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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">Thank you for everyone who voted! There was one person who voted twice so that person’s vote was nulled. After removing the double vote, the results are as followed:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">Nominated Speakers</span></u><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">
<u># of Votes</u><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">Kathryn Milligan-Myhre (UAA)
<b><span style="color:red">8</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">Bonnie Berger (MIT) 4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">Peter Bradley (UCLA)
<b>7</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">Jay Phelan (UCLA) 0<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">Tyrone Hayes (UC Berkeley) 1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">Andrew Eckert (VCU) 1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">John R. Roth (UC Davis)
<b>7</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">Ana Carnaval (CCNY) 2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">Subhash Pandey (UIC) 6<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">Hopi Hoekstra (Harvard) 3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">Britt Koskella (UC Berkeley) 2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">Brian Simison (California Academy of Sciences) 1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">Rachel Vannette (UC Davis) 0<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">Rodrigo Beas (UABC) 1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">Catherine Lozupone (CU) 4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">Ellen Robey (UC Berkeley)
<b>7</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">David Neale (UC Davis) 0<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">David Johnson (Samford University) 1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">Nigel Atkinson (UT Austin) 4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">Lior Pachter (Caltech) 2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">Jason Stajich (UC Riverside) 5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">Dr. Kathryn Milligan-Myhre who received the most votes has been contacted. There are 3 scientists who were tied with 7 votes. I used an online random generator and the name picked was Dr. Ellen
Robey (see attached picture below). Therefore, Dr. Ellen Robey will be contacted. If either of them decline for any reason, Dr. Peter Bradley and/or Dr. John Roth will be contacted (will decide randomly again).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><img width="575" height="397" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D3CE89.A7988B70"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">Please let me know if you have any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">Angel Kongsomboonvech<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">QSB seminar committee graduate student representative<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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