When Jon Krohn arrived at Wilfrid Laurier University
established Oxford’s first student-run business
he had every intention of pursuing medicine after
incubator – a wildly successful venture that has the
completing his undergraduate degree. But things would
distinction of helping facilitate Google’s first UK
change as Jon developed relationships with new
acquisition.
mentors – including two Canada Research Chairs –
“My work needs to have real world applications.
and an extremely supportive network of friends and
There’s no better benefit to society than to be able
study partners at Laurier. Suddenly, Jon was faced with
to take science research and transform it into
a world of new possibilities and ideas, and he set his
a product that can actually impact people’s lives.”
sights on Oxford. Consider his time at Laurier: founder of the Science Faculty’s student mentorship program, Editor-in-Chief of a science newspaper, active member of the
“I didn't know that coming to Oxford was a possibility in my life. Laurier made me feel like I could go out and achieve almost anything I set my mind to.”
boxing club, Executive Producer of the musical theatre club, and a Teaching and Research Assistant. To these accomplishments, Jon would add a truly peerless academic record and earn the highest grade point average of his graduating class (a perfect 12.0). Today, Jon is completing his PhD in neuroscience at Oxford University on a prestigious Wellcome Trust Doctoral Research Scholarship. His research focuses on the genetics of anxiety and depression, because of the high prevalence of these diseases and their massive impact on an individual’s quality of life. He has
JON KROHN Alumnus 2007
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