Current Participants
NASA/BMSIS YOUNG SCIENTIST PROGRAM IN SPACE BIOSCIENCES
Genesis Berlanga
Education
M.S. Geology and Geophysics (University of Hawaii at Manoa 2017)
Location
Mountain View, California
Advisor
Dr. Tom Bristow (NASA Ames)
Dana Burton
Education
Ph.D. Anthropology (George Washington University)
Location
Mountain View, California
Advisor
Dr. Alfonso Davila
Jennifer Keith
Education
M.S. Atmospheric Science (University of California - Davis, in progress)
Location
Mountain View, California
Advisor
Dr. Sanjoy Som (NASA Ames)
Enya Mistry
Education
Irvington High School
Location
Mountain View, California
Advisor
Dr. Eduardo Almeida
Deshan Yapabandara
Education
B.S. Biology (currently at De Anza College)
Location
Sunnyvale, California
Advisor
Dr. Milena Popovic
BMSIS YOUNG SCIENTIST PROGRAM
Ismael Acosta
Education
Bachelor in Biology, Bachelor in Astronomy (Universidad de la República, Facultad de Ciencias)
Advisor
Dr. Omer Markovitch
Omar Alaidy
Education
Biotechnology and Life Sciences (Ain Shams University)
Advisor
Dr. Andro Rios & Dr. Graham Lau
Aayush Arya
Education
Physics (Lovely Professional University)
Advisor
Dr. Jim Cleaves & Dr. Chris Butch
Berfin Dağ
Education
Molecular Biology and Genetics (Afyon Kocatepe University)
Advisor
Dr. Omer Markovitch
Sriram Devata
Education
Computational Natural Sciences (International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad)
Advisor
Dr. Jim Cleaves
Nurbanu Erölmez
Education
B.Sc. Molecular Biology and Genetics, Minor in Bioengineering (Konya Food and Agriculture University)
Advisor
Drs. Andro Rios & Graham Lau
María José Villarreal Gómez
Education
Microbiology and Bioanalysis (Industrial University of Santander)
Advisor
Dr. Dimitra Atri
Jovel Varghese Jose
Education
B.Tech Biotechnology (Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Mumbai)
Advisor
Drs. Afshin Khan & Parag Vaishampayan
Rômulo Vitor Leão Lemos
Education
Masters Degree in Information Systems (University of São Paulo)
Advisor
Dr. Dimitra Atri
Rongrong Liu
Education
B.S. Cognitive Science & Statistics (University of California, San Diego)
Advisor
Dr. Anamaria Berea
Shireen Mathur
Education
Aerospace Engineering (Amity University, Maharashtra, India)
Advisor
Dr. Dimitra Atri
Anurup Mohanty
Education
Biotechnology (SRM Institute of Science and Technology)
Advisor
Dr. Andro Rios & Dr. Graham Lau
Jéssica Carneiro Oliveira
Education
Biological Sciences (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - Brazil)
Advisor
Dr. Jacob Haqq-Misra
Naiara Patiño
Education
Licentiate's Degree Physics (Universidad de Los Andes, Venezuela)
Advisor
Dr. Andro Rios & Dr. Graham Lau
Emily Peñaherrera
Education
Molecular and Cellular Biology (University of Arizona)
Advisor
Dr. Betül Kaçar
Ruth Estefany Quispe Pilco
Education
M.Sc. Molecular Biology (Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos)
Advisor
Dr. Milena Popovic
Durga Sapkota
Education
Bachelors in Law, Bachelors in Art (Kathmandu School of Law)
Advisor
Dr. Sanjoy Som
Cathryn Sephus
Education
Bachelors of Science in Molecular and Cellular Biology (University of Arizona)
Advisor
Dr. Betul Kaçar
Aditi Sharma
Education
Chemical Engineering (University of California, San Diego)
Advisor
Dr. Graham Lau
Will Suero Amparo
Education
B.S. Biomedical Engineering (New Jersey Institute of Technology)
Advisor
Dr. Dimitra Atri
Tsu-Wang Sun
Education
B.S. Plant Pathology (National Chung Hsing University)
Advisor
Drs. Jim Cleaves, Tony Jia, & Chris Butch
Paulina Umansky
Education
B.S. Astrophysics & Planetary Science (UC Berkeley)
Advisor
Drs. Jim Cleaves, Tony Jia, Chris Butch, & Dimitra Atri