Stephanie C. Bishop

Stephanie is a 2006-2010 Self Fellow pursuing a Ph.D. in biochemistry. She received a B.S. (2001) in biology from the University of Kansas. While at KU, Stephanie was a member of the Women's Rugby Team, and toured and competed at various national and international venues. She is also an award-winning triathlete. Stephanie spent several years in contract research before entering graduate school. She aspires to work on developing novel treatments for human disease, specifically cancer. Her current research, however, has taken her along a different path. In the Richter laboratory, Stephanie is attempting to construct a rotary engine using the ATP synthase molecule. Stephanie hopes that this novel nano-sized construct will power miniscule machines by the time she completes her doctoral work. Mentor: Mark L. Richter, Professor, Molecular Biosciences