University of Washington undergraduate and Bothell native Devon Chandler-Brown is among four UW undergraduates honored with a Goldwater Scholarship from the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation. Scholarships are awarded to college sophomores and juniors entering the fields of mathematics, science and engineering.

Chandler-Brown is studying general biology and biochemistry and will graduate in 2011. He plans to pursue a doctorate degree in the biomedical sciences, with a particular interest in studying the mechanisms that drive the formation of disease to develop therapeutic interventions.

He also hopes to teach at the university level and “pass on some of my enthusiasm for science to new researchers.” Chandler-Brown has already shared his interest in science through volunteering to teach environmental science, earth science and chemistry in schools in La Push, Bothell and Seattle to students from the first through 12th grades.

Recently, Chandler-Brown was also named a UW campus nominee for the Gates Cambridge and Marshall scholarships.