Keely Gilroy received her ARCS award as a graduate student in the Genetics and Molecular Biology Program at Emory University. After completing her PhD in 2003, she moved to Nashville for a postdoctoral fellowship at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Keely joined Takeda Pharmaceuticals in 2006 as a Medical Science Liaison, where...
Award-winning teacher and scientist Melinda Maris has been recognized as one of Emory University’s 40 Under Forty. She is being honored for her progressive methods of transforming teaching and research methods across subjects. Maris was selected for her focus on evidence-based learning, research methods and spreading this knowledge to the plethora...
Tony Szempruch was a 2015 ARCS fellow in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Georgia. His PhD research was recently selected for a 2016 Kaluza Prize, given by the American Society for Cell Biology in collaboration with Beckman Coulter Life Sciences to honor academic excellence in...
Mary Chlebowski was an ARCS Scholar at Emory University during the 2005-2006 academic years. Dr. Chlebowski is currently a patent attorney at Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett, & Dunner, LLP, helping inventors protect their ideas in a range of technologies from solar cells to new pharmaceuticals. She drafts patent applications based on...
Martin Moore was an ARCS Scholar at the University of Georgia during the 2001-2003 academic years. Dr. Moore is currently Founder and Chief Scientific Officer at Meissa Vaccines Inc., a start-up pharmaceutical development company focused on the in-licensing and advancement of vaccines for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV, the largest unmet respiratory...
Rebeccah Brown was an ARCS Scholar at Georgia Tech during the 2001-2003 academic years. After graduating from Georgia Tech in 2003, Dr. Brown began working for a startup company focused on commercializing a hydrogel technology licensed from Georgia Tech. Eventually the technology was spun-off into a second startup company which later...
Laura Redmond was an ARCS Scholar at Georgia Tech during the 2013-2014 academic years. Dr. Redmond is currently a structural engineer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, where she specializes in nonlinear finite element analysis and dynamic modeling. She is leading the deployment modeling effort for 2 earth-orbiting sciences...
Elizabeth Driskell was an ARCS Scholar at the University of Georgia during the 2010-2011 academic year. Dr. Driskell is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathobiology at the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research program centers on investigating host-pathogen interactions of infectious...
Todd Smith was an ARCS Scholar at the University of Georgia during the 2008-2009 academic year. Dr. Smith is currently a microbiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, GA. His research focus is rabies virus vaccine, monoclonal antibodies, and anti-viral compounds.
Alejandro Toriello was an ARCS Scholar at Georgia Tech during the 2008-2010 academic years. Dr. Toriello is currently an Assistant Professor in Industrial Engineering at Georgia Tech. His research focus is supply chain, logistics management, and mathematical optimization.
Though he started his career at the University of Southern California in 2010...
