Achievement

Because of the flexibility inherent to the NSMS IGERT program, Samantha Schwartz had the opportunity to sample a range of research topics before deciding on her thesis project. She completed a rotation with Darko Stefanovic from the Computer Science department together with Steven Graves from the Biomedical Engineering center in which she worked on developing biocompatible forms of computation. Samantha continues with the project via mentorship of an IMSD (Initiatives for Minority Students) undergraduate. Currently she works with Diane Lidke from the Pathology department and Keith Lidke from the Physics department investigating biophysics of immune cells and developing new tools for high resolution imaging. Samantha spent a week interning at the National Institutes of Health in the lab of Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz and recently spent time with the Carnegie Mellon University Chemistry department in the lab of Marcel Bruchez testing new fluorescent probes for cellular imaging.