Boardman junior nominated to attend medical congress

Boardman junior nominated to attend medical congress

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Krystopher Baklarz, a junior at Boardman High School, has been nominated to attend the Congress of Future Medical Leaders in Washington, D.C. He is the son of Wendy Fisher of Boardman.

The Congress is an honors-only program for high-school students who want to become physicians or go into medical-research fields. The purpose of the event is to honor, inspire, motivate and direct the top students in the country who aspire to be physicians or medical scientists to pursue their career path and help them reach their goals.

Krystopher developed an interest in medicine from his family’s physician, Dr. Sandy Naples, of Poland Family Practice. Krystopher volunteers at the Davis Family YMCA in the summer at the Day Camp and is also a member of the YMCA’s Leader’s Club. At Boardman High School, he is active in Chorale, Spartan Singers, and is rehearsing for the fall play “Cabaret.” His favorite subjects are Latin and Chemistry.

Poland native earns fellowship

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Poland native Daniel Rabosky is among 18 young scientists and engineers from universities across the country named 2014 recipients of the Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Each fellow will receive an unrestricted research grant of $875,000 over five years.

Rabosky, who describes himself as a biodiversity scientist, is an assistant professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and a curator of herpetology at the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. He studies the evolutionary processes of species formation and extinction to understand why biological diversity varies so dramatically over space and time.

“I am deeply honored to have been selected for a Packard Fellowship,” Rabosky said. “It’s an incredible opportunity because it gives us the freedom to explore some exciting yet risky ideas — the sorts of things that might be difficult to fund by traditional routes.”