UIS student Natalie Kerr wins the first Falling Walls Lab Illinois Competition
Natalie Kerr, a senior majoring in chemistry at the University of Illinois Springfield, recently won the first Falling Walls Lab Illinois competition to earn the title of Illinois Young Innovator of the Year. Kerr also won an all-expenses-paid trip to Berlin, Germany, to compete at the Falling Walls Lab global finale on Nov. 8. Di’Quan Ishmon, a sophomore in mechatronics engineering at Northern Illinois University, was the competition’s runner-up.
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Ashley Bowers
Hometown: Elgin, ILMajor: ChemistryAccepted to a PhD program in Chemistry Fall 2016
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Daniell Bennett
Hometown: Pekin, ILMajor: Chemistry, B.S.Accepted to Medical School Fall 2016
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Ashley Hollinshead
As an undergraduate student, Chemistry major and Capital Scholars Honors Program member Ashley Hollinshead got to do hands-on research at the University of Illinois Springfield. She was chosen, along with ten other UIS students, to present her research at the University of Illinois Undergraduate Research Day at the Illinois State Capitol. Her love of science led her to apply for medical school. She’s not sure what type of doctor she wants to be yet, but she knows she’ll be working in a field she loves.
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Ian Tinsley
Ian Tinsley graduated from UIS in Spring of 2015 with a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry. He decided to pursue a Master’s degree at Eastern Illinois University where he has worked with Dr. Kraig Wheeler on molecular recognition with quasiracemic systems. He has presented his work at the American Crystallographic Association and American Chemical Society Meetings. Ian graduated from EIU in 2017 and was selected for the Distinguished Graduate Student Award and the Graduate Student Investigator Award.
