From a childhood love of the ocean to a mission to protect it
Cindy Vargas turned a childhood dream of protecting the ocean into award-winning research focused on sea turtle conservation and sustainable fisheries. In this spotlight, the first-generation scholar and NSF Graduate Research Fellow shares how working alongside fishing communities in Mexico reshaped her approach to science, strengthened her storytelling and deepened her belief that conservation starts with people.
Driven by purpose: How personal experiences shaped Mauri Spendlove’s path to neuroscience
Mauri Spendlove's research explores how glial cells — the brain’s support cells — respond to injury and contribute to neural regeneration.
Skylar Grayson explores the forces shaping galaxies
Skylar Grayson is a fifth-year PhD candidate in astrophysics at Arizona State University’s School of Earth and Spac