2022 - 2023 Scholars
Dallin graduated summa cum laude from the University of Utah with an Honors Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. He received multiple scholarships during his undergraduate including: Utah Flagship Scholarship, Regents’ Scholarship, Carl Durney Scholarship, Robert & Mary Jane Engman Endowed Scholarship, Kurt M. Stout Scholarship, and the Scott & Maxine Tattersall Scholarship. In his internship with Idaho National Laboratory, he led a project focusing on further applications of current cellular network infrastructure where he learned skills in cognitive radio, software-defined radio, multicarrier communications, and 4G/5G wireless systems. Currently, he is pursuing his PhD in Electrical Engineering in the Wireless Communications Lab with Dr. Farhang with his research in high frequency skywave communications and further development on the Filterbank Multicarrier Spread Spectrum (FBMC-SS) receiver. In his spare time, Dallin loves camping and reading books in the quiet ambience of nature next to a comforting campfire.
Liam is a recent graduate of the University of Washington with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering concentrated in Biomechanics and a minor in Applied Mathematics. He spent his undergraduate time researching prosthetic hands, building drones, and most recently co-founded a medical device startup company. Liam grew up in Seattle and loves spending time outside through teaching sailing and skiing, being a volunteer ski patroller, cycling, climbing, and backpacking, and he looks forward to exploring all that Utah has to offer!
Claire completed her Honors B.S. in Mechanical Engineering with an emphasis in Robotics at the University of Utah doing research in additive manufacturing of metals under Dr. Wenda Tan. Currently, she is working toward a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering in the Multiscale Mechanics of Materials lab under Dr. Ashley Spear. Her current research focuses on the multiscale modeling of metal matrix composites and she hopes to eventually utilize machine learning as a prediction tool for failure in these materials. She grew up very active in Los Alamos, New Mexico, and continues to enjoy the running, skiing, and climbing offered here in Utah.
Sánchez earned his medical degree at Dartmouth Medical School. His honors included receiving the Arthur Naitove Surgical Scholar Award, given to one graduating medical student with the greatest potential for making a significant contribution to the field of surgery. At Dartmouth, Sánchez conducted research in a variety of subspecialties, including the role of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy injections to treat age-related macular degeneration. Sánchez, who grew up in Hialeah, Florida, as the son of Cuban immigrants, is passionate about providing care to underserved and Spanish-speaking communities. At Moran, he looks forward to continuing his research and providing high-quality, cutting-edge patient care. Dr. Sánchez was awarded the Might Family Foundation Award in memory of Bertrand T. Might.
Woertz earned her medical degree and doctorate through the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW). Her dissertation on the visual system in human albinism —completed under Joseph Carroll, PhD, through the Dennis P. Han, MD Advanced Ocular Imaging Program—earned a top MCW prize. She has co-authored numerous peer-reviewed journal articles and contributed to work presented at prestigious vision and neuroscience conferences. Her extensive training included a visiting student research rotation at Moran under the mentorship of Paul S. Bernstein, MD, PhD. During this rotation, she continued to study human albinism, using fluorescence lifetime imaging ophthalmoscopy (FLIO), an advanced imaging technique designed to characterize pigments in the retina. During her residency training, she plans to further her research into the connection between retinal pigment, retinal cellular structure, visual acuity, and genetic variability in human albinism. Erica received the Mark and Kathie Miller Award in honor of Moran CEO Randall J Olson, M.D.