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Graduate Student
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Graduate Scholar
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Graduate Student, Master of Statistics
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Graduate Student
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Graduate Student
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Boniuk Institute Undergraduate Scholar
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MECE Student
Projected Graduation: Spring 2024
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PhD Graduate Student
Cognitive & Affective Neuroscience
Health Psychology & Behavioral Medicine Research
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'22 Gulf Coast Scholar, GSP@Rice
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Graduate Student, Applied Physics Program
Advisor: Dr. Jane Grande-Allen (BIOE)
GSA Programming Director
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Graduate Student, Applied Physics Program
Advisor: Dr. Alabastri
Matriculation Year: 2022
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Graduate Student
Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations Research
1st Year
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Graduate Student
Doctor of Philosophy
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Graduate Student, MIOP
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Undergraduate, Music
Member, CAAAS Student Advisory Committee
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MECE Student
Graduation: Fall 2022
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Undergraduate Student
SOPA: Co-Chair
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Postdoctoral Researcher
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Graduate Student, Master of Statistics
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Graduate Student, Master of Statistics
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Graduate Student, Applied Physics Program
Advisor: Dr. Thomas Killian (PHYS)
Matriculation Year: 2019
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MECE Student
Graduation: Fall 2022
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