Hello, hello! My name is Joshua Sanders and I graduated in May 2018 with a B.S. in Chemistry. I was very active on campus, involved in marching band, handbell choir, the Admissions Ambassador program, chemistry club (holding a variety of officer positions), and, of course, the Boone Honors Program! I was also an undergraduate student member of the American Chemical Society (ACS) and the ACS Blue Ridge Section all three years at Ferrum. I also completed several lab practica, independent research projects, and honors enrichment projects working with Carol Love, Dr. Maria Puccio, and Dr. Laura Grochowski, and the Faculty-Scholar program under Dr. Jason Powell.
I earned a master’s degree at the University of Kansas, studying structural biology (specifically studying single molecule-RNA interactions by smFRET) in the Holmstrom research group. During our time there, I enjoyed my first publication in a peer-reviewed publication when our lab published a small article on our lab methodologies. At KU, I was a Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) for various courses that run the gambit from every flavor of general chemistry to organic chemistry lab, honing my skills as a future science advocate.
Currently, I am a research scientist at the University of Texas at San Antonio, pursuing my doctorate. I look forward to coming back to Ferrum to present at the Friday Natural Sciences seminar sometime soon.
When I’m not camped out on the microscope in lab, I enjoy playing softball.
On July 15, 2022, Michael Castillo and I were married in San Antonio.
jcsanders@ku.edu
