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Wilton Williams

Wilton Bryan Williams, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Sciences, and primary member of the Duke Human Vaccine Institute, in Duke University School of Medicine. Dr. Williams also has a secondary appointment in the Department of Immunology. Dr. Williams holds multiple leadership positions in the DHVI, including Director for the Viral Genetics and Analysis Core Facility and Co-Director for the Training and Mentoring Program. 

Dr. Williams studied HIV pathogenesis in graduate school at the University of Florida in Gainesville,...Read more

Briana L. Simms

Dr. Briana Simms is an alumna of Xavier university of Louisiana, earning her Bachelors of Science in Biochemistry with the class of 2016. Here, she was a Partnership for Research in Education in Materials Science (PREM) and NASA Research Scholar studying biomaterials for wound healing applications. In 2016, Dr. Simms matriculated into the doctoral program in the department of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Mississippi, where she designed and synthesized self-assembling linear-dendritic block copolymers as nanocarriers for drug delivery. She earned her Ph.D. in 2021 and...Read more

Aaron Streets

Dr. Streets received a Bachelor of Science in Physics and a Bachelor of Arts in Art at UCLA. He completed his PhD in Applied Physics at Stanford University with Dr. Stephen Quake. Aaron then went to Beijing, China as a Whitaker International Postdoctoral Fellow and a Ford postdoctoral fellow to pursue postdoctoral research at Peking University. Aaron joined the faculty of UC Berkeley in 2016 and is currently a core member of the Biophysics Program and the Center for Computational Biology.

Aaron is a Chan Zuckerberg Biohub investigator and a Pew Biomedical Scholar. He is also a...Read more

Timothy L. Downing

Dr. Timothy Downing has been on the faculty at UC Irvine since 2016 and holds a primary appointment in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. He also holds a courtesy appointment in the Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics. Tim received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering in 2008 from Northwestern University and Ph.D. in Bioengineering from UC Berkeley in 2013 under the mentorship of Dr. Song Li. As a Ford Foundation and UNCF/Merck Fellow, Tim completed his postdoctoral training in stem cell epigenomics with Dr. Alexander Meissner at Harvard University and the Broad...Read more

Angela Alexander-Bryant

Dr. Angela Alexander-Bryant, an Associate Professor in Clemson University's Department of Bioengineering, holds bachelor's and master's degrees from Johns Hopkins University and a Ph.D. in Bioengineering from Clemson University. Her Nanobiotechnology Lab focuses on innovative therapeutic delivery methods, combining materials science, nanotechnology, gene therapy, and drug delivery to advance cancer treatments. She received a 2021 Early Career Award from the National Science Foundation and directs the NIH-funded Call Me Doctor ESTEEMED Scholars program, promoting early involvement in...Read more

Meet Some of FOSSI’s 2022 Class

June 28, 2023
June 29, 2023

Meet these FOSSI Scholars who are attending North Carolina A&T State University, Southern University and A&M College, Spelman College, and Texas Southern University.

Pathways of a ChemE with Chemical Engineering Professor Tony Butterfield

June 28, 2023
July 20, 2023

Hear why he became a chemical engineer, what skills have help him most in his career, and the most important skills for chemical engineering students.

Michelle Gaines

Michelle Gaines, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at Spelman College. She received her B.S. in Chemical Engineering & Biomolecular Engineering at Michigan State University in 2003, and she earned her Ph.D. in Materials Science & Engineering at North Carolina State University in 2008. Her dissertation research was on the interfacial chemistry of nanoparticles and block copolymer materials. Gaines has a rich, interdisciplinary research background in polymer materials chemistry, nanocomposite interfacial behavior, inorganic molecular...Read more

Dr. Clayton Yates

Dr. Clayton Yates is an internationally recognized expert in prostate cancer health disparities research, cell biology, molecular biology, and molecular pathology. Dr. Yates earned his PhD from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Department of Pathology in 2005 as well as certificate of training in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative medicine from the McGowan Institute of Regenerative Medicine. He then went on to complete a postdoctoral fellowship at Emory University School of Medicine Department of Urology. After completing his post-doctoral training in 2007, Dr....Read more

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