School of Graduate Studies

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Name: Alan Williams

Year in Program: 3rd year in Fall 2022

Department: Genetics

Mentor: Dr. Ed Grabczyk

Hometown: Tallahassee, FL

Education: B.S. in Biological Science, Florida State University

Past Research Experience: I worked as a technician at the National High Magnet Field Laboratory during my entire undergraduate career. I also participated in the Google Summer of Code program for the Canadian Centre for Computational Genetics during the summer of 2018.

Current Research Interest: Understanding the mechanisms of disease in repeat expansion disorders, including Friedreich Ataxia and Huntington’s disease using sequencing and bioinformatic analysis.

Publications:None yet.

Career Goal: Industry or academic job in rare disease research.

Best Thing about the Program: Getting to work alongside fellow students and faculty in improving our program through the SGA.

What makes you unique? I volunteer regularly for the American Red Cross in the Information and Planning department. It is a great opportunity to use my skills to help those in need.