LSU Chemistry graduate student receives national fellowship
May 01, 2023
LSU Chemistry graduate student Lucinda Boyd
BATON ROUGE - LSU Chemistry graduate student Lucinda Boyd was named a 2023 GEM Fellow. The national consortium connects graduate students to a national network of universities, corporations, and government laboratories, shaping the nation's ability to remain a global leader in innovation.
As part of the GEM Fellowship, Lucinda will participate in a summer internship at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. She will investigate the key metabolomics elements of Rhodosporidium toruloides cultured in lignin-derived aromatic compounds to develop feedstock for jet fuel.
As a graduate student in the , Lucinda designs novel liposomal drug delivery systems for steroidal natural products to be used in breast cancer research, particularly triple negative breast cancer. After earning a PhD, Lucinda plans to pursue an industry career focusing on metabolomics and/or drug discovery.
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