SPIRE Welcomes Six New Fellows to the Program

Fall 2009 brings a diverse group of new Fellows with a broad range of backgrounds to join the SPIRE program:

Amanda Chunco , Ph.D. Graduate program: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Biology

Sarah Lebeis , Ph.D. Graduate program: Emory University - Microbiology & Molecular Genetics

Kimberly Monahan, Ph.D. Graduate program: University of North Carolina Chapel Hill - Genetics and Molecular Biology

Jennifer Thomson , Ph.D. Graduate program: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Neurobiology

Javier Rivera Guzman , Ph.D. Graduate program: Indiana University School of Medicine - Microbiology & Immunology

Julia Schmitz, Ph.D. - Graduate program: University of Alabama Birmingham - Microbiology

The fellows will contribute research and teaching excellence at UNC Chapel Hill and SPIRE's five partner minority serving institutions in North Carolina.