Managing Editors
Sy’Keria Garrison
Graduate student in Pharmacology
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Vibrant Violinist
Brooke Felsheim
Graduate student in
Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Easily distracted by plants
Chelsea M. Smith
Graduate student in
Pathobiology and Translational Science
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Aspiring TikTok scientist
Yasemin Cole
MD/PhD student – Current 4th Year Medical Student
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Seeking new trails in Chapel Hill
Amy Aponte Delgado
Graduate student in
Pharmacology
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Ice cream enthusiast
Ahana Mallick
Post-doctoral Researcher
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Claire Greene Whitfield
Graduate Student in Genetics and Genomics
Duke University
Sarah Angle
Writer; EditorDuke Graduate Student
Contributing Scientists
Alec Brennan
EditorUNC-CH Graduate Student
Aleese McKinnon
WriterUNC-CH Graduate Student
Alyaa Dawoud
WriterUNC-CH Graduate Student
Ana Cunningham
Writer; Editor; TranslatorUNC-CH Graduate Student
Anna Beeson
Writer; EditorUNC-CH Graduate Student
Caroline Aufgebauer
Writer; EditorDuke Graduate Student
Christine Side
EditorUNC-CH Graduate Student
Ellie Jull
EditorWriter; Editor
Emma Hatchell
EditorDuke Graduate Student
Erick Figueroa-Ildefonso
WriterDuke Graduate Student
Ericka Ekobeni
EditorUNC-CH Graduate Student
Erin Dickert
Writer; EditorDuke Graduate Student
Hailey Dodson
Writer; EditorUNC-CH Graduate Student
Hazel Milla
Writer; EditorUNC-CH Graduate Student
Jessica Zhang
WriterDuke Graduate Student
Jihae Lee
WriterUNC-CH Graduate Student
Julia Riley
Writer; EditorDuke Graduate Student
Kaitlyn Huizar
EditorUNC-CH Graduate Student
Karen Wang
Writer; EditorUNC-CH Graduate Student
Katherine Degner
Writer; EditorUNC-CH Graduate Student
Kelly Eick
WriterUNC-CH Graduate Student
Kelsey Duprey
Writer; EditorUNC-CH Graduate Student
Minyoung Lee
UNC-CH Graduate Student
Paris Kiehl
EditorUNC-CH Graduate Student
Sagan de Castro
Writer; EditorUNC-CH Post-doc
Samantha Chéry
EditorSarah Angle
Writer; EditorDuke Graduate Student
Sophie Kiehl
EditorUNC-CH Graduate Student
Sy’Keria Garrison
Writer; EditorUNC-CH Graduate Student
Wendy Sun
Writer; EditorDuke Graduate Student
Yasemin Cole
Writer; EditorUNC-CH Graduate Student
Past Managing Editors
Sam Stadmiller
UNC-CH Graduate StudentThe NC DNA Day Blog’s Founder
Emma Goldberg
ECU Graduate StudentVery Excited about marine biology
Lacey Lopez
UNC Post-doctoral ResearcherNature’s law-abiding citizen
Gabi Quickstad
UNC Graduate StudentNose currently embedded in a book
Nathan Seals
UNC Graduate StudentProfessional student, amateur pedant
Anna Wheless
UNC Graduate StudentTrue believer in the Oxford comma
Christina So
UNC Graduate StudentBadminton enthusiast
Jenny Coelho
UNC Graduate StudentNYT #1 Best Procrastinator
Megan (Frederick) Amason
UNC Graduate StudentAspiring work-from-home dog mom
Mikayla Feldbauer
UNC Graduate StudentProbably thinking about space
Rachel Sharp
UNC Graduate StudentFridge? Empty. Chocolate bowl? Full. SLURM jobs? Running.
Sarah Miller
UNC Graduate StudentProbably planning a dinner party
Nick Randolph
UNC Graduate StudentUsually prefers being with his cats
Ena Vujic
UNC Graduate StudentLacey Lopez
UNC Post-doctoral ResearcherNature’s law-abiding citizen