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2025 Wrigley Institute Fellow Zohaib Suhail, who works with the Prakash Lab at USC’s Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute, carefully pries open a reactor to analyze the results of a reaction. (Nick Neumann/USC Wrigley Institute).

We are on the cusp of a great energy transition. 

2025 Wrigley Institute Graduate Fellow Mia Franks changing a filter for water sampling on the San Pedro Ocean Times Series cruise in June (Nick Neumann/USC Wrigley Institute).

The human microbiome is described as the collection of all the microorganisms in and on our bodies that contribute to our health and wellness.

2025 Wrigley Institute Graduate Fellow Jenna Dilworth uses an airbrush to remove tissue from a coral fragment so it can be further processed for molecular analyses (Nick Neumann/USC Wrigley Institute).

It’s not always easy for scientists in my field to think about the future.