Corinna Noel '13 (Mathematics)
We are pleased to share the news that Corinna is now Dr. Noel, becoming the first McNulty Program alumna to earn her Ph.D.  She did so in Food Science at Cornell University, studying the links between taste perceptions and human health.  She joined us in September as the Alumna Speaker at our 9th Annual Welcome Reception, advising the newest cohort of Scholars and Associates to "Do what you love....[and] embrace your network."  Corinna has begun her postdoctoral research in epidemiology at the Center of Primary Care and Prevention, affiliated with the Brown University School of Public Health.

Maria Galassi '15 (Biology)
Upon leaving SJU, Maria completed a year of service with Americorps VISTA working for US2020, a national organization that pledged to match 1 million STEM mentors with low-income, minority and/or female youth by the year 2020. This year, she moved to Boston to pursue a Master's Degree in Speech Language Pathology at the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions, a program affiliated with Harvard University and MIT.  She has a research position in the Cognitive Neuroscience Group. Her work will focus on melodic intonation therapy for post-stroke aphasia patients.

Elena Montoto '14 (Chemistry)
Elena is now in her fourth year at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, completing her Ph.D. in Materials Chemistry. In 2016, she received a Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship, and has published four journal articles in the past year, including two as first author. She has also filed a patent.  Currently, she serves as President of the local student chapter of the Society for the Advancement of Chicano/Hispanic and Native Americans in the Sciences (UIUC SACNAS).

Kim Nguyen '13 (Biology)
A member of the first cohort of McNulty Scholars, Kim graduated from the Drexel University School of Medicine last spring. She is currently doing a residency in pediatrics at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in Philadelphia. Last year, Kim was the first-ever alumnae member of the McNulty Program Selection Committee, interviewing 17 candidates for spots in the McNulty Class of 2018.  Her insight as a graduate of the program and her continued recruitment efforts helped to matriculate the largest McNulty Program cohort to date.

Christina Freeman '16 (Biology)
Upon graduation, Christina became an IRTA (Intramural Research Training Award) post-baccalaureate fellow at the National Institute of Health. She is currently wrapping up her second year of work in the laboratory of Dr. Alex Sodt at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute for Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). Specifically, the lab focuses on membrane chemical physics, using physics-based atom simulation to determine the role of lipids in disease.  Next fall, Christina will be attending the University of Michigan as a Ph.D. student in the Biophysics program.

Molly Southwell '13 (Biology)
After earning her M.S. in Biology at SJU in 2015, Molly now works full-time at the University to coordinate science outreach programs and manage the federally-funded GEAR UP university partnership with the Philadelphia School District. Molly works closely with STEM faculty to provide a variety of opportunities for engagement with the local community.  Many of the programs focus on K-12 populations, which are historically underrepresented in the STEM fields.  During the school year, Molly also teaches a service learning course, Science Communication and Outreach, for upper-level science majors. And, she organizes a bimonthly science cafe, Science on the Hill, that brings Philadelphia-based scientists to campus to share their passion for STEM-related topics with students, as well as residents in West Philadelphia and Main Line neighborhoods.