Sikeston graduate selected to meet with Nobel Prize winners in Germany

DENTON, Texas -- University of North Texas doctoral student Michael Jones will meet and network with Nobel Prize winners during the 65th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, which will bring together laureates in physiology, medicine, physics and chemistry.

Thousands of young scientists apply to attend the event each year. Jones is one of 672 attendees from 88 countries who will participate in this year's event, which takes place from June 28--July 3 in Germany.

"In my research and classes at UNT I have learned to be resilient and ask a lot of questions," Jones said in an article written by the University of North Texas. "When I'm in Germany, I hope to ask a lot of questions of Nobel Prize winners. I want to learn what got them to where they are and how they became leaders in their fields."

Jones, who is a 2008 graduate of Sikeston High School, conducts research in UNT Regents Professor of Chemistry Angela Wilson's lab. Jones combines physics, chemistry, math and computer science to find answers to biological problems, including what triggers cancer.

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