People
Graduate Students
sgjohnstone@wisc.edu
“To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.”
– Steve Prefontaine
salemdar@wisc.edu
“Those who are determined to walk without rest never feel tired.”
– Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
mfarzam@wisc.edu
“It is by logic that we prove, but by intuition that we discover.”
– Henri Poincaré
egrothen@wisc.edu
“Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.”
– John Wooden
cyung3@wisc.edu
“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.”
– Winston Churchill
Post-Doctoral Researchers
sanderson72@wisc.edu
“But only in their dreams can people be truly free. It was always thus and always thus will be.”
–Robin Williams
“The greatest gift in life is the ability to think great thoughts and have the strength to take action so those thoughts become reality in this wonderful and abundant world.”
– Jack Black
Undergraduate Students
Mawuenam Dossa
“Man cannot discover new oceans he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”
― Isaac Asimov
Margaret Szalaj
“You can only become truly accomplished at something you love.”
― Maya Angelou
Snigdha Rajamanuri
“Don’t count the days, make the days count.”
― Muhammad Ali
Yaolei Zheng
“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.“
– Norman Vincent Peale
Summer 2026 REU Students
María de los Ángeles Meléndez Gómez
“Just keep swimming.”
― Dory
Alex Zhang
“Variety’s the very spice of life that gives it all its flavor.”
― William Cowper