PeopleCurrent 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.
Entering Class of 2025

Rawan Abualjass
Undergraduate: Bs in Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago
Research: Investigating Epitope Tag-Dependent Interactions of a Vibrio vulnificus MARTX Toxin Linker with Epithelial Cells

Zamin Ahmed
Undergraduate: BS in Biology, Elmhurst University
Research: A Regulatory Decision Framework for Navigating Device-Led Drug–Device Combination Product Approval Pathways

Hana Ali
Undergraduate: BS in Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Florida
Research: Exclusivity and Competitive Positioning in Next-Generation GLP-1 Obesity Therapeutics: A Comparative Analysis of Retatrutide and CagriSema

Yogitha Anand
Undergraduate: BTech in Biotechnology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore
Research: From Continuous Physiological Signals to Clinical Use: A Translational Analysis of Wearable Medical Devices

Madeline Bell
Undergraduate: BS in Behavioral Neuroscience, Northwestern University
Research: RNA Therapeutic Targeting of Tumor-Associated Macrophages for Glioblastoma Immunotherapy

Melissa Capote
Undergraduate: BA in Psychology and History, Cornell University; BS in Behavioral Neuroscience, Floriday University
Research: The transition of amyloid beta oligomer subtypes from high-to-low molecular weight during developmental apoptosis in embryonic chick brain

Isabella Censullo

Maximillian Chandra
Undergraduate: BS in Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology, Purdue University
Research: H3.3K27M Mutation Sensitizes Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma Cells to Ferroptosis via Altered Lipid Droplet Dynamics

Vivien Yuqi Chen
Undergraduate: BS in Neuroscience, Cell, and Molecular Biology, University of Toronto
Research: Millimeter-scale Wireless Sensor for Continuous Vital Sign Monitoring in Neonatal and Cardiac Intensive Care Units

Hongrui (Jeffrey) Chu

Shashank Deepak

Xixi Deng
Undergraduate: BS in Biology, Beijing Forestry University; BS in Forest Sciences, University of British Columbia
Research: The Role of Chronic Inflammation in JAK2V617F-Mutant Myeloid Clonal Expansion

Leyi Duan
Undergraduate: BS in Biochemistry, Bate College
Research: Loss of Neuronal Mettl14 Promotes Inflammasome Activation and Pyroptotic Signaling in the Brain

Vidhi Gabani

Gelis Garlarcé Lugo
Undergraduate: BS in Neuroscience, Indiana University
Research: Evaluating Mast Cells as Therapeutic Targets Across Inflammatory Disorders

Yixiao Gao
Undergraduate: BS in Cell System Biology, University of Toronto
Research: Mapping the CHEK2–YBX1 interaction interface, a candidate target for restoring immune recognition in glioblastoma

Christian Hernandez
Undergraduate: BS in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Research: Dissecting Stress Tolerance Pathways Underlying Npm1c – Associated Leukemogenesis

Vanessa Herrera

Subin (Hailey) Hong
Undergraduate: BA in Chemistry, University of Rochester
Research: Understanding the Molecular Basis of Insolubility between two RNA Binding Proteins

Qilei Hu

Ruoyi Jian

Jimmy Jiang
Undergraduate: BS in Biology, Pennsylvania State University
Research: Using Extracellular Vesicles to Deliver a USP22 Inhibitor in Breast Cancer Research

Nanxi Jing
Undergraduate: BSC in Biomedical Science, University of College London
Research: Development and Characterization of a Colorimetric Uric Acid Assay for Wearable Sweat Sensing

Hina Kadono

Akshita Kendai

Kevin Li

Zhuokun Li
Undergraduate: BS in Biochemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Research: Development of a modular display platform for protein decoration on MS2 VLPs using the SpyTag/SpyCatcher system

Jo Ying Lin
Undergraduate: BS in Biological Science and Technology, China Medical University
Research: Investigating the Role of Gain-of-Function Mutant p53 in Higher-Order Chromatin Organization Through Cohesin Association

Yiou Ma
Undergraduate: BAgr in Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University
Research: Lipid Nanoparticle Delivery of a Small-Molecule Inhibitor to Reprogram Tumor-Associated Myeloid Cells in Glioblastoma

Irene Martinez

Alejandro Martinez Santamaria

Kritika Murali

Yikai Peng
Undergraduate: BS in Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Research: Evaluating Methanotrophs Through Metabolic Modeling and Laboratory Studies

Camellia Qiang

Roshan Raj Rajamanickam

Polly Ren

Hannah Reider
Undergraduate: BA in Biological Sciences, Northwestern University
Research: Targeting the RNA-Binding Function of Topoisomerase I: A Less Genotoxic Strategy for TP53-Mutant Colorectal Cancer

Puja Sahoo

Ani Sibel

Julia Stesal

Haider Vanek
Undergraduate: BA in Cognitive Science, University of California Berkeley
Research: Alternating the structure of Lanmodulin, a rare-earth metal binding protein, for enhanced rare-earth metal recovery

Shutong Wang
Undergraduate: Bs in Biological Sciences, Georgia State University; BEng in Bioengineering, Southwest Jiatong University
Research: Temozolomide-induced Injury–invasive State in Recurrent Human Glioblastoma

Zihao Wu
Undergraduate: BS in Kinesiology, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Research: Where Epicore Biosystems’ Sweat-Sensing Platform Should Grow Next: Market Gaps and Partnership Routes

Haowen Xue

Sahithi Sri Charani Yallapragada

Yichen Yao

Yutong Yao
Undergraduate: BS in Biology, Stony Brook University New York
Research: Investigating the Mechanisms Linking Frequency-Encoded Electromagnetic Stimulation to Chromatin Remodeling in Cardiomyocytes

Yuan You

Chenshuo Zhang
Undergraduate: BS in Biochemistry, University of Texas at Austin
Research: Understanding Adaptive Stress Responses by Prior Genetic Mutation for GeneA-Associated Leukemogenesis

Li Zhang
Undergraduate: BA in Neuroscience, BA in Psychology, Boston University
Research: Viability, Imaging, Surgical, Immunomodulation, Ocular Preservation and Neuroregeneration (VISION) Strategies for Whole Eye Transplant

Lingzhu Zhang

Shuoying Zhang

Yujie Zhang

Jiaxin Zhou
Entering Class of 2026

Teshawar Amjad

Morgan Anderson

Krushang Brahmbhatt

Su Min Chen

Wan Ni Chen

Xintong Chen

Kavin Chengalpatu

Zhuangyun (Owen) Cong

Daniel Coxworth

Lillian Ein

Leonid Erokhin

Jokebed Faugue

Yuchen Gao

Atish Ghosh

Yuze Guo

Rhydhy Rasika Gurmuras

Jingrou Jiang

Jiayi Jin

Sanjana Jose

Ketaki Anil Joshi

Madeline Judson

Harini Karthik

Makayla Kelley

Jinju Kim

Sloka Kumarswamy

Ryan Kuykendall

James Latiff

Ang Li

Christine Li

Yixuan Li

Zijin Li

Tiarnan LoCascio

Isabella Lovalvo

Maveline Nguyen

Aliza Shah

Benyu Song

Abigail Terry

Kailash Vemuri

Weile Wang

Jenna Wild

Zhoujie Xie

Jiachi Xue

Junhan Yang

Xingkuan Yuan

Jingdi Zhang

