Graduate Research Symposium

The 2025 Boston College Graduate Research Symposium (GRS) was held October 13 at the Boston College Connors Family Conference Center. This event is a celebration of the dedication, creativity, and perseverance of our graduate student community. The research presented reflects months and years of hardwork and highlights the diverse contributions graduate students are making across our department. This year, we were grateful to welcome our alumna Dr. Breanna Zerfas as the keynotespeaker, and to host a career panel featuring scientists from a range of roles across academia, industry, and beyond. We were delighted to be joined by Dr. Emma Edelstein, Dr. Jennifer Dabrowski, and Dr. Manami Shizuka, whose experiences and perspectives reflect the wide array of career paths available to chemists. An exciting part of the GRS is an engaging poster session at which graduate students AK Akinniyi, Kyrsten Weissheier, and Mariah Tedder, were awarded prizes for best posters.