Allison Smith Recipient of 2nd Year Early Career Excellence in Research Award

Congratulations to Allison Smith, who was selected as the recipient of the 2nd Year Early Career Excellence in Research Award for 2019. Allison is a Ph.D. student in Steven Schwartz's lab, where she utilizes theoretical and computational chemistry to model the cardiac thin filament. Using molecular dynamics, she can uncover and begin to understand the atomic changes in conformation and dynamics that are occurring due to genetic single-point cardiac thin filament mutation that cause various cardiomyopathies.

The Early Career Excellence in Research Awards are awarded to two Chemistry or Biochemistry graduate students who have demonstrated extraordinary success in research early in their graduate careers. Only the research accomplishments demonstrated since the student’s start in the graduate program in CBC at the University of Arizona are considered. The Award will consist of an official Award certificate and a significant cash prize for each of the awardees.