Student Profiles

Senior Biochemistry major Alison Takemura is currently conducting research with Dr. George Bennett, Dell Butcher Professor of Biochemistry & Cell Biology. She is very interested in the larger picture and the societal impact of her research.

Amy Savage, Graduate Student in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, is currently engaged in research on the invasive yellow crazy ant.

Cambria Alpha represents the Rice student that can easily master both scientific and non-scientific academics. Cambria liked that Rice offered amazing facilities and faculty for Natural Sciences yet also allowed studies in the Humanities.

Mathematics major Daniel Glasscock is one of many Rice students in the Natural Sciences who take advantage of international study abroad programs in the midst of their other academic pursuits on campus.

Emilia Koivisto, graduate student in Earth Science, recounts her journey to Rice in the Fall of 2005 on a Fulbright Scholarship.

Undergraduate Heather Barnett credits the college system and campus life as ultimately clinching her decision to leave her hometown of Austin and begin her studies in chemistry and cognitive sciences at Rice.

James Hitchock, Physics & Astronomy graduate student, is working in an area of physics for which Rice enjoys an internationally-renowned reputation: ultra-cold physics.

Originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico, undergraduate Jeremy Caves is in Samoa this semester working for Ecology & Evolutionary Biology graduate student Amy Savage on the yellow crazy ant.

Jon Chaika is a graduate student in Rice’s Mathematics department. Originally from Barrington, Rhode Island, Jon received his undergraduate degree from the University of Iowa.

Loren Stagg, a  graduate student in the Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, is a native of Kinder, Louisiana. He is currently conducting research on proteins in Pernilla Wittung Stafshede’s lab.