pedersen, PhD (Postdoctoral Research Associate – Bergom Lab)
Tell me about your background. In 2012, I received my Bachelors of Science in Kinesiology and Sports Medicine from the University of Virginia. After working as a physical therapy technician for two years, I decided to go back to school and complete a Masters of Science in Health and Movement Sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University […]
Paul Jones (PhD Student – Molecular Cell Biology, Chaudhuri Lab)
Tell me about your background. I grew up in fairly rural central Illinois, went to the local schools and was always interested in understanding science and medicine. I completed my undergraduate degree in neuroscience at Lake Forest College where I got my first experience with research through multiple summer research programs culminating in my Senior […]
Marlene Campos Guerrero (Graduate Student, Markovina Lab)
Tell me about your background. I am a first generation Latina raised in Kansas City, MO. I earned my Associates Degree concurrently when I graduated high school in 2016 and earned my B.S in Microbiology from Kansas State University in 2019. During my undergraduate journey, I was a part of the Developing Scholars Program, a […]
Summer Ye (Graduate Student, Chen Lab)
Tell me about your background. I am from Yanan, a small town in north central China. I earned my Bachelor of Engineering in Energy, Power Systems and Automation from Xi’an Jiao Tong University in 2013. I have also studied as an exchange student in both National Tsinghua University and in University of Connecticut as an […]
Pilar de la Puente, PhD (Staff Scientist, Azab Lab)
Tell me about your background. I was born and raised in a small town in Northern Spain called Leon by the Cantabrian Mountains. I went to University of Leon for my Bachelor’s in Biology and Master’s in Animal Medicine and Surgery with a focus on Biomedical Engineering (BME). During my PhD, I received a fellowship […]
John Floberg, MD, PhD (Clinical Resident, Schwarz Lab)
Tell me about your background. I’m from Minneapolis, Minnesota. I went to Carleton College in Northfield, MN for my undergraduate, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison for graduate school and medical school. What led you to study at Washington University? Wash U is a world class research and clinical institution with a strong history in imaging […]
Philipp J. Diebolder, PhD (Postdoctoral Research Associate, Rogers Lab)
Tell me about your background. I was born and raised in a small town in Southern Germany next to the Swabian Alpes located between the state capitals, Stuttgart and Munich, both well-known for their automobile industries and the largest beer festivals in the world. Focusing early on Antibody Engineering, I studied Technical Biology at the […]
Nathan Wong (Graduate Student, Wang Lab)
Tell me about your background. I was born in Chicago and grew up in Scottsdale, a suburb of Phoenix, AZ. I went to Arizona State University in Tempe (another Phoenix suburb) for my Bachelor’s and Master’s in Biomedical Engineering (BME). After that, I came here to Washington University to pursue my PhD in BME. What […]
Micah Luderer (Graduate Student, Azab Lab)
Tell me about your background. I grew up in Portage, Michigan, which is the southwest portion of the state. I attended Michigan State University for 5 years, where I completed a combined BS/MS program in Chemistry. Following completion of my studies, I moved to St. Louis in 2011 where I had the wonderful opportunity to […]
Vaishali Kapoor, PhD (Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Hallahan Lab)
Tell me about your background. I am from India. I did my Masters in Biotechnology and PhD in Cancer Biology from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India. During my PhD, I received a fellowship to perform research as an Exchange visitor at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany. […]
Barbara Muz, PhD (Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Azab Lab)
Barbara Muz, PhD presenting at the 2017 AACR Annual Meeting in Washington, DC (photo courtesy of Hong Chen, PhD) What is your background? I am from Poland. I received my MSc in Biotechnology at Warsaw University of Life Sciences (Poland), and I completed my PhD at Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine in London […]