Tyler Kaplan Participates in Richter Scholars Program at Lake Forest College

2013 Mar 25

Tyler Kaplan `16 of Riverwoods, IL was selected as a Richter Scholar at Lake Forest College. Kaplan will work on a biology research project with Professor Karen Kirk titled, "Telomeres: Mutating genes that affect the tips of chromosomes." Kaplan will be working with Professor Kirk under a National Science Foundation award to study how telomeres function using a fungus called Aspergillus.

The Richter Apprentice Scholar Program offers a unique research opportunity to a small group of outstanding students early in their college careers. During the summer between their first and second years, Richter Scholars are employed as apprentice scholars working one-on-one with faculty members conducting independent research.

Kaplan is a graduate of Deerfield High School in Deerfield, IL.

Lake Forest College is a national liberal arts institution located 30 miles north of downtown Chicago. The College has 1,500 students representing 47 state and 79 countries. Visit www.lakeforest.edu.