Ask a Biologist is a website and podcast dedicated to teaching about the living world. The podcast is hosted by Charles Kazilek, executive director of K-12 outreach and advisor to the Provost on academic technology. On his podcast, he's better known as "Dr. Biology."

Note: This story is part of an ongoing series profiling graduate students in the School of Life Sciences. See February’s featured students here.  

This article is part of a series of profiles for SOLS alumni stories.
 

School of Life Sciences students ElanaGrace Fernandez and Nabhan Fakrudin are working hard - on and off campus. Through the undergraduate advising office at SOLS, Fernandez and Fakrudin scored internships in their desired career field as undergraduate students. 

The research that goes on in the School of Life Sciences spans a huge and fascinating variety of subjects. The graduate students who make up SOLS are no less diverse or interesting, arriving at their respective research from different places and with different passions. Here, we recognize a handful of these graduate students, their work, and what motivates them to pursue it. 

Jason Lacson – Animal Behavior Program