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At LFC, Annie has become lead tutor at the SRC, tutored extensively with the QRC, entered the Dean’s list, founded and edits the Health and Science column of the LFC Stentor, and co-founded both the Order of the White Lotus and the Astronomy club. Anne also remains active in their community, running a podiatric clinic for the underserved and volunteering at Comer Children’s hospital. In the future, Anne hopes to continue to grow as a servant leader and become an asset to both the chemistry and medical community. Annie is currently employed at AbbVie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aabd8e8506fbe6510ec9358/1558375324750-6CYGY6XMRG0R7SM4MCNU/BeanaYanovskaya.jpg Alumni Beana Yanovskaya, Class of 2020 Beana Yanovskaya attends Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, IL graduating with the class of 2020. She is a student-athlete pursing the pre-med track with a Chemistry major and a Spanish minor and going into her 3rd season as a libero/DS for the college's volleyball team. She grew up not far in Highland Park, IL graduating from Highland Park High School. Besides being an athlete, Beana is also part of many clubs on campus: SAACS, Future Health Professionals, and Athletic Council. After graduations, she attended Trinity Medical School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aabd8e8506fbe6510ec9358/477dba88-d628-4bca-8e8c-765677728366/Emma+ClayBarbour.jpg Alumni - Make it stand out Emma Clay-Barbour, Class of 2023 Emma Clay-Barbour is a Chemistry Major with a Spanish Minor from Evanston, IL. She loves to enjoy time outside and weighlift, and is a member of the Women’s Rugby team. She is also a part of Student Affiliates of the Lake Forest College American Chemical Society chapter, the Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity, and the Student Programming Board. What she loves most about Chemistry is performing hands-on work and getting to do analyses of reactions. After graduating, Emma got a job in Discovery at AbbVie doing high-throughput organic synthesis and NMR analysis. She is headed to UC Davis for her PhD in organic chemistry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aabd8e8506fbe6510ec9358/f600df78-7822-4e24-ac6e-4004c41ccf03/Alana+Garcevic.jpg Alumni - Make it stand out Alana Garcevic, class of 2024 Alana is a chemistry major and music minor from Wheeling, Illinois. At Lake Forest, she is a member of the Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society (SAACS), Chemistry Student  Academic  Advisory Committee (SAAC), and is the programming director at WMXM radio station. In the future she hopes to pursue research. In the lab, she enjoys the hands-on nature of chemistry, and using instrumentation to analyze the purity of products. In her free time, she enjoys playing guitar and piano, and watching Breaking Bad. She is currently employed at AbbVie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aabd8e8506fbe6510ec9358/1621974059591-RM3N6MTMLBTV50OCA56O/Jacob%2BLevin-3.jpg Alumni - Make it stand out Jacob Levin, Class of 2020 Jacob Levin is a Chemistry and Music double major at Lake Forest College. He lives in Edwardsville, Illinois and was born in Cleveland, Ohio. His favorite thing about chemistry is how it can explain not only why materials behave the way they do, but also why and how life functions. He enjoys cooking and playing violin in his free time. After graduation, Jacob attended graduate school at University of California, Santa Barbara and is currently employed at AbbVie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aabd8e8506fbe6510ec9358/cb036c9a-17c4-4a6a-bcbb-b3f4fad09f47/Farhan+Ahmed.jpg Alumni - Make it stand out Farhan Ahmed, Class of 2024 Farhan is a Chemistry and Physics double major, aspiring to be an engineer. He is from Dhaka, Bangladesh! He is an orientation leader, a member of the academic honesty board and student academic advisory committee. He is the President of South Asian Student Association and the Vice President of Omicron Delta Kappa. He is also a TA for Physics, Chemistry and the Math department. His favorite thing about chemistry is utilizing different high tech (super cool) instruments to analyze different products and reactants. He is excited to learn more and prepare for the industry! Farhan is currently at the University of Colorado Boulder pursuing a PhD in mechanical engineering and working on kinetic modeling of fuel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aabd8e8506fbe6510ec9358/b55a91d8-4821-4675-bac9-919c8fc8836a/Diana+Rosiles-Due%C3%B1as.jpg Alumni - Make it stand out Diana Rosiles-Dueñas, Class of 2024 Diana is a Chemistry major and a Sociology and Anthropology minor from Guanajuato, Mexico. She aspires to work in green chemistry and pursue further research to improve the environment. Diana is a member of the Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society (SAACS) and the Student Academic Advisory Committee (SAAC) for the chemistry department at Lake Forest College. She is also the recipient of the Dr. Ann Welton Science in the Summer Award! While at LFC she has been a TA for organic chemistry and has been on the dean's list since freshman year. Her favorite part of lab is learning how to work with new instrumentation to analyze several chemical compounds and determine reaction success. In her free time, she likes to discover new music and play with her dog. Diana is currently at AbbVie! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aabd8e8506fbe6510ec9358/1558375210192-70L77CEGI7LH9O56V13R/Peter%252BSimmeth.jpg Alumni Peter Simmeth, Class of 2021 Peter is an undergraduate student at Lake Forest College studying biochemistry and education. He is from Los Angeles, California and enjoys cycling, going to the beach and cooking. 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