Jasleen Saini is a Ph.D. candidate in Cell and Molecular Biology. She completed her B.S. and M.S. in Biotechnology from India and came to the United States for her doctoral study in 2017. She is working in Dr. Dan Lessner’s lab in the Department of Biological Sciences. Her research focuses on understanding the fundamental mechanisms and factors involved in Fe-S cluster assembly in methanogen nitrogenases, as well as its properties. In the long term, this could lead to the optimization of nitrogenase-based biofuel (e.g., H2) production and the ability to transfer active nitrogenase to plants (e.g., cereals), thereby decreasing energy expenditures required for fertilizer production.
She is an officer of two registered student organizations on campus – the CEMB graduate student association and Health, Strength, and Wellness Association for Graduates at the University of Arkansas. She also participated in the Social Innovation Challenge 2020, and she has been recently selected for the “Startup Bootcamp 2021” offered by Future Founders, to instill a foundation of entrepreneurial skills.
Outside of academics, Jasleen is a huge supporter of health, wellness, and personal development. Her health and wellness journey started after she met a road accident in 2018 in which the vertebrae of her lower back got displaced. Not only did she overcome her injury through persistence and self-work but also realized the importance of good physical and mental health and made it her priority. Today, she loves running, long walks, hiking, and reading personal-development, self-help, business, and financing-related books. Some of her favorite books are The seven habits of highly effective people by Stephen Covey, Atomic habits by James Clear and Breaking the habit of being yourself by Dr. Joe Dispenza.
She is greatly inspired by the quote “Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation” – Man’s search for meaning by Victor Frankl
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