University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: Student Features

Sehar Virani

Sehar’s dedication and enthusiasm keep collaborations and research projects about health disparities and global oncology moving forward. “The [research] environment [at UW–Madison] supports both independence and collaboration, and the Master of Science in Clinical Investigation program provides the formal training I need to build a career in academic surgical oncology,” Sehar said.

Carlos A. Huang-Zhu

Carlos is a PhD candidate whose research informs biomedical applications and chemical production. His doctoral research uses molecular dynamics simulations to model interactions between inorganic nanoparticles and model biological membranes.

PhD student Zhewen Pan receives Google PhD Fellowship in Computer Architecture

Pan researches efficient computer architecture, including sustainable computing, in the lab of Joshua San Miguel, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering. Some of her recent projects include working on improving data compression to create more efficient memory and storage without sacrificing performance.

Charles Smith

Charles is a PhD student in the joint PhD program in Finance and Economics at the Wisconsin School of Business whose research lies at the intersection of finance and industrial organization.

Elise Chavez

Elise works on experiments using data from the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) detector in the Large Hadron Collider, probing the laws of physics to find the interesting and unexpected.