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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]]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. His research is at the intersection of Cell-Free Metabolic Engineering, Directed Evolution, and Protein 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|Trevor Nicks Profile.png]]passionate about public education equality, innovation in green energy, biotechnology, entrepreneurship, and queer rights.</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. As he enters the undergraduate research program at Jewell he plans to study the optimization of&nbsp;''Shewanella onedensis ''for long-chain hydrocarbon production in microbial fuel cells.&nbsp;</span></span><span style="background-color: rgb(148, 176, 243);">Student Contributors</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 (spirainc.com), published a paper on&nbsp;</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 a 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 (</span></span></span>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVGja1UUsOo&t=1s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVGja1UUsOo&amp;t=1s])
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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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<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:&nbsp;</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;">,&nbsp;</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;">,&nbsp;</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;">,&nbsp;</span>[http://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;">,&nbsp;</span>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Conner_Hazelrigg Conner Hazelrigg]
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Trevor B. Nicks is currently a 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 Protein 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
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passionate about public education equality, innovation in green energy, biotechnology, entrepreneurship, and queer rights.

            As an undergrad, Trevor co-founded a biotech startup (spirainc.com), published a paper on nanoarchaeal 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 a 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 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVGja1UUsOo&t=1s)

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


Related Links

William Jewell College

William Jewell College Strategic Priorities

Fellows

Alex Holden

Gretchen Mayes

Trevor Nicks

Benjamin Shinogle

Macy Tush

Bradley Dice


William Jewell College 2014-2015 Leadership Circle: Bradley DiceJames MilamKate McFerrenAmelia HanzlickConner Hazelrigg