Kenneth Lyons, Jr., a recent two-year ARCS Foundation Atlanta Scholar at Morehouse College and a second-year graduate student in the Material Science and Engineering (MSE) Ph.D. program at Cornell University, was recently singled out as Student of the Month.A chemist by training, his research focuses on the self assembly of photonic structures from colloidal, polymer particles. Though unsure of his specific plans following the five-year program in Ithaca, New York, Lyons does hope to embark on a career in science with the ultimate goal of becoming a NASA astronaut.