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: Mina Hemmati
Born in Iran with a dream to become a doctor, Mina Hemmati began her journey by studying physics in her home country. Now in the United States, she is currently in the throes of her third year medical school journey.
AWIS Member Spotlight: Savanah Saldaña-Shumaker
Savanah Shumaker has worked as a chemist in industry, government, and academia. She is the co-founder of 8 Count Cosmetics, and will begin a new role as “Instructor of Practical Applications (Chemistry)” at the United States Naval Academy.
AWIS Member Spotlight: Letticia Valderrama Atkins
Letticia Valderrama Atkins is the Director-West of the Skeletal Dysplasia Team at BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., and the founder of LatinX at BioMarin.
AWIS Member Spotlight: Ariana Fonseca
Ariana Fonseca is currently a first year graduate student at The Scripps Research Institute.
AWIS Member Spotlight: Tamara Mestvirishvili
Tamara Mestvirishvili was born in Tbilisi, Georgia. She currently works as a bioinformatician focusing on understanding wound healing in diabetic models.
AWIS Member Spotlight: Sevval Altay
Sevval Altay, MD, is a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Originally from Turkey, she aspires to become a physician-scientist with a focus on nutrition and metabolic diseases, blending clinical expertise with research pursuits.
AWIS Member Spotlight: Mercy Chelangat Koech
Mercy Koech is a PhD candidate at the Renewable Energy and Vehicular Technology Lab at the University of Texas at Dallas, focusing on the dynamic intersection of renewable energy, power electronics, and electrified transportation.
AWIS Member Spotlight: Mariam Oladejo
Mariam Oladejo is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Merck Research Laboratories, where she is actively identifying complex biological processes that permit therapeutic resistance in KRAS mutant lung cancer.
AWIS Member Spotlight: Akeemat Tijani
Akeemat Tijani is a Doctoral Research Associate at East Tennessee State University.