Mower Scholarship and Fellowship

2024 Mower Scholar: Qin Liao

Qin Liao is a fifth-year graduate student in the Wang lab, where she studies chromosome segregation and chromosome organization using different bacteria as model organisms. Specifically, she studies proteins involved in the segregation of dicentric chromosomes and molecular mechanism of proteins involved in chromosome folding. This fellowship will support Qin to continue her thesis research.

2024 Mower Scholar: Aastha Sharma

Aastha is studying Biology on the pre-medical track. She is a member of the Minority Association of Premedical Students and plans to become a physician.