Jillian Barnas

Jillian Barnas, a doctoral candidate in Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, is making her case for health and wellness through her research on maternal and childhood health while using exercise and physical activity to help combat the epidemic of childhood obesity. Part of her research also involves understanding the effects of maternal obesity on fetal outcomes

Dr. Sarah Cramer

Dr. Sarah Cramer has come a long way from being caught skipping in the hallways of Gentry Hall by her advisor, Dr. Anna Hall. The recent Mizzou alum has now found her new home as a Brown-Teacher Scholar in the Department of Environmental Science & Studies at Stetson University but she still holds onto the

Cydni Robertson

Cydni Robertson, Mizzou alum and first year doctoral student in Textile and Apparel Management, can now add published author to her CV after publishing her first children’s book “Mae & Louise: The Heritage Festival.” Just in time for Black History Month the story of Mae and Louise was inspired by Robertson’s own experiences that helped

Matthew Scott

As the saying goes, “it’s never too late to learn” and Matthew Scott is the perfect example of this sentiment. As a non-traditional doctoral candidate, husband, and father of three, Scott has successfully managed to conduct research on harvesting rare isotopes while working as the Sr. Nuclear Manufacturing Specialist at the MU Research Reactor (MURR).

Daphne Valerius

Graduate Student Spotlight – Daphne Valerius & “TigerView” How do we bring excellence and diversity to graduate education at Mizzou? The Center for Inclusive Excellence in the Graduate School has developed a number of diversity initiatives including TigerView, a graduate school preview program. The TigerView campus visitation program brings prospective graduate students with a serious

Susheel Busi

Graduate Student Spotlight: Susheel Busi & Mizzou 3MT For Susheel Busi, a doctoral candidate in Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, making the decision to pursue his graduate education at MU was one of the easiest choices to advance his research interests in understanding the role of the complex gut microbiome and biofilms in a rat model

Arianna Soldati

Graduate Student Spotlight: Arianna Soldati & “Science on Wheels” Arianna Soldati, a Ph.D. student in Volcanology and founder of Science on Wheels is dedicated to bringing science to rural communities one stop at a time. After launching Science on Wheels last semester, the program which aims to bridge the gap between everyday people and scientists is

Sarah Lirley McCune

Sarah Lirley McCune is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of History at the University of Missouri. Sarah Lirley McCune is a Ph.D. candidate in History who spends her time studying her fellow Missourians from the nineteenth century. However, she doesn’t start by looking at the details of how they lived and went about their

Sanchita Gargya

Sanchita Gargya is a doctoral student in Psychology at the University of Missouri. Sanchita Gargya, a PhD student in Psychology, first came to the University of Missouri in the fall of 2012. It was her first international trip and the first time she ever visited the US. She knew this would be a big change

Sagar Gupta

Sugar Gupta completed a PhD in Biological Engineering and a Masters of Business Administration at the University of Missouri. Gupta is an administrative fellow with University of Missouri Healthcare. Sagar Gupta, a recent MBA graduate from the Trulaske College of Business, left his home in India to pursue an education here at Mizzou. He

Marcia Hart

Marcia Hart is a University of Missouri graduate with a Ph.D. in Veterinary Pathology. Marcia Hart grew up caring for animals. Living on a small farm in Kansas, she interacted with animals every day, and fondly remembers petting and talking to each of the animals her family cared for. “I was always following my

Jessica M. Anderson

Jessica Anderson earned her Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of Missouri. She is now an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Louisiana Monroe. Growing up in small town South Dakota did not keep Jessica Anderson from thinking globally. Anderson had a passion for global perspectives on human rights issues, but

Jennifer Bennett

“Art is all around us all the time.” For Jennifer Bennett, a recent MU graduate with an MFA in Art with a focus on Fibers, this statement could not be more actuate. As a Missouri-based artist, she draws her influence from the rural landscape around her. Born and raised in Mid-Missouri, Bennett was deeply influenced

Gregory Ruegsegger

Gregory Ruegsegger, a PhD graduate from Biomedical Sciences, grew up in rural Montana. He was always outside playing, being active, and coming home covered in dirt. He particularly remembers “showing my parents what worm or grasshopper I found in the creek that day.” As he got older, he played sports, and even today he makes

Courtney Duncan

Courtney Duncan is earning an M.S. in Food Science at the University of Missouri. They say that if you love what you do, you will never work a day in your life. If that thing you love is wine, life is bound to be exciting. This is the case for Courtney Duncan, a second

Avinash Karn

Avinash Karn is a University of Missouri graduate with a Ph.D. in Plant Sciences. “Everyone on this planet follows this one religion very rigorously, and that is the religion of the stomach. Everybody gets hungry. And somebody has to produce that .” Avinash (Avi) Karn, a Ph.D. graduate from the division of Plant Sciences,

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