Students in the News

First-year PhD student Cassidy Metzger has identified more than 100 potential blazar galaxies, including eight previously unknown candidates, in her first paper as lead author, using data from major space-based surveys. Her work expands the rare, high-energy objects used to …

Guarini graduate student Guinevere Herron, physics and astronomy, is helping use artificial intelligence to uncover some of the universe’s faintest galaxies, including one Herron has named “Kamino” after a remote planet in Star Wars: Episode 2. The work could deepen …

Guarini PhD student Yiping Li, quantitative biomedical sciences, is quoted in an article about her co-authored research that looked at a potential association between ultra-processed foods and prediabetes in young adults. Read more on Healthline.

A new study co-authored by Guarini PhD student Anusha Bhatt, molecular and cellular biology, uncovers how early fruit flies embryos know when to switch on their own genes—shedding light on fundamental processes that also shape human development. Read more.

On October 16, thirteen Guarini PhD students and postdocs traded Hanover’s fall foliage for Boston’s innovation corrider during the Guarini Career Trek, a one-day immersion in industry career paths organized by the Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies. 

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A new  study co-authored by Joseph Savage, a PhD candidate in the ecology, evolution, environment, and society (EEES) program, and former postdoc Lucas Price reveals that 50% of adult blacklegged ticks in the Northeast carry the bacteria that causes Lyme …

Juhyeon Kim, a PhD student in the computer science department, developed a a virtual “digital twin” that simulates cameras used in everything from self-driving cars to medical imaging. The framework could help design next-generation imaging systems without the need for …

Cesar Arguello Martinez (pictured left), a PhD student in the computer science program, worked with Dartmouth’s SPLICE group and the American University of Kuwait to triple the detection range of technology that finds hidden electronics, advancing future tools for smart …

Luyang Zhao, Guarini ’25 and Yitao Jiang (both in the computer science department) are pushing the limits of modular robotics. Their shape-shifting robots can crawl through tight spaces, form scaffolds for shelters, and even assemble into bridges—opening possibilities for disaster …

Computer science PhD student Ben Kallus ’26 has earned more than $30,000 through Google’s Vulnerability Reward Program by uncovering security flaws in widely used systems. By exposing hidden weaknesses, Kallus helps safeguard internet infrastructure while training others to spot bugs …