Sean Tanzey
Sean Tanzey
Senior, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
This music lover and self-proclaimed science nerd jumped at the chance to study in-depth biochemical reactions and pathways that are responsible for medical diseases and methods of infection. This will assist in his ultimate goal of being part of a research team that participates in drug design and running clinical trials on potential pharmaceuticals.
Chanidapa Klinhom
Chanidapa Klinhom
Senior, School of Life Sciences
Growing up in Las Vegas, she always wanted to attend her hometown university. Another draw for the Millennium Scholar who wants to be a physician was the success of the College of Sciences preprofessional program.
Melisa Bishop
Ph.D. student, Department of Geoscience
As a lover of nature and being outdoors, Bishop realized geology was her calling. She studies paleoclimatology and her research trips have taken her on some amazing adventures in the United States and even to Belize, where she was bitten by a venomous snake.
Daniel Mast
Ph.D. student, Radiochemistry
He lived his entire life in the green that is the Pacific Northwest but came to UNLV to join a world-class radiochemistry program. He is working collaboratively with the high pressure group and has discovered how exciting it is to work with diamond-anvil cells and to manipulate the atom structure just by squeezing it.
Rachel Kelly
Senior, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
The Millennium Scholar wants to be a physician and develop new pharmaceuticals. She suggests finding a balance during your college years, putting your studies first.
Carmen Vallin
Ph.D. student, School of Life Sciences
The National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow studied art in high school, but feels there is room to be more creative in science.