Chemistry Ph.D. student Nicolas Watkins has died, the University announced in a news release Friday. According to Chemistry Department graduate program administrator Jonathan Maendel, Watkins was an intelligent and accomplished chemist. He was inducted into the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society in 2020 and was awarded the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship in Chemistry in.
Thomas Burnett, Brent Ifemembi, Natalie Joe, Lea A. Marineau, and Gian Carlo Molina-Castro were each recognized for their commitment to academic and personal excellence
Rashan Inducted Into Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society
Edrees (Eddie) Rashan has been selected for the 2021 cohort of the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society. Rashan is a graduate research assistant in the Department of Biochemistry and doctoral candidate in the Integrated Program in Biochemistry (IPiB).
The Bouchet Society commemorates Edward Alexander Bouchet, the first self-identified African American to earn a doctorate degree from an American university. Scholars are chosen for five qualities that exemplify the spirit of Dr. Bouchet: scholarship, leadership, character, service, and advocacy for students who have been traditionally under-represented in academia.
“Eddie is a remarkable scientist and a model lab citizen,” said David Pagliarini, Rashan’s primary mentor, and Professor and BJC Investigator at Washington University. “Through his diligence and passion for science, he is constructing a beautiful thesis on atypical lipid metabolism; through his advo