Archives: Spotlights
Student Spotlight: Byron Rusnak

November 7, 2022 Byron Rusnak is a doctoral student in plant biology from Villa Park, Illinois. He earned a B.S. in plant science from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities…
Student Spotlight: Beatrys Rodrigues

November 7, 2022 Beatrys Rodrigues is a doctoral student in communication from São Paulo, Brazil. She earned her B.A. in social communications with an emphasis in advertising and a graduate…
Student Spotlight: Olivia Paschall

November 7, 2022 Olivia Paschall is a doctoral student in geological sciences from Hickory, North Carolina. She earned her B.S. in geology from Appalachian State University and now studies a…
Student Spotlight: Ambika Pachaury

November 7, 2022 Ambika Pachaury is a third-year doctoral student in biomedical engineering from Noida, India. She earned her B.S. in biomedical engineering at Boston University and now studies the…
Student Spotlight: Maralmaa Munkh-Achit

October 17, 2022 Maralmaa Munkh-Achit is a master’s student in public administration with a concentration in international development from Erdenet, Mongolia. She attended Brigham Young University as an undergraduate and…
Student Spotlight: Taylor Ferebee

October 10, 2022 Taylor Ferebee is a doctoral candidate in computational biology from Hampton, Virginia. She attended Roanoke College for her bachelor’s and Clemson University for her master’s and now…
Postdoc Spotlight: Anand Kumar Mishra

October 3, 2022 Anand Kumar Mishra is a postdoc in mechanical and aerospace engineering from Dishini, a small village in northern India. He holds degrees from Italian Institute of Technology,…
Student Spotlight: Sara Miller

September 26, 2022 — Updated March 28, 2025 Sara Miller is a doctoral student in geological sciences from San Diego, California. She attended the Georgia Institute of Technology as an undergraduate…
Postdoc Spotlight: Melanie Smee

September 19, 2022 Melanie Smee is a postdoc in microbiology from Portsmouth, United Kingdom. She holds a Ph.D. from Exeter University in the U.K., and her research at Cornell focuses…
Postdoc Spotlight: Elizabeth Riley

September 19, 2022 Elizabeth Riley is a postdoc in neuroscience in the department of psychology within the College of Human Ecology from Ithaca, New York. She holds a Ph.D. from…