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Jarrad Hampton-Marcell, a top bacteria researcher, performs work at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago.

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South Suburban African American is Top Bacteria Science Researcher

Jarrad Hampton-Marcell enjoyed dissecting worms as a youngster in south suburban Robbins, Ill. “I was one of those always curious kids,” Hampton- Marcell recalled. “I was pulling out worms and would play with them. I would dissect them to see what was going on.”