The 15th Class of Interns Arrive at BTI

BTI is proud to welcome its 15th class of undergraduate interns this month. The 2016 cohort joins the more than 400 students since 2001 who have spent a summer learning advanced techniques in molecular biology, genomics and bioinformatics at BTI, while making life sciences discoveries and exploring new careers in research. The students come from diverse backgrounds in the U.S. and abroad, and will spend 10 weeks in research labs at BTI, Cornell and the USDA. Students will attend research seminars, classes in bioinformatics techniques and career opportunity talks.

BTI’s Director of Education and Outreach Tiffany Fleming, Professor Georg Jander and Jian Hua, a faculty member in the Cornell School of Integrative Plant Sciences, are pleased to welcome the following students to BTI’s 2016 summer internship program.

Intern Name	Home Institution	Lab Assignment
Suzi Barboza-Pacheco	Oklahoma State University	Lukas Mueller
Danielle Dixon	University of Puget Sound	Lukas Mueller
David Lyon	Franklin & Marshall College	Lukas Mueller
Michael, Morikone	California State University, San Bernardino	Zhangjun Fei
Angela Taylor	Ramapo College of New Jersey	Zhangjun Fei
Dalton Bichlmeier	Doane College	Adam J. Bogdanove
Hailey Edmondson	Purdue University	Michael Scanlon
Philip Engelgau	California State University, Monterey Bay	Carmen Catalá
Stephanie Futrell	Clemson University	Jim Giovannoni
Blake Kostal	Doane College	Adam J. Bogdanove
Kyle Lewald	University of California, Berkeley	Wojciech Pawlowsk
Corey Luna	Colorado College	Jian Hua
Ariel Moskowitz	The College of New Jersey	Leeann Thornton
Nicholas Often	Baltimore City Community College	Adrienne Roeder
Hannah Powell	Florida State University	Georg Jander
Elise Reid	College of Saint Benedict	Susan McCouch
Imani Ritchards	Carleton College	Jim Giovannoni
Carina Sandoval	California State University, Fullerton	Maureen Hanson
Ethan Thibault	University of Maine	Maria Harrison
Nathan Vega	California State University, Fullerton	Jocelyn Rose
Andrew Willoughby	University of Oklahoma	Jim Giovannoni