Written by Christina Nowicki, Ph.D. Jessica Ramirez, M.S., is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Integrative Biomedical Sciences at Rush University in ovarian cancer research. She is a current AWIS-CAC member […]
Dr. Molina is an Associate Professor in the Division of Community Health Sciences in the School of Public Health, an Associate Director for Community Engaged Research for the Mile Square
Written by Kajal Gupta and edited by Christina Nowicki. Check out the Spring 2023 Innovators and Motivators Podcast with Dr. Kajal Gupta! (scroll to the bottom of this page to
Written by Elodie Kadjo Barbara I. Adaikpoh is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Illinois Chicago. Her research focuses on developing a
by J. K. Wenderott It is clear while interviewing Dr. Amrita A. Iyer that communicating is one of her passions. She exudes excitement as she discusses her job as a
By: Nora Grasse Dr. Lisa Utschig balances being an award-winning chemist and a mom. She is the Lead Principal Investigator of Natural Photosynthesis at Argonne National Lab with the Solar
by J. K. Wenderott The first thing I notice about Dr. Esther Ngumbi when she joins our Zoom room for her interview are her earrings: vibrant sunflowers. “I bought them
By Evan Phillips Meet Dr. Toyya Pujol, an Operations Researcher at the RAND Corporation, a self-described health data scientist, and an ardent supporter of the mission of AWIS. This summer,
By Evan Phillips This month we are featuring Dr. Shivani Garg, a Senior Scientist at the local biotechnology company LanzaTech (www.lanzatech.com). Dr. Garg is a biochemist by training and a
By Evan Phillips Meet Barbara Di Eugenio, Professor of Computer Science. At the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), Dr. Di Eugenio leads the Natural Language Processing (NLP) lab engaged
