作者：辛西娅·休伯特

2022年4月29日

最近博彩平台的三位毕业生因其正在进行的生物科学研究而获得了著名的国家科学基金会奖学金。

美国国家科学基金会表示，每位学生将在三年内获得3.4万美元的年度津贴，以及1.2万美元的学杂费，用于他们继续研究的机构。

The foundation’s Graduate 研究 Fellowship (GRF) program supports outstanding graduate students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are conducting research while pursuing master’s and doctoral degrees.

囊状态’s honorees are Biology graduates 卡拉坎波斯, mentored by Professor Clint Collins; 阿利亚·佩恩，由金伯利·穆里根教授指导； 以及由凯利·麦克唐纳教授指导的埃里克·彭尼诺。

The GRF program is “extremely competitive,” said Lisa Hammersley, dean of the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. “Our students were competing with students who already are in graduate research programs at major research universities.”

Pennino is conducting his graduate research at 囊状态, where he is pursuing a master’s degree after earning his bachelor’s last year. 宾夕法尼亚大学将进入约翰霍普金斯大学攻读博士学位。 Campos is enrolled in UC Davis’s Postbaccalaureate 研究 Education Program.

In McDonald’s lab, Pennino has researched topics related to equity and STEM education, including examining the experiences of students and faculty during the COVID-19 pandemic. For his master’s work, he will focus on effects of the SIRIUS II project, which provides hands-on learning experiences to STEM students.

哈默斯利说，Pennino是第一位获得国家科学基金会奖学金的学生，他将在Sac州立大学进行研究。

“I very much hope to see more follow him in the future,” she said.

佩恩是2021年秋季学期萨克州立大学的毕业生，她在与穆里根的合作中研究了神经发育障碍的细胞和分子基础。

她的研究获得了多个奖项，包括在西海岸生物科学本科生研究会议上的海报展示第一名，以及在一年一度的科罗拉多州立大学研究竞赛中获得第一名。

今年秋天，宾夕法尼亚大学将开始在巴尔的摩的约翰霍普金斯大学攻读博士学位。

坎波斯去年也获得了本科学位，目前正在加州大学戴维斯分校进行研究。 In the fall, she will enter the University of Oregon’s Ph.D. program.

在萨克州立大学柯林斯的领导下，她研究了加州短吻鳄蜥蜴尾巴再生的功能解剖学。 她还参加了各种校园和社区项目，包括担任同伴辅助学习促进者和小学生导师。

Both Penn and Campos participated in 囊状态’s 研究 Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE) program under Professor Semarhy Quinones. RISE培养来自弱势群体的本科生，他们希望从事生物医学研究。

哈默斯利说，年轻科学家的前途是光明的。

“For three undergraduate students from 萨克拉门托 State to receive awards in the same year is a major accomplishment, and I am extremely proud of them and their faculty members,” she said.