Biochemist Shahir Rizk has had a very busy summer. He is pictured above presenting his work on Reversible Self-Assembly of Bio-Responsive Nanostructures at the 2019 Cottrell Scholar Conference in Tucson, Arizona in early July. Rizk was announced as a Cottrell Scholar earlier this year in Science Magazine and IU produced a nice video segment on his research and goals. More recently, Rizk returned from the National Environmental Monitoring Conference in Jaksonville, Florida in early August where he presented work on Engineering a Biosensor for the Herbicide Glyphosate. One of our adjunct professors, Earl Hansen, and his wife, organize this conference each year. They are pictured with Rizk below.
In between his busy conference schedule, Rizk has been mentoring three student researchers in his laboratory: chemistry major Ashley Catanzarite, biochemistry major Audrey Doue, and biology major Joel Green. Catanzarite won this year's Carolyn & Lawrence Garber Summer Research Fellowship. Doue won the Zeider Excellence in Biochemistry Scholarship and also was funded by a SMART grant for her research experience.
Recently, Chancellor Elrod paid the Rizk lab a visit and met with the students. A geneticist herself, Chancellor Elrod (right) had a chance to learn about the research on protein engineering in the Rizk lab from students Ashley Catanzarite (second from left) and Joel Green (left).
In between his busy conference schedule, Rizk has been mentoring three student researchers in his laboratory: chemistry major Ashley Catanzarite, biochemistry major Audrey Doue, and biology major Joel Green. Catanzarite won this year's Carolyn & Lawrence Garber Summer Research Fellowship. Doue won the Zeider Excellence in Biochemistry Scholarship and also was funded by a SMART grant for her research experience.
Recently, Chancellor Elrod paid the Rizk lab a visit and met with the students. A geneticist herself, Chancellor Elrod (right) had a chance to learn about the research on protein engineering in the Rizk lab from students Ashley Catanzarite (second from left) and Joel Green (left).
