Spotlights

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David Matteson ( 2011 )

Multivariate statistics involves the observation and analysis of many types of data at the same time, and how they relate to each other—a field that has fascinated David Matteson since he was young... Read more

Julius Lucks ( 2011 )

Custom-designing an organism to fit a researcher’s specifications sound like science fiction, but it’s something that Julius Lucks is working to make a reality. This self-professed scientist by... Read more

Andreea Minca ( 2011 )

Andreea Minca is interested in risks and how they affect financial markets, a topic that is particularly timely given recent upheavals in the global economy. Using mathematical modeling, Minca... Read more

Marten Wegkamp ( 2011 )

Classic statistical analyses rely on large sample sizes of relatively simple data. However, in the world of biology, researchers are often faced with the reverse—small sample sizes of very complex... Read more

Gregory Fuchs ( 2011 )

Greg Fuchs studies physics at the single-atom scale, experimenting with control over their individual quantum states. While the work is based in fundamental physics, the findings have real-world... Read more

Tanzeem Choudhury ( 2011 )

Tanzeem Choudhury likes to study humans. Throughout her career, she has used technology to study people’s behavior, psychology, and health—creating innovations that promise to enhance our daily lives... Read more

Jan Lammerding ( 2011 )

Jan Lammerding is busy redefining how we think of living cells. While traditional biology focuses on biochemical reactions as the main forces controlling cellular behavior, Lammerding looks at its... Read more

Kenneth Lyons Jr.

As a rising second-year student in the Material Science and Engineering (MSE) Ph. D. program at Cornell, Kenneth Lyons Jr. is researching the self-assembly of photonic structures from colloidal... Read more

  • Hometown: Oakland, Calif.
  • MSE

Aldo Garcia

Aldo Garcia transferred to Cornell from Canada College in San Francisco, with a Jack Kent Cooke Foundation scholarship. Read more

  • Hometown: Mexico City, Mexico
  • ECE

Chanel Casayuran

In high school, Chanel Casayuran knew she enjoyed math and chemistry and decided on studying chemical engineering to tie the two together. Read more

  • Hometown: San Diego, Calif.
  • Chemical Engineering