<br/>[[File:536817 10152014407782835 559860899 n.jpg|thumb|536817 10152014407782835 559860899 n.jpg]]<span style="font-size:small;">Jonathan is a an University Innovation Fellow and Senior Biological Sciences major at the University of Notre Dameworking to expand innovation and entrepreneurship on campus, targeting non-traditional areas of study for innovation and entrepreneurship. Beginning a research career early in his high school years studying the evolution of epithelial sodium channel subunits in the brain, Jonathan's interests shifted to stem cell research after a scarring surfing accident during his research stint in the Canary Islands, Spain.</span>
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<span style="font-size:small;"><span class="s1">From his matriculation at Notre Dame and joining a stem cell laboratory, he realized that the future of science and medicine lies beyond the traditional, single scientist centered model, and instead must embrace a team-based, highly collaborative model to continue to make breakthroughs at the pace the field has become accustomed to.</span></span>