Kristin Palarz, STEM Scholar

Kristin Palarz, WCAS ’14, Integrated Science Program*, minor Spanish

Kristin's goal is to pursue a degree to help others either through medical research or by providing medical services to regions where they are unavailable. This summer she is participating in Northwestern’s International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition (iGEM). Kristin tells that “ iGEM is a competition with over 120 teams from more than 20 countries. The project generally combines biology and engineering to develop a biological machine that can perform a desired function.” NU’s team has six undergraduate students. *From NU’s website:…highly selective curriculum of nature sciences and mathematics presented in small classes at an accelerated pace…”