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Hi! I’m Lois. “becomingdrlois” is a blog where I share my research and experiences as an African PhD student in STEM in the US, as well as what I learn throughout my doctoral journey about productivity and wellbeing. I hope you have as much fun reading as I have writing it!

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Honored to Receive A Fellowship

I am excited to share that I’ve been selected as a 2026 Wayne L. Ryan Fellow. This was the best news to begin the semester and came at a really meaningful… Read more
Growth Lessons From My Cactus

I was scrolling through my gallery when I came across a picture of my cactus (left). It was one of the plants I bought when I first moved into my… Read more
Five Days in Louisville

Earlier this month, I was at the FASEB conference on Protein Folding in the Cell. These meetings are small with a few hundred people in one hotel. There’s no crowd… Read more
A Good Spring Semester and the End of my Third Year

As I wrap up this semester, I am taking some time to reflect on the past year as a scientist. It has been a memorable, yet trying year. I have… Read more