Andrea Gray was chosen as this year’s recipient of the Rutgers School of Engineering Outstanding Student Award. Andrea graduated in January 2016 after completing her PhD thesis entitled, “Approaches for Improving the Therapeutic Potential of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells”, under the guidance of Professor Martin Yarmush. Andrea is currently a Staff Fellow in the Office of Cellular, Tissue and Gene Therapies within the Center for Biological Evaluation and Research at the US Food and Drug Administration.