Laura Sloofman takes first place in the HHMI summer research symposium.  The first place award is sponsored by Sigma Xi, the scientific research society, and includes a $100 cash prize and a year's membership in the honorary society.

  Laura Sloofman is a Quantitative Biology major, the Math Department's newest degree program designed in close collaboration with faculty in Biological Sciences and Chemical Engineering.  Her advisor was  Professor Catherine Kirn-Safran, Department of Biological Sciences.

Article created: August 13, 2008