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His chemistry research is funded through Jankowiak's U.S. Department of Energy EPSCoR grant; his research with Naibo is funded through the Center for Integration of Graduate and Undergraduate Research at 1xbet online casino .
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Reppert will pursue a Ph.D. in physical chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His career goal is to work at a university where 1xbet online casino would conduct research on fundamental physical and chemical principles as they apply to biological systems.
Reppert also has been a Goldwater Scholar and a National Merit Scholar. He has received the Presidential Award for Distinguished Undergraduate Student in Research and the Phi Lambda Upsilon award for academic performance as a sophomore. He also has been awarded the Presidential Scholarship, the William and Melissa Harold Memorial Scholarship, the Dow 1xbet online casino Alumni Association Scholarship, the Travis W. Miller Memorial Scholarship, the Jack and Betsy Lambert Scholarship and the College of Arts and Sciences Excellence Scholarship.
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