Hi, ’08s! I hope you’re all doing well. Here are just some of the exciting things people are up to around the world.


Marc Lajoie just published his first paper in Genetics magazine titled “Lambda Red Recombination in Escherichia coli Occurs Through a Fully Single-Stranded Intermediate.” He also tells us that Kim Rocio has been promoted to an engineer at Boston Scientific, where she is doing endoscopy research and development.


Things are going quite well for Glavy Cruz. She works as a coordinator for an alternative medicine program at a health clinic in Lawrence, Massachusetts, and has also started her master’s program in clinical psychology at Harvard. In addition, she is happy to report that she recently bought a house in Lawrence, Massachusetts!


James Marlow is starting his Ph.D. in Lubbock, Texas, and will be traveling to China in January to study genomics and work in the Xishuangbanna Botanical Garden in Southern Yunnan.


Timothy Chingos just started a new job working as a sales development representative for a startup in San Carlos, California, called Zuberance. If anyone is looking to identify and mobilize their brand advocates and turn their actions into sales and revenue for their company, let him know!


Ending an impressive six-year residence up in Hanover, Phil Bracikowski has just finished his master’s in space physics at Dartmouth this August. He is now living in the northern German town of Kühlungsborn, right on the Baltic coast. The small, rural town, like Hanover, is abundant with forests for hiking and biking routes. Phil is working at the Institute for Atmospheric Physics, researching turbulence in the troposphere. He is enjoying traveling around Germany, including Berlin and Munich (for Oktoberfest), and invites any alumni living or traveling in Germany to get in touch!


As for me, I’ve been living in India since September working in the clean technology portfolio at Acumen Fund, a social venture fund that uses patient capital to help companies that are serving the needs of the poor. I’ve been learning a ton about clean energy, from solar to biomass to hydro, and am enjoying getting some on the ground experience. I write this to you from the beautiful Himalayan town of Kullu, looking out at the majestic Himalayan Mountains towering above the Beas River in the valley below. So, ya, life is pretty good. If anyone is in India in the next few months, definitely hit me up.


And, as always, send any exciting (or mundane) updates for Class Notes my way!


—Yasmin Mandviwala, 6 Nollet Drive, Andover, MA 01810; yasminm@gmail.com