People

Current Students

The program is limited to approximately 30-40 students per year who progress through the program as a group. This ensures that students receive a high level of instructor attention and also creates the opportunity to form close bonds with their fellow classmates, which often transcend academia and continue into the workplace.

Student demographics

Entering Class of 2022

Abdulaziz Alzeer

• BS Microbiology, King Saud University

Tarlan Arjmandi

• BS Molecular and Cellular Biology-Genetics, Islamic Azad University Tehran Medical Science

Gunjan Bagri

• BTech Biotechnology, MAHE Manipal Institute of Technology

James Batcheldor

• BS Biology, Northern Arizona University

Xiaoyang Chen

• BS Biochemistry, McGill University

Yuheng Geng

• BS Biological Sciences, University of California Irvine

Xiangyu Gu

• BS Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
• BS Vertebrate Physiology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Brendan Hood

• BS Biotechnology, Pennsylvania State University

Yuyun Huang

• BAgric Agriculture Science, China Agricultural University

Leila Irvani

• BS Laboratory Sciences, Islamic Azad University

Ananya Joshi

• BTech Biomedical Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology

Sayali Kulkarni

• BPHARM, Dr. Bhanuben Nanavati College of Pharmacy

Tanasha Lertjanyarak

• BS Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University

Hanchen Lin

• BS Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tsinghua University

Yisong Lin

• BS Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign

Xuhao Liu

• BS Biological Sciences, Beijing Forestry University

Huyun Lu

• BS Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology

Junlin Lu

• BS Animal Behavior, Indiana University - Bloomington

Viktor Maciag

• BS Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University

Ava Mendoza

• BS Biomedical Engineering, University of Oklahoma

Weronika Ptaszek

• BS Integrated Health Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago

Sudharsana Ravisankar

• BTech Biotechnology, Anna University 

Sayani Saha

• BTech Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology Durgapur

Erica Satchell

• BA General Science - Biology, Grinnell College

Zainab Hazique Shaikh

• BS Neurobiology and Physiology, Purdue University

Iyappan Annamalai Subbiah

• BS Bioinformatics, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education

Hanxiao Sun

• BS Biochemistry, University of California Los Angeles

Suemeng Vang

• BS Microbiology, North Dakota State University 

Larry Wang

• BA Biological Sciences - Northwestern University 

Matt Williams

• BA Biology, University of Chicago

Da Yang

• BS Biology, University of California Los Angeles

Ellen Zhang

• BS Neuroscience, University of Toronto