Ian McDonald, graduate student in Lee Graves’ lab, successfully defended his PhD on March 5, 2020!

The title of Ian’s talk was 鈥淓xploring the Controversial Role of MELK in Cancer.鈥
Ian was joined by his parents, Brian and Linda McDonald, his grandparents, Kurt and Rita Maute, his girlfriend, Allison O鈥橦alloran, and her mother, Adrienne O鈥橦alloran.
Ian will be joining the management consulting firm, Bain & Co., in July in their Atlanta Office. We wish Ian all the best!
Here are some more pics from Ian’s defense (click for a larger view).
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