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<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">'''Trevor B. Nicks''' is a junior biochemistry and business administration major at William Jewell College in Liberty, MO. 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 assistant, and the Co-President of the American Chemical Society chapter on campus.</span></span>
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<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">'''Trevor B. Nicks'''&nbsp;is currently a graduate student at Tufts University, pursuing a Ph.D. in Biotechnology Engineering. He graduated from William Jewell College in May&nbsp;2017 with Honors in Biochemistry, Applied Critical Thought & Inquiry, and a minor in Business Administration. Trevor is [[File:Trevor Nicks Profile.png|thumb]]passionate about public education equality, innovation in green energy, biotechnology, and science in general.</span></span>
  
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trevor spent the 2015 summer in Boston, interning with an MIT-based gray water reclamation startup which exposed him to numerous new technologies and ideas. In the undergraduate research program at Jewell he studies long-chain hydrocarbon producing bateria in the hope of creating viable alternative fuel sources. He also likes to 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.</span></span>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; As an undergrad, Trevor co-founded a biotech startup (drinkspira.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;">&nbsp;evolution (<span style="color: rgb(2, 2, 2);">doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00384), and studied alternative biofuel sources.&nbsp;</span><span style="color: rgb(2, 2, 2);">His primary UIF initiatives included co-directing #OneDayKC, bringing Harvard's CS50 to Jewell, and serving as student-advisor on Jewell's data science committee. Trevor was a member of the Fab23 for the Spring meetup of 2017. You can watch his ignite talk here.&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">{{#Widget:Youtube|id=</span>EVGja1UUsOo<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">}}</span>
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<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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Trevor B. Nicks is currently a graduate student at Tufts University, pursuing a Ph.D. in Biotechnology Engineering. He graduated from William Jewell College in May 2017 with Honors in Biochemistry, Applied Critical Thought & Inquiry, and a minor in Business Administration. Trevor is
Trevor Nicks Profile.png
passionate about public education equality, innovation in green energy, biotechnology, and science in general.

            As an undergrad, Trevor co-founded a biotech startup (drinkspira.com), published a paper onnanoarchaeal evolution (doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00384), and studied alternative biofuel sources. His primary UIF initiatives included co-directing #OneDayKC, bringing Harvard's CS50 to Jewell, and serving as student-advisor on Jewell's data science committee. Trevor was a member of the Fab23 for the Spring meetup of 2017. You can watch his ignite talk here. 

If you're interested in contacting Trevor, he can be reached by email at trevornicks@gmail.com or on twitter @TrevorBNicks.


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