ARCS Metro Washington Scholar Sheila Iyer has always been fascinated with puzzles since she was a child, and to her, studying DNA is like piecing together a complicated puzzle with great ramifications for public health. She engages in research as a way to creatively unpack the hidden secrets... Read more
The world needs to reach net zero carbon emissions by the year 2050 for the global temperature to stop increasing. According to the World Resources Institute, the UN found that current climate policies will raise the temperature by 2.8 degrees Celsius by the end of the... Read more
What happens above ground in agroecosystem management impacts what transpires below ground. ARCS Scholar Suzanne Lipton is focusing her PhD research on agroecology, which she explains is “how you could make agricultural systems more sustainable by relying on ecological processes rather than industrializing them.” Lipton is... Read more
Naseeha (Nas) Cardwell plans to defend her PhD thesis in Chemical Engineering at Washington State University this fall. She is the first woman in her family to be college-educated, and the first to earn a PhD. She says every opportunity along her STEM path made a difference.
We’re highlighting our female keynote speakers for the All ARCS Conference this summer in Chicago to keep with the March theme of Women Making History and celebrating International Women’s Day. As a women driven organization in STEM, our members and scholars know how hard it can... Read more
Scientific advances depend on more than just research in a lab. Innovation also depends on people and their behaviors. ARCS Scholar Alum Gretchen Engbring, PhD, is a Sustainability Social Scientist at Stanford University. “While we often think about scientific advancements as biophysical and technological (such as driverless cars... Read more
Christine Wilcox has always had an unbounded curiosity. At five years old, a teacher asked her what she liked to do for fun. Wilcox told her teacher, “I like to open the mouths of dead geckos to look at their tongues.”
Pancreatic cancer has the highest mortality rate of all major cancers. ARCS Scholar Cara-lin Lonetree’s research focuses on the genetic engineering of CD8 T cellsto generate a novel and effective treatment for this cancer. She is pursuing her PhD in Immunology at the University of... Read more
An estimated 6.7 million Americans aged 65 and older are living with Alzheimer’s, as reported in 2023 by the Alzheimer’s Association. Emani Hunter, a Pittsburgh ARCS Scholar, is studying Bioengineering to change that. Her research focuses on applying machine learning techniques to analyze MRI image data... Read more
ARCS Illinois Chapter Scholar Hendryck Gellineau can trace the “aha” moments that led to his current career path in science.
It began when he was in high school and attended a compelling national STEM-driven program called Project Lead the Way, “I got introduced to... Read more
