Bethanie Statler Greetings! My name is Bethanie Statler and I am a PhD candidate in molecular biology at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). The department of biological sciences at UIC includes a variety of fields including neuroscience, cellular & developmental biology, and ecology & evolution. The research we conduct can range from [...]
Ana Beiriger and Halley Aelion For this month’s career spotlight, we chatted with Dr. Celeste Mallama, who is currently an epidemiology fellow at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Scientists working in the field of epidemiology want to understand how diseases are distributed within defined populations, what causes them and affects the rates at [...]
Halley Aelion Hope Jahren, a scientist out of the University of Oslo in Norway, has dedicated her research to understanding how living and fossil organisms are linked to the global environment. In practice, this can mean many different things. For example, though Jahren’s background is in soil science, her studies range from observing how [...]
Alanna Condren Hello! My name is Alanna Condren and I am earning my PhD in Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy at UIC focuses on improving drug design and discovering natural drug products. In this collaborative environment we identify, extract, and analyze compounds from [...]
Jonathan A. Gustafson Typically, when I am asked by young students what a scientist does, I am quick to discuss all sorts of research careers that encompass basic science. They could become a chemist, a biologist, or a biomedical researcher, like myself. However, an individual does not need to conduct research in a traditional laboratory [...]
