Women’s Research in STEM Showcase: Meet the Scientists – Part Three

Posted by Danielle Cervasio on

Graduate Women in Science and Engineering @ SBU

BY: Mikaela Dunkin

Lara Franceschinis Tshering

Lara is a PhD student in Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology. As a member of the Talos lab, she is researching clonal dynamics and drug resistance in prostate cancer. In her free time, she enjoys reading, watching science fiction and comic book movies, and knitting.

Yiyao Tian

Yiyao is a PhD candidate in Materials Science and Chemical Engineering. Her research is on novel filtration materials, polyoxometalates (POMs), for use against chemical warfare agents.

She utilizes a multimodal approach to better understand the underlying reaction mechanisms. Outside of the lab, she enjoys watching movies, going to concerts, and exploring food from different cultures.

Taylor Medwig Kinney

Taylor is a PhD student in the Genetics Graduate Program. She studies animal development in the Matus Lab using the nematode C. elegans. She is specifically interested in how cells make the decisions to become distinct tissues and organs.

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Published by Danielle Cervasio

Hi ya'll. My name is Danielle Cervasio and I am currently a second-year PhD student at Stony Brook University. I'm really excited about what I do but also recognize everyday that working towards a PhD is NOT trivial. I want to give people outside of academia a taste of what we do, because it is nothing like anyone expects. We come up with obscure hypotheses about things, design experiments that never work the first time, read tons of scientific literature which still seems like another language, and are just straight up wrong nearly 90% of the time. We are all still learning new things everyday and that is what makes this journey worth-while; and I want to share it with you!

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