UT Arlington student Emmanuel Fordjour was a sophomore when he sought out Julian Hurdle, an assistant professor of biology, and asked if he could help research ways to fight a dangerous, hospital-acquired disease called Clostridium difficile infection or CDI.
Just two years later, Fordjour's work with Hurdle has put him in an elite class - named a winner of the Washington D.C.-based Council on Undergraduate Research's 2014 Posters on the Hill competition. Fordjour is one of just 60 undergraduate scholars from across the United States selected from a field of 600 applicants. In April, the winners will present their research to members of Congress, Congressional staffers and staff from government agencies.
Fordjour, a double major in biology and microbiology who plans to graduate in 2015, said the achievement represents another of the "mind-blowing” opportunities he has had since choosing to attend UT Arlington.
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