Training today’s graduate students in cutting edge science communication skills.
Emma Modrick is an oceanography graduate student studying the physics of the surface ocean using a combination of theory, simulations, and observations.. Her free time is consumed by desperate efforts to foil her cat's attempts at shredding all the paper in her home.
Sierra Gillman is a PhD candidate in the Quantitative Ecology Lab in the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences at the University of Washington. Her research applies quantitative models to improve long-term conservation efforts for marine birds and mammals throughout the Pacific Northwest.
Makenzie Patarino is a PhD student in neuroscience at UW working with Dr. Abbie Schindler at the VA Hospital Puget Sound. Her research aims to characterize the biological and behavioral effects of chronic alcohol use following blast trauma.
Kacey Rosenthal is a PhD candidate in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Washington. She studies an aggressive form of breast cancer so that doctors can understand better how to stop it from growing and spreading.
Sam Fernandes is a part-time biology grad student and a full-time cowgirl. She works in the Rasmussen lab at UW, studying how our biggest organ, the skin, protects us from the elements and lets us feel our world. Sam’s work focuses on how some organisms harness the awesome power of regeneration to give their skin cells unlimited Heath Power (HP). She hopes this work can help those experiencing nerve damage and restore their sense of touch.
Preetham Venkatesh is a Biochemistry graduate student at David Baker’s lab at the University of Washington. His research focuses on designing novel proteins that can interact with proteins in the human body.
