The Swenson Summer Research Fellowship has provided me with the opportunity to not only expand my organic chemistry knowledge, but to also delve into the world of scientific discovery and grow as a student, researcher, and a person.
I’m the music production department assistant, as well as the person who was in charge of Cal LuPalooza last year, so I’m taking a leadership role again this year to help the event be even bigger than last year.
I’m in my first years of PhD studies in Biochemistry at The Scripps Research Institute. I’m studying the microbiome, which is just a fancy word to describe the bacteria that live in a person’s gut.