<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">'''Trevor B. Nicks''' is currently a junior biochemistry graduate student at Tufts University, pursuing a Ph.D. in Biotechnology Engineering. His research is at the intersection of Cell-Free Metabolic Engineering, Directed Evolution, and business administration major at Protein Engineering. He graduated from William Jewell College in LibertyMay 2017 with Honors in Biochemistry, Applied Critical Thought & Inquiry, MOand a minor in Business Administration. Trevor is<img _fck_mw_valid="false" _fck_mw_filename="Trevor Nicks" alt="" class="fck_mw_notfound" /><img src="/images/9/9f/Trevor_Nicks_Profile.png" _fck_mw_filename="[[File:Trevor Nicks Profile.png" _fck_mw_type="|thumb" alt="|Trevor Nicks Profile.png" class="fck_mw_frame fck_mw_right" /> ]]passionate about public education equality and , innovation in green energy, biotechnology, and science in general. At William Jewell College he is the captain of the men’s track and field team, a resident assistantentrepreneurship, and is very involved with the American Chemical Society chapter on campusqueer rights.</span></span>
<span style="font-sizefamily:mediumtimes new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-familysize:times new roman,times,serifmedium;"> As an undergrad, Trevor co-founded a biotech startup (spirainc.com), published a paper on  </span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">nanoarchaeal</span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">  evolution (<span style="color: rgb(2, 2, 2);">doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00384), and studied alternative biofuel sources. Trevor spent the 2015 summer in Boston</span><span style="color: rgb(2, 2, interning with an MIT2);">His primary UIF initiatives included co-based gray water reclamation startup which exposed him directing #OneDayKC, bringing Harvard's CS50 to numerous new technologies Jewell, and ideasserving as a student-advisor on Jewell's data science committee. As he enters the undergraduate research program at Jewell he plans to study the biological mechanics Trevor was a member of microbial fuel cells and the role advancements in the 3-D printing of graphene aerogels may play in Fab23 for the rapidly evolving field Spring meetup of bio-energy2017. You can watch his ignite talk here (</span></span></span>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVGja1UUsOo&t=1s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVGja1UUsOo&t=1s])
<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">If you're interested in contacting Trevor, he can be reached by email at trevornicks@gmail.com or on twitter @TrevorBNicks.</span></span> ==Related Links== [[William Jewell College|William Jewell College]] [[William Jewell College Strategic Priorities|William Jewell College Strategic Priorities]] '''Fellows''' '''Alex Holden''' [[Gretchen Mayes|Gretchen Mayes]] '''Trevor Nicks''' Benjamin Shinogle [[Macy Tush|Macy Tush]] [[Bradley Dice|Bradley Dice]]<div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt;"><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 20.16px;">William Jewell College 2014-2015 Leadership Circle: </span>[http://universityinnovation.org/Bradley%20Dice <b>Bradley Dice</b>]<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 20.16px;">, </span>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/James_Milam James Milam]<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 20.16px;">, </span>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Kate_McFerren Kate McFerren]<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 20.16px;">, </span>[Categoryhttp:Pages with broken file links//universityinnovation.org/wiki/Amelia_Hanzlick Amelia Hanzlick]<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 20.16px;">, </span>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Conner_Hazelrigg Conner Hazelrigg]<div><br/></div>[[Category:Student Contributors|t]]