Major: Chemistry
Hometown: Benld, IL
Career Plans: He plans to attend medical school and become a physician specializing in either oncology or pediatrics. He’s also interested in working in a medical lab doing research on curing disease.

Junior chemistry major Dyllan Tiburzi has benefited from the personal attention he’s received from dedicated professors at the University of Illinois Springfield. As an undergraduate, he is working side-by-side with Assistant Professor of Chemistry Layne Morsch to design new methods for making chemistry environmentally friendly. Tiburzi likes the idea of utilizing cutting edge methods of technology that promote sustainability.