Current Participants
NASA/BMSIS YOUNG SCIENTIST PROGRAM IN SPACE BIOSCIENCES
Metadel Abegaz
Education
M.S. Marine Sciences (San Francisco State University, in progress)
Location
Mountain View, California
Advisor
Dr. Ruth Globus (NASA Ames)
Nicholas Bense
Education
M.S. Bioinformatics (Northeastern University 2017)
Location
Mountain View, California
Advisor
Dr. Jen Blank (BMSIS/NASA Ames)
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
Theresa Chu
Education
B.S. Biochemistry (Santa Clara University, in progress)
Location
Mountain View, California
Advisor
Dr. Milena Popovic (NASA Ames)
Molly Coyne
Education
M.S. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Georgetown University 2018)
Location
Mountain View, California
Advisor
Dr. Eduardo Almeida (NASA Ames)
Roberta Dolling-Boreham
Education
B.Eng. Electrical and Biomedical Engineering (McMaster University, in progress)
Location
Mountain View, California
Advisor
Dr. Sharmila Bhattacharya (NASA Ames)
Seanna Fess
Education
B.S. Physics & Biology (Carnegie Mellon University, in progress)
Location
Mountain View, California
Advisor
Dr. Steve Howell and Dr. Mary Beth Wilhelm (NASA Ames)
Brieanna Goo
Education
B.S. Biomolecular Engineering (Santa Clara University, in progress)
Location
Mountain View, California
Advisor
Dr. Ruth Globus (NASA Ames)
Elias Holte
Education
B.S. Physics (Minnesota State University Moorhead 2018)
Location
Mountain View, California
Advisor
Dr. Alfonso Davila (NASA Ames)
Charles Houseman
Education
B.S. Microbiology (San Francisco State University, 2019)
Advisor
Dr. Ruth Globus (NASA Ames)
Simranjit Kalotia
Education
B.S. Biological Sciences (San Jose State University 2017)
Location
Mountain View, California
Advisor
Dr. Joshua Alwood (NASA Ames)
Paul Kramer y Rosado
Education
B.S. Molecular Biotechnology & Physics (University of Barcelona, in progress)
Location
Mountain View, California
Advisor
Dr. Brad Bebout
Moniece Lowe
Education
M.S. Clinical Psychology (Notre Dame de Namur University 2015)
Location
Mountain View, California
Advisor
Dr. Ann-Sofie Schreur (NASA Ames)
Enya Mistry
Education
Irvington High School
Location
Mountain View, California
Advisor
Dr. Eduardo Almeida
Nathan O’Neil
Education
M.S. Cellular and Molecular Biology (San Francisco State University 2018)
Location
Mountain View, California
Advisor
Dr. Ruth Globus (NASA Ames)
Jennifer Piaseczny
Education
M.S. Atmospheric Science (University of California - Davis, in progress)
Location
Mountain View, California
Advisor
Dr. Sanjoy Som (NASA Ames)
Santiago Cadena Rodriguez
Education
PhD in Marine Sciences (CINVESTAV, in progress)
Location
Mountain View, California
Advisor
Dr. Brad Bebout
Steffy Tabares Ruiz
Education
B.S. Biology (Santa Clara University 2019)
Location
Mountain View, California
Advisor
Dr. Ruth Globus (NASA Ames)
Olivia Stimpel
Education
B.S. Kinesiology (West Valley, in progress)
Location
Mountain View, California
Advisor
Dr. Elizabeth Blaber (NASA Ames)
Sonali Verma
Education
B.S. in Molecular Biology (University of San Francisco)
Location
Mountain View, California
Advisor
Dr. David Smith
Deshan Yapabandara
Education
B.S. Biology (currently at De Anza College)
Location
Sunnyvale, California
Advisor
Mark Ditzler
Jhony Zavaleta
Education
B.S. Physiology (San Francisco State University 2017)
Location
Mountain View, California
Advisor
Dr. Sharmila Bhattacharya (NASA Ames)
BMSIS YOUNG SCIENTIST PROGRAM
Ismael Acosta
Education
Bachelor in Biology, Bachelor in Astronomy (Universidad de la República, Facultad de Ciencias)
Advisor
Dr. Omer Markovitch
Débora Atanes
Education
Bachelor in Information Systems (University of São Paulo)
Advisor
Dr. Dimitra Atri
Berfin Dağ
Education
Molecular Biology and Genetics (Afyon Kocatepe University)
Advisor
Dr. Omer Markovitch
Anastasios Mastroanastasiou
Education
BSc in Medical Sciences with a Major in Biomedicine (Karolinska Institutet)
Advisor
Dr. Jim Cleaves
Rakshanda Sajeed
Education
M. Tech in Bioinformatics (International Institute of Information Technology)
Advisor
Dr. Milena Popovic
Cathryn Sephus
Education
Bachelors of Science in Molecular and Cellular Biology (University of Arizona)
Advisor
Dr. Betul Kaçar
Havishk Tripathi
Education
Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical Engineering (Rutgers University)
Advisor
Drs. Jim Cleaves & Chris Butch
