LAURYN HOLGADO is an Eckardt Scholar pursuing a dual degree in chemical engineering and chemistry. At Lehigh, Lauryn is a coordinator of the Eco-Rep Leadership Program, a resident assistant, a teaching assistant, a Lehigh After Dark ambassador, a Rossin Junior Fellow, and a member of Tau Beta Pi, an engineering honors society. Currently, Lauryn is a UN youth representative for the Nadam Foundation, an NGO in India that advocates for environmental protection and women’s rights, and an undergraduate researcher in Professor Srinivas Rangarajan’s laboratory, where she investigates the oxidative coupling of methane. Previously, she worked as an undergraduate researcher in Professor Angela Brown’s laboratory, developing new techniques to fight antibiotic resistance. In 2022, Lauryn was awarded a DAAD RISE scholarship, interning in Freiberg, Germany. There, she studied the oxidation of methane and formaldehyde using iron oxide catalysts. She plans to pursue a Ph.D. in chemical engineering and research sustainable technologies and energies. CHRISTOPHER MARINA is double majoring in accounting and finance and minoring in history. He was born in Stroudsburg, PA, and came to Lehigh because of its prestigious colleges and to stay close to his family. At Lehigh, he is involved as the campus events coordinator for the Eco-Rep Leadership Program; a Technology, Research, and Communication Fellow; and a member of the Greening the UN Missions team. He is also a part of the Beta Gamma Sigma and Beta Alpha Psi business honor societies. Running, playing with his dog Tilly, and spending time with loved ones are his favorite hobbies. Post Lehigh, he is interested in finding ways of incorporating environmental and social policy into American accounting and finance firms. EMILY MICHNOWSKI is a part of the Integrated Degree in Engineering, Arts and Sciences program, studying chemical engineering and earth and environmental sciences with a minor in English. At Lehigh, she is a resident assistant, president of the Delta Chi chapter of the Phi Sigma Pi national honor fraternity, and vice president of Lehigh’s chapter of Engineers Without Borders. She worked as a Lehigh Valley Social Impact Fellow on the Southside Permaculture Park, a zero-waste park that utilizes permaculture principles to create a sustainable food source for the South Side Bethlehem community through regenerative urban agriculture. Emily is on the Greening the UN Missions team as a part of the Greening the Blue program, with the purpose of promoting sustainable practices within the UN Missions offices. In the summer of 2022, she participated in SIT Iceland: Renewable Energy, Technology, and Resource Economics study abroad program. She plans to pursue a career in scientific journalism with a focus on the environment. SARAH MIXSELL is pursuing a B.A. as a double major in women, gender, and sexuality studies and in sociology and anthropology, with minors in history and global studies. At Lehigh, she served as the vice-president of diversity, equity, and inclusion on her sorority’s executive board in 2022 and currently serves as the 2023 chapter president of Kappa Alpha Theta. Sarah works in partnership with the Pride Center and the Center for Gender Equity at Lehigh on an annual activism project dedicated to raising awareness for missing and murdered indigenous women and girls. At home in Anchorage, Alaska, she is the founder and president of Alaska Kids for Kids, a youth-centric nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing the visibility of and contributing to the mission fulfillment of larger youth organizations in Alaska. Sarah plans to pursue a career in diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging consulting. BEN MURPHY-SCHMEHL is an Eckardt Scholar pursuing a degree in economics with minors in data science and global studies. Last summer, he was awarded the Elisha P. Wilbur Scholarship Prize for having the best semester average for his sophomore year. Ben is the lead communicator to the European Union UN Mission for Lehigh University’s Greening the UN Missions program. Since his freshman year, Ben has worked as a sustainable office program assistant and as a metrics and reporting assistant for Lehigh’s Office of Sustainability. Ben has also interned for PennEnvironment, a statewide, environmental nonprofit organization, sparking his interests in environmental injustice and its economic implications. On campus, Ben has worked as a peer tutor and a summer admissions tour guide and is a part of Lehigh’s running club. Professionally, he has interned for Juno Capital Partners and worked for Lehigh’s Data for Impact Summer Institute. Ben will intern this summer at Moody’s Analytics and plans to pursue a career as an economic analyst. LAYAN SULEIMAN is pursuing a degree in industrial and systems engineering with minors in business and computer science. At Lehigh, she conducted research as a Campus Sustainability Impact Fellow, pioneering ways to decrease the recycling contamination rate on campus. She is president of the Middle Eastern Student Union, where she aims to create a welcoming community for Middle Eastern students on campus and strives to make connections with the surrounding Lehigh Valley community. Outside Lehigh, she holds an advisory position in which she guides a cohort of 20 international students from Saudi Arabia to ensure their academic, emotional, and social success. In addition, she volunteers for the Philadelphia branch of the Muslim Interscholastic Tournament. In her free time, Layan focuses on her selfestablished embroidery business and uses it to amplify topics she is passionate about. Layan plans to pursue a postgraduate interdisciplinary degree that combines business and engineering. WILLIAM YAEGER is pursuing a degree in biology and in industrial and systems engineering through Lehigh’s Integrated Degree in Engineering, Arts and Sciences honors program. He is interested in the development of biological solutions to social and environmental problems. Will is an alumnus of Lehigh’s Global Social Impact Fellowship, through which he served for two years as the technical lead for GRO Mushrooms, a social enterprise focused on the development of sustainable low-tech mushroom production systems to address food insecurity and malnutrition in Sierra Leone. He studies yeast genome evolution as an undergraduate researcher in Professor Gregory Lang’s laboratory and has previously conducted research on bacteriophage genetics and molecular surveillance of toxic algal blooms. Will is active in various campus organizations, serving as founder and president emeritus of the Lehigh quiz bowl club, a wilderness trip leader for the Lehigh outing club, a gryphon (resident assistant), and a member of the Lehigh Student Senate. He enjoys reading and spending time hunting for mushrooms or backpacking with friends. Will plans to pursue a Ph.D. and work in applied biological research and entrepreneurship.
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