Spring 2021 Newsletter
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Meron Mengistu Undergraduate Degree Major: Molecular Biology Minor: Applied Mathematics Year: 2008
The first graduate student commencement speaker
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Alumni Profile: How Star Trek created a biologist
In many ways, Meron Mengistu grew up at Lehigh University. Dr. Mengistu earned her bachelor's degree and Ph.D. from the university, but her path was far from "normal."
When we approached Dr. Mengistu to consider participating in this story, she was hesitant to agree because she felt she hadn't arrived at a point in her career to deserve a spotlight. We think you will see that she was wrong!
Meron Mengistu
'03, B.S. Molecular Biology; '08, Ph.D. in Molecular Biology
Meron Mengistu ('03, '08G |
She also reflected on the issue of starting her time at Lehigh as a sophomore. “Starting as a sophomore AND an international student was not so easy. The UMOJA house gave me a home away from home, and my housemates played a huge role in me assimilating into the Lehigh University family.”
Meron Mengistu was selected to present her research at the research syposium of the inauguration of President Alice Gast in 2017 |
Meron Mengistu and her research adviser, Professor Linda Lowe-Krentz |
Meron Mengistu, Ph.D. |
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