{"id":6988,"date":"2024-08-10T18:11:23","date_gmt":"2024-08-10T23:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/?p=6988"},"modified":"2025-12-03T14:20:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T19:20:48","slug":"shanen-rose-arellano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/2024\/08\/10\/shanen-rose-arellano\/","title":{"rendered":"Shanen Rose Arellano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/photonics-programs\/files\/2025\/05\/20240801_REU-Lab-Headshots-Shanen-002-636x424.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"424\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/files\/2025\/05\/20240801_REU-Lab-Headshots-Shanen-002-636x424.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/files\/2025\/05\/20240801_REU-Lab-Headshots-Shanen-002-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/files\/2025\/05\/20240801_REU-Lab-Headshots-Shanen-002-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/files\/2025\/05\/20240801_REU-Lab-Headshots-Shanen-002-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/files\/2025\/05\/20240801_REU-Lab-Headshots-Shanen-002-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shanen Arellano is a senior at Mount Holyoke College, majoring in Physics with a minor in music. Born and raised in Kailua, Hawaii, Shanen pioneered the Kealakehe STEM academy at their high school, improving access to AP classes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This summer, Shanen worked in PI Masha Kamenetska\u2019s Single Molecule Spectroscopy Lab on \u201cDeveloping \u2018sticky-handle\u2019 DNA for Single-Molecule force spectroscopy measurements.\u201d The project developed a polymerase chain reaction in order to make spectroscopic methods more cost effective.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shanen is planning to apply for a PhD program in either Boston or the West Coast after finishing their undergraduate degree.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Hear more about Shanen&#8217;s summer experience!<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 56.25% 0 0 0; position: relative;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1060549666?badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media\" title=\"FinalCut_Shanen_2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Shanen Arellano is a senior at Mount Holyoke College, majoring in Physics with a minor in music. Born and raised in Kailua, Hawaii, Shanen pioneered the Kealakehe STEM academy at their high school, improving access to AP classes. This summer, Shanen worked in PI Masha Kamenetska\u2019s Single Molecule Spectroscopy Lab on \u201cDeveloping \u2018sticky-handle\u2019 DNA [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22341,"featured_media":7624,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[119],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6988"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22341"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6988"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9268,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6988\/revisions\/9268"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}