Juan Castillo explores how alcohol use disorder affects the brain.

Florence Babb and Victoria Rovine's partnership is defined by a shared passion for research and teaching — and choosing the right universities at the right time.  

Bill Miller and Clara Lee have navigated nearly two decades of marriage and academia, including a departure from and return to Carolina, where their relationship began.

Since graduate school, education researchers Ethan Hutt and Daniel Klasik have navigated academia and their relationship with grit and grace.

Howard Craft and Renée Alexander Craft share a commitment to storytelling to preserve history, support different perspectives, and inspire creativity.

Newlyweds and postdoctoral researchers Manuel and Megan Maeso look forward to a future filled with companionship, empathy, and science.

Anna Gatdula studies how the atomic bomb influences music, art, and culture.

Dongshen Peng looks for keys to hidden epigenetic doors.

Chemist Wei You’s second startup company is using polymers to create drug delivery systems for eye diseases.

Sam Lai has founded multiple startups by studying underexplored processes in the body — like mucus production.

Ronit Freeman uses nature’s building blocks to create innovative technologies, from synthetic cells to treatments that could transform health care.

Chad Pecot is revolutionizing RNA therapies for cancer through his company EnFuego Therapeutics and the new UNC RNA Discovery Center.