Student Science Training Program (SSTP)
Alumni - Quotes and Comments
| “Ah, the days at Seahorse Key......all the Bob Marley music and sun and beach you might want.....” Michael B. Glasgow Senior Research and Development Chemist Ethyl Corporation (SSTP 1983) |
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| “I still have my 1981 SSTP T-shirt, and it still fits!” Christopher W. Carreras Scientist, Department of Pharmacological Sciences Kosan Biosciences, Inc. (SSTP 1981) |
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| “I still have my T-shirt!!!” Linda Weinstein Pharmacist Safeway Pharmacy (SSTP 1979) |
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| “I have more stories I could share, and I’m sure I have a box of program ‘souvenirs’ somewhere in my basement....I’m so glad to hear that the program is still going strong.” Cynthia Graham Engineering Technical Training Procter & Gamble (SSTP 1977) |
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| “It was specifically my experience in your program that put me on the career path I am on today....My project at UF introduced me to the study of plant anatomy and the challenging world of scientific research that I have pursued almost continuously since that summer.” Sharon D. Klavins Post-Doctoral Research Fellow University of Kansas (SSTP 1982) |
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| “My summer at UF had a profound effect on my personal and educational development.” Carl Martin Johnson Space Center (SSTP 1973) |
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| “The program definitely had a positive influence on me, resulting in a scientific career in Molecular Genetics.”
Paul D. Robbins, Ph. D Professor, Molecular Genetics/Biochemistry University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (SSTP 1975) |
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| “....they all radically enlarged my vision of what I might become and helped plant seeds which are still producing a harvest over thirty years later.” Charles H. Rousseau Teacher Bellarmine Preparatory School, WA (SSTP 1969) |
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| “My participation in UF’S SSTP Program was paramount in encouraging me to pursue a career in science.” Bill Yates, Ph. D Associate Professor, Otolaryngology/Neuroscience University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (SSTP 1977) |
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| “I’m glad to see [the] program has survived. It was a wonderful experience!” Robert A. Strauss Regional Manager Cardone, Solomon, & Associates (SSTP 1965) |
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| “I’m doing what I’m doing right now in large part thanks to my SSTP research project.” Alan E. Fryar Associate Professor, Geological Sciences University of Kentucky (SSTP 1980) |