Ngango Yvon Rugema

Ngango Yvon Rugema is a PULSe graduate student in the department of Chemistry working with Dr. Angeline Lyon to discover the structure of PLC enzymes and their interactions. Seeing that His country of origin, Rwanda, needed to develop in areas of scientific research with a focus on biomedical sciences, he decided to pursue a PhD in an American university so that he may learn and apply the knowledge gained to be one of the pioneers of establishing research based education and institutions in his country.  He enjoys playing volleyball and guitar for a worship band at his church.