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Mark Joseph<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mark Joseph, originally from Canefield in Dominica, has graduated with record-setting honors in biochemistry and excelled as one of University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) top students during his undergraduate career.<\/p>\n

UMES created the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation program in 1991 to help the United States meet its science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce needs.<\/p>\n

An article on the UMES website states that Joseph crossed the graduation stage on December 13th<\/sup>\u00a02019 at the William P. Hytche Athletic Center with an impressive transcript.<\/p>\n

\u201cA near-perfect grade point average in pursuit of a biochemistry degree,\u00a0\u00a0earning him highest honors\u00a0\u00a0and a slew of other credits, including an American Chemical Society award earlier this year as one of the nation’s top undergraduate physical chemistry students,\u201d the article stated.<\/p>\n

As a member of the Richard A. Henson Honors Program, Joseph completed 45 credit hours of honors-approved classes, setting a university record.<\/p>\n

This program requires all honors students to complete 24 credit hours in honors classes toward graduation.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis capstone honors project was a report drawn from working in the lab of Dr. Anand Dhekeny, an associate professor of genetics and plant breeding,\u201d it stated.\u00a0\u201cJoseph assisted Dhekeny in exploring ways to optimize a genome editing system for grapevines using \u201cCRISPR\/Cas9,\u201d a cutting-edge research technique to breed new plant varieties.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joseph also worked as a research assistant in two other UMES laboratories and also for a pest-control company that uses the kind of traditional pesticides under increasing scrutiny, a hands-on experience that inspired him to look for natural insect repellents.<\/p>\n

The article stated that Joseph plans to spend 2020 shadowing physicians at hospitals and clinics as well as working as a nursing home volunteer while studying for the medical school entrance exam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mark Joseph, originally from Canefield in Dominica, has graduated with record-setting honors in biochemistry and excelled as one of University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) top students during his undergraduate career. 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