My name is Jennifer Owen. I’m 25 years old and am a Colorado native. I
graduated from Fort Collins High School in 1993 with the vague idea that I
wanted to be involved in science somehow but was unsure about the specifics.
Microbiology, Genetics, and Chemistry were my favorite high school classes.
I was blessed with wonderful, inspiring teachers who encouraged me to
continue in that direction. I attended Colorado College, in Colorado Springs
for a year and a half and then transferred to CSU. Now I am approaching
graduation (Fall 2000) with a degree in Biochemistry.
I was given the opportunity to start working for Dr. Lianne Pilon-Smits and
Dr. Marinus Pilon in the summer of ‘99 and have really enjoyed everything I
have learned so far. I’m confident that science is the right place for me
afterall. Although some of the work is tedious and the results sometime make
me want to scream, in general research stimulates and satisfies an innate
curious nature that I’ve had all my life.