<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, MOApplied Critical Thought & Inquiry, and a minor in Business Administration. Trevor is [[File:Trevor Nicks Profile.png|thumb|Trevor Nicks Profile.png]]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 the Co-President of 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. In Trevor was a member of the undergraduate research program at Jewell he studies long-chain hydrocarbon producing bateria in Fab23 for the hope Spring meetup of creating viable alternative fuel sources2017. He also likes to You can watch his ignite talk and often randomly starts dancing... the dancing usually isn't good. If you're interested in contacting Trevor he can be contacted by email at trevornicks@gmail.com or on twitter by @TrevorBNicks.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>
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