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<br/>[[File:536817 10152014407782835 559860899 n.jpg|thumb|536817 10152014407782835 559860899 n.jpg]]<span style="font-size:small;">Jonathan is an University Innovation Fellow and Senior Biological Sciences major at the University of Notre Dame working 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>
<span style="font-size: small;"></span> <span style="font-size: small;">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 style="font-size:small;"></span>
<span style="font-size:small;"><span class="s1">With that in mind, he dove into teaching, starting as a Freshman tutor, progressing to Teaching Assistantships and finally as acting Co-Chair of the Biology Senior Leadership Committee. To realize his dream of inclusive science, Jonathan serves as the Co-Science Chair of the NSF STEM Ambassadors grant tasked to increase STEM retention rates by offering academic, social, and career mentorship from a student-to-student basis across all STEM fields. He also serves as the Undergraduate Director of the DNA Learning Center, currently revamping a community outreach program to expose middle school students to molecular biology through the study of the effects of pollution on gene expression and cancer.</span></span>