Student: Sydney Catherine D’Amaddio
Program: Biochemistry with a Biophysics Certificate
Lab: Robert G. Mealer, MD, PhD | UNC Neuroscience Center
About Sydney
Sydney is a new student at UNC who is originally from Hebron, Connecticut, and spent the past six years in Boston for college and work before coming to Chapel Hill.
She completed her undergraduate degree at Brandeis University, where she conducted research in the Goode Lab on actin-septin cytoskeletal remodeling.
After graduating, she worked at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering in the Walt Lab, focusing on brain-derived extracellular vesicle isolation and TB/HIV diagnostic development.
Sydney said she chose the program because of its collaborative environment and supportive community, citing faculty-student collaboration as a key reason for pursuing graduate training there.
Favorite Hobbies and Author
In her free time, she enjoys reading and baking, and named Taylor Jenkins Reid as her favorite author.