(Dec 2020) Klump Lab RA of the Month
research assistant of the month
december 2020: Katrina fajardo and chelsi perkins
Maria Katrina Alcantara Fajardo (goes by “Katrina”) was born and raised in the Philippines, but has resided in Virginia and Michigan for more than 10 years. She is a junior with a major in Neuroscience and minor in Spanish on the pre-medical track. Additionally, as an advocate for social injustices and inequities, Katrina gets involved in multiple cultural awareness and service-providing organizations. She is the Secretary of CTRL+A, an inclusive dance group under APASO that offers different types of cultural dances and wide variety of genres. At MSU’s Student Chapter of Doctors Without Borders, she works as a Treasurer where she collects and promotes donations to partnering organizations which help to provide medical resources where they are scarce. Katrina is also known to be a passionate flutist and pianist, bubble tea addict, and frequent movie-watcher.
Chelsi graduated from MSU in Fall 2019 with a degree in Human Biology. She is currently taking a gap year while applying to medical school and is working in the Klump Lab for the first time beginning Fall 2020.