Two undergraduate students trained at the CPT’s 2020 phage genomics course (BICH464), Cody Martin and Johnathan Lo, were awarded the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation’s 2020 Astronaut Scholarship.
Cody Martin is a junior Biochemistry and Genetics double major and Bioinformatics and Statistics double minor. Selected as a Arnold and Mabel Beckman Scholar, Cody has been conducting his research at the CPT under direct supervision of Drs. Ry Young and Jolene Ramsey since 2018.
Johnathan Lo is a junior at Texas A&M, earning dual degrees in Cell and Molecular Biology and Statistics. Both Cody and Johnathan Johnathan were recently awarded Goldwater Scholarship, a National Fellowship that recognizes extraordinary accomplishment and potential for a career in STEM research.