When Abigail Matheny learned she had been selected as an ARCS Scholar, the first person she called was her grandmother. Matheny, an environmental graduate student at the University of Minnesota, was thrilled by the recognition. The two-year award totals $10,000 and can be spent as Matheny chooses. In addition to the...
ARCS Minnesota Scholar, Greg LeFevre, is one of four University of Iowa faculty members who has been selected to recieve an Iowa Mid-Career Faculty Scholar Award for 2026.
The award provides funding and development opportunities for a cohort of tenured mid-career faculty who have established national or international reputations in their...
On November 3, 2025 the Minnesota Chapter of ARCS honored six exceptional graduate scholars at the University of Minnesota and our 2025 Scientist of the Year, Dr. Brenda Ogle. celebrating their incredible achievements and recognized their potential to change the world through science and innovation.
I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology at the University of Minnesota. I work in the lab of Dr. Ingunn Stromnes, PhD. I have a B.S. in Zoology from the University of Wisconsin – Madison, and a M.S. in Cell & Gene Therapy from University College...
I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Immunology at the University of Minnesota. I work in the lab of Thomas Griffith. I have a B.S. in Molecular and Cellular Biology, and Biochemistry from the University of Arizona.
Sepsis, a dysregulated host response to a systemic microbial infection, causes 1...
I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics/Medical School/Biological Sciences at the University of Minnesota. I work in the lab of Paul D. Robbins. I have B.S. in Biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Age is a critical risk factor for the development of multimorbidity...
I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Civil Environmental and Geo-Engineering at the University of Minnesota. I work in the lab of Dr. Boya Xiong. I have B.A. in Chemistry from Hamilton College.
My work focuses on identifying the degradation products of polymers when they are exposed to environmental...
I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Minnesota. I work in the lab of Thomas Bastian. I have A.A. from Fullerton Community College, a B.S. from California State University, Fullerton, and a Master in Biological Sciences (MBS) from the University of Minnesota.
I am pursuing a PhD in the Biomedical Engineering Department of the University of Minnesota in the lab of Professor Kyoko Yoshida. I am interested in modeling and characterizing uterine artery mechanics, function, and material properties at multiple length scales during pregnancy. Many arteries in the maternal body grow, dilate, and soften to decrease...
I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Minnesota. I work in the lab of Lana Yarosh, Evan Suma Rosenberg. I have B.S. in Computer Science from University of Chicago and a M.S. in Computer Science from National Tsing Hua University.
