Every year, the Future Leaders Program of the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) chooses 31 distinguished graduate students and postdoctoral fellows specializing in chemistry or related fields to participate in an all-expenses-paid development program. Since its founding in 2010, the Future Leaders has selected over 400 recipients worldwide from 38 different nations. This year, the cohort includes graduate student Anjali Gurajapu from the laboratory of Sarah Reisman , Bren Professor of Chemistry and Norman Davidson Leadership Chair of the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (CCE).

After completing her undergraduate studies in chemistry and data science at UC Berkeley, Gurajapu joined Reisman's group.…