Sajjad Khan awarded a Zancada Graduate Fellowship

June 3, 2024

photo: Sajjad Khan

Sponsored by the UNM Office of the Vice President for Research, the Zancada (Spanish for “stride”) program will create a cohort of future leaders in science, technology, humanities and the arts who are well-prepared and committed to finding interdisciplinary, actionable and meaningful solutions to global problems. Zancada Fellowships recognize the remarkable accomplishments of the selected graduate students and provide a valuable training opportunity to develop leadership & professional skills and encourage interdisciplinarity and community engagement among fellows.

Sajjad Khan was also a Fulbright scholar during 2018-2023. He is a member of the Optical Nanoscopy Lab, led by professor Keith Lidke of the Department of Physics & Astronomy at The University of New Mexico. His research focuses on the development of single molecule localization microscopy methods that enable the unprecedented imaging of cellular processes at the molecular level, facilitating breakthroughs in our fundamental understanding of biological processes