Evan Smith
- esmith52@nd.edu
Career & Outreach
Graduation year: 2025
Hometown: Minneapolis, MN
Dorm: Siegfried Hall
Email address: esmith52@nd.edu
Major(s)/Minor(s): Biological Sciences
Research: I’m involved with daphnia RNAi research with Dr. Agrelius and work on bioinformatics with Dr. Torres-Dowdall’s lab.
Post-graduation plans: Graduate school for plant genetics
Favorite Biology/ES course: Genomics with Dr. Ferdig
Extracurriculars: Running club, Agriculture Student Association
Advice for First-Year Biology/ES majors: To get through some of the tougher classes sometimes you’ve got to take things day-by-day, and it’s easy to get caught up in the short-term. But every now and then you’ve got to take a step back and consider your overall goals beyond classes and the concrete steps that you need to take to reach them.
Fun/interesting fact about yourself: I did half ironman last summer
Favorite part about Notre Dame: Being surrounded by so many impressive students and professors who inspire me.