Current Participants
NASA/BMSIS YOUNG SCIENTIST PROGRAM IN SPACE BIOSCIENCES
Kylie Akiyama
Education
Bioengineering Undergraduate at UC Berkeley
Location
Berkeley, California, USA
Advisor
Dr. Tori Hoehler
Ananya Bansal
Education
AB Degree in Astrophysics and Physics from Harvard University
Advisor
Drs. Sylvain Costes & Egle Cekanaviciute
Genesis Berlanga
Education
M.S. Geology and Geophysics (University of Hawaii at Manoa 2017)
Location
Mountain View, California
Advisor
Dr. Tom Bristow (NASA Ames)
Inika Bhatia
Education
Undergraduate at San Jose State University, B.S. in Biology and Chemistry and Bioinformatics Minors
Location
California, USA
Advisor
Dr. Samrawit Gebre, Dr. Mike Lee, NASA GeneLab
Julia Butelet
Education
Currently pursuing a B.S. in Molecular Biology at SJSU
Advisor
Dr. Samrawit Gebre
Rose Carion
Education
BS in biomedical engineering and a minor in bioinformatics from San Jose State University
Advisor
James Casaletto
Education
PhD student in Bioinformatics at University of California Santa Cruz
Location
California, USA
Advisor
Dr. Sylvain Costes
Estrella Passerat de la Chapelle
Education
M.Sc in Cellular and Integrative Neuroscience at the University of Strasbourg in France
Location
France
Advisor
Drs. Egle Cekanaviciute & Sylvain Costes
Ellen Cook
Education
B.S. in Microbiology & Immunology at University of Texas at San Antonio 2022
Advisor
Dr. Niki Parenteau
Nagendra Dhanikonda
Education
Graduated from Washington and Jefferson with a BA in Biology
Advisor
Dr. Yasaman Shirazi
Jennifer Keith
Education
M.S. Atmospheric Science (University of California - Davis, in progress)
Location
Mountain View, California
Advisor
Dr. Sanjoy Som (NASA Ames)
Shiyin Lim
Education
Ph.D. Student in BioMechanics
Location
California, USA
Advisor
Dr. Eduardo Almeida
Enya Mistry
Education
Irvington High School
Location
Mountain View, California
Advisor
Dr. Eduardo Almeida
Aditi Nayak
Education
Undergraduate at Amherst College
Location
New Jersey, USA
Advisor
Dr. Alfonso Davila
Sonali Patel
Education
Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Student at the University of Waterloo
Location
California, USA
Advisor
Dr. Sylvain Costes
Chinmayee Govinda Raj
Education
Doctoral candidate, Georgia Institute of Technology
Location
Georgia, USA
Advisor
Drs. Diana Gentry & Sergio Santa Maria
Kenny Tang
Education
Undergraduate Molecular Biology Student at SJSU
Location
California, USA
Advisor
Dr. Samrawit Gebre
Evelyn Wong
Education
BA in Biological Sciences; double minor in Chemistry and Bioinformatics (San Jose State University)
Location
California, USA
Advisor
Dr. Ahleah Rohr Daniel
Deshan Yapabandara
Education
B.S. Biology (currently at De Anza College)
Location
Sunnyvale, California
Advisor
Dr. Milena Popovic
BMSIS YOUNG SCIENTIST PROGRAM