Madelyn Kist

Hometown: Youngstown, Ohio

Education: BS & MS in Biochemistry, Kent State University

Hobbies: Film (especially Quentin Tarantino), tattoos, trivia, makeup, collecting oddities

Favorite Hangout Spot: locally owned coffee shops and movie theaters 

Favorite Southern Food: red beans and rice

Research Interest: Novel therapeutics for bacterial diseases 

Awards: One of only 50 scientists in the world to receive inaugural American Chemical Society LEADS Conference Award
https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/students/leads-conference.html