Marcia Payne
鈥淚 didn鈥檛 want to rush into the next step after undergrad so I took some time off,鈥 Payne said. 鈥淭hen, I sort of came to the point where I wanted a plan for the rest of my life.鈥
Knowing that she wanted to continue to study chemistry but also wanting to foster her other life passions, Payne picked UK and started her graduate work in 2000.