Inspiring Stories from Real STEM Heroes
Making the world we share a better place. (If you are an AWIS member, request your own spotlight.)

AWIS Member Spotlight: Raagasahithi Yarrabadi
Raagasahithi Yarrabadi is a Research Assistant and lead developer at Boston Children’s Hospital, where she builds technical tools for mass spectrometry research.

AWIS Member Spotlight: Refia Atik
Luminescence. Refia Atik is a PhD candidate in Chemistry at the University of Houston.

AWIS Member Spotlight: Rabia Sikandar
Rabia Sikandar is a graduate student clinician in speech-language pathology at Drexel University.

AWIS Member Spotlight: Náguia De Medeiros
Náguia Medeiros is a Brazilian researcher with a background in physiotherapy and rehabilitation science.

AWIS Member Spotlight: Hannah Sinclair
Hannah S. Sinclair, a Museum Specialist at the American Museum of Natural History, is an ichthyology and marine conservation

AWIS Member Spotlight: Marwa Zafarullah
Dr. Marwa Zafarullah is a neuroscientist at Stanford University School of Medicine specializing in neuromuscular disorders, integrating multi-omics with AI to advance precision medicine.

AWIS Member Spotlight: Andreia Maia
Andreia Maia, PhD, is a postdoc at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | Harvard Medical School, developing in vivo CAR-T and CAR-NK therapies for solid tumors.

AWIS Member Spotlight: Lucia Sereni
Lucia Sereni, PhD, is an immunologist with extensive expertise in gene therapy and genome engineering.

AWIS Member Spotlight: Ramya Ravindranathan
Ramya Ravindranathan, PhD, a molecular and cellular biologist by training, is passionate about translating insights from cancer biology into therapies that make a real difference.