Current Participants
NASA/BMSIS YOUNG SCIENTIST PROGRAM IN SPACE BIOSCIENCES
Giovanna Basile
Education
First-Year Student at the University of California, Santa Cruz
Location
California, USA
Advisor
Dr. Eduardo Almeida
Genesis Berlanga
Education
M.S. Geology and Geophysics (University of Hawaii at Manoa 2017)
Location
Mountain View, California
Advisor
Dr. Tom Bristow (NASA Ames)
Karina Bhavsar
Education
Undergraduate at the University of San Francisco, majoring in Biology with minors in Chemistry and Philosophy
Location
California, USA
Advisor
Dr. Eduardo Almeida
Sofia Birchenall
Education
Biology major at the University of San Francisco also pursing Professional Science Master's in Biotechnology
Location
California, USA
Advisor
Dr. Eduardo Almeida
Becca Blum
Education
ScB in Cell and Molecular Biology from Brown University (Class of 2024)
Location
Rhode Island, USA
Advisor
Dr. Lynn Rothschild (NASA Ames) and Dr. Rolando Perez (BMSIS)
Rukmani Cahill
Education
Undergraduate at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Location
California, USA
Advisor
Drs. Eduardo Almeida & Liz Blaber
Cybele Collins
Education
Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Rhode Island
Location
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Advisor
Dr. Niki Parenteau
Ellen Cook
Education
B.S. in Microbiology & Immunology at University of Texas at San Antonio 2022
Advisor
Dr. Niki Parenteau
Mélissa Costes
Education
Master's Degree in Science, Technology and Health
Advisor
Drs. Sylvain Costes
Skylar D’Angiolillo
Education
Honors Student at The College of New Jersey, majoring in Biology and minors in Astrophysics and Classical Studies.
Location
New Jersey, USA
Advisor
Drs. Sylvain Costes and Barbara Novak
Erin Denny
Education
Undergraduate Student at Skyline College, San Bruno, CA
Location
California, USA
Advisor
Dr. Richard Quinn
Krystian Komenda
Education
PhD candidate in Bioinformatics at Jagiellonian University
Location
Krakow, Poland, EU
Advisor
Dr. Sylvain Costes (NASA Ames) and Dr. Barbara Novak (BMSIS)
Thalia Leyton
Education
MSc student in Biomedical Engineering
Location
California, USA
Advisor
Egle Cekanaviciute
Enya Mistry
Education
Irvington High School
Location
Mountain View, California
Advisor
Dr. Eduardo Almeida
Charlotte Nelson
Education
PhD Biological and Medical Informatics
Location
California, USA
Advisor
Dr. Sam Gebre
Phani Paladugu
Education
Currently an MD Student at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Location
Pennsylvania, USA
Advisor
Dr. Sylvain Costes
Meghan Phillips
Education
MA from George Washington University
Location
Washington, D.C., USA
Advisor
Dr. Samrawit Gebre (NASA Ames)
Vishnu Prasad
Education
I am in my third year of a 7-year combined Bachelor of Science (Biology/Medical Science) and Doctor of Medicine program (BS/MD) at the University of Florida
Location
Gainesville, Florida, USA
Advisor
Drs. Sam Gebre & Sylvain Costes
Sebastian Ruiz
Education
B.S. in Biology | M.A. in Teaching anticipated in 2025
Location
Montclair, New Jersey, United States
Advisor
Dr. Lauren Sanders
Miggy Silva
Education
B.S. in Aerospace Engineering at Stanford University
Location
California, USA
Advisor
Dr. Tony Ricco
Tara Vaddiraj
Education
B.S Biochemistry student at SJSU, expected Fall 2025
Location
California, USA
Advisor
Dr. Andro Rios
BMSIS YOUNG SCIENTIST PROGRAM