Each month we highlight one of our MSTP students. This month's highlight is:
William "Gus" Milhizer
Area of Study: Biophysics
Hometown: Dallas, Texas
Academics
Research interests
- Membrane Transport and Electrophysiology
- Computational Molecular Modeling
- Mitochondrial Bioenergetics
- Medical Imaging
Awards, honors, publications:
- Rostovtseva TK, Hoogerheide DP, Milhizer WA and Bezrukov SM (2025) Global and local effects in lipid-mediated interactions between peripheral and integral membrane proteins. Front. Mol. Biosci. 12:1605772. doi: 10.3389/fmolb.2025.1605772
- ACS Undergraduate Award in Physical Chemistry
- Duke Streetmed Freestyle Dance Battle 2024 Champion
Long term goals/ aspirations
- Learn Chinese
- Write a novel
- Watch Letterboxd's Top 500 Movies
Post MSTP Training dream job
- Professor and physician-scientist at an academic center
Fun Facts
What you enjoy outside of school
- Playing Piano
- Dance (All styles, but most recently breaking)
- Playing Chess
- Data Analytics for OSUCOM Ping Pong Interest Group
A talent you have always wanted
Aptitude for cooking and baking.Favorite book
Lincoln in the Bardo by George SaundersFavorite quote
For I have known them all already, known them all: Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, I have measured out my life with coffee spoons; - The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, TS Eliot
Can’t live without
NYT Crossword Subscription
If you weren’t in MSTP, what would you be doing now?
Teaching