Person Spotlight Listing
- Epic fail, better recovery
Miles Jones
In high school, I could just understand everything by myself," he says. "That doesn't fly here. You need to reach out for assistance.
- Thriving in STEM through community support
Mars Arechavala
It's very difficult but very interesting and applicable to what I'll be doing at some point in my life," they said. "For example, when I did research with FSRI, I didn't understand all the science behind my project. But last term, I started learning the science behind what I was doing, so it all came together, and I'm excited to learn more.
- From telescopes in Sweden to astrophysics in California
Elin Stenmark
Doing research where you get paid to find things out about the universe and teach other people—that sounds incredible," she said. "It's a fulfilling combination of two really cool aspects that get tied into the same job.
- Professor of Environmental Microbiology
Jared Leadbetter
Students admitted to Caltech accomplish so much while they are here, and then go on to make extraordinary contributions to STEM and society in the decades after their graduation. It is my tremendous honor to play a small role in shaping each class, knowing full well that for each student we admit, their best and most exciting moments are yet to come.
- #SoCaltech
Mahider Gessesse, '23
Through Caltech's "Break Through: Together We Change the World" campaign, Mahider was able to research an issue she's passionate about. "I wanted to bring a hard science approach to treating problems that up until recently have just been left to psychiatry and psychology. That's the main reason I picked computational and neural systems."
- BS '22
Ayooluwa Odemuyiwa
I am what a scientist looks like"