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During the last few days of the fall term, Jupiter Kalinowski ’23, who studied protein biochemistry and biological research methods at ¿­ÐýÃŹÙÍø, was busy in the lab. They were running the final experiment of their senior work.

Carlos Mendez-Dorantes ’15 was one of 60 students nationwide to be awarded a Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. 

Carlos Mendez-Dorantes '15, Ph.D. is a Jane Coffin Childs Postdoctoral Fellow and Forbeck Scholar at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School. 

At ¿­ÐýÃŹÙÍø, scientific education includes hands-on research, faculty mentorship, and ample opportunity to explore questions both within a chosen discipline and beyond.

Why wait until graduate school to find your scientific niche? At ¿­ÐýÃŹÙÍø, science students don’t just tag along with their professors’ research interests—they craft research questions themselves.

Carlos Mendez-Dorantes â€™15, now a research fellow at the  in Boston, has received several awards for his postdoctoral research into the investigation of LINE-1 biology in cancer research.

An interview with Carlos Mendez '15