Current Participants
NASA/BMSIS YOUNG SCIENTIST PROGRAM IN SPACE BIOSCIENCES
Ananya Bansal
Education
AB Degree in Astrophysics and Physics from Harvard University
Advisor
Drs. Sylvain Costes & Egle Cekanaviciute
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
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
Amelia Espinosa
Education
B.S. in Neuroscience from the University of Michigan
Location
California, USA
Advisor
Dr. Yasaman Shirazi
Radha Ganesh
Education
BS in Computer Science from SJSU
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA
Advisor
Drs. Sylvain Costes and Barbara Novak
David Ho
Education
B.S. Forensic Chemistry student at SJSU with a minor in Bioinformatics
Location
San Jose, California, USA
Advisor
Drs. Sylvain Costes and Barbara Novak
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
Lilja Quinn
Education
Currently working on a B.A. in Biology on the Ecology & Evolution Track at Washington University in St. Louis
Location
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Advisor
Tori Hoehler & Alta Howells
Sebastian Ruiz
Education
B.S. in Biology | M.A. in Teaching anticipated in 2025
Location
Montclair, New Jersey, United States
Advisor
Dr. Lauren Sanders
Modasser Sheer
Education
Students at SJSU in Molecular Biology
Location
California, USA
Advisor
Drs. George Cooper and Andro Rios
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
Cameron Wolff
Education
BS Computer Science, California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
Location
California, USA
Advisor
Drs. Sylvain Costes and Kirill Grigorev
BMSIS YOUNG SCIENTIST PROGRAM
Zheen Salih Abdullah
Education
I am a Software Engineering Student at the American University of Sulaymaniyah
Advisor
Drs. Ekaterina Khramtsova & Alexander Kaurov
Clayton Xavier Vanegas Aguilar
Education
St Petersburg University; Bachelor in Biology
Advisor
Drs. Afshin Khan, Steve Thorne, & Afshin Beheshti
Ceren Balkan
Education
Istanbul Technical University, BSc in Molecular Biology and Genetics
Advisor
Drs. Jim Cleaves, Celia Blanco, McCullen Sandora
Estuardo Sebastián Valle Bances
Education
Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
Advisor
Drs. Lev Horodyskyj & Tara Lennon
Carly Brown
Education
Missouri University of Science and Technology; B.S. in Physics, Minor in Mathematics (2023)
Advisor
Drs. Jim Cleaves, Stuart Bartlett, & Anirudh Prabhu
Danny Caizapanta
Education
National Polytechnic School/ Geologist Engineering
Advisor
Drs. Jim Cleaves, Anirudh Prabhu, & Huan Chen
D. Deivy Zambrano Castellano
Education
Universidad Yacambú (Laws) Universidad de La Plata (Astronomy and Medicine)
Advisor
Drs. Lev Horodyskyj & Tara Lennon
Cory Cowden
Education
A.S. Computer Science - Hartnell College
Advisor
Drs. Jim Cleaves, Stuart Bartlett, Anirudh Prabhu
Benjamin C Crawford
Education
Appalachian State University, B.S in Cellular and Molecular Biology, May 2023
Advisor
Dr. Haritina Mogosanu
Kelly Dobitz
Education
The Open University - intended degree title: BSc Natural Sciences (Biology concentration)
Advisor
Dr. Lauren Seyler
Kaoutar Elasri
Education
Al Akhawayn University, Bachelor of Artificial Intelligence , expected to graduate in 2026
Advisor
Drs. Jim Cleaves, Celia Blanco, McCullen Sandora
Alexander Hope Ferdinand Ferguson
Education
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Advisor
Dr. Jacob Haqq-Misra
Dylan Fernandes
Education
Toronto Metropolitan University, Mechanical Engineering - Mechatronics specialization, 2021
Advisor
Drs. Jim Cleaves, Anirudh Prabhu, & Huan Chen
Jonathan Fussell
Education
Oral Roberts University, B.S. Medical Molecular Biology
Advisor
Drs. Celia Blanco & Ricardo Cabrera
Sally Ha
Education
University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Intended degree: B.S. Bioengineering: Bioinformatics
Advisor
Dr. Afshin Khan
Ameena Hashmi
Education
National University of Sciences and Technology. BS Biotechnology, Computer Science Minor
Advisor
Drs. Celia Blanco & Ricardo Cabrera
Julia Jakiela
Education
MChem from the University of Edinburgh (graduating 2025)
Advisor
Drs. Jim Cleaves, Anirudh Prabhu, & Huan Chen
Nicole Jimeno
Education
Mayor De San Andres University- Geological Engineering - Aug 2024
Advisor
Dr. Sanjoy Som, Serhat Sevgen, & Dana Jaimes
Eungi Jo
Education
Ewha Womans University, Bachelor of Science
Advisor
Drs. Jim Cleaves, Celia Blanco, McCullen Sandora
Prajwal Kamath
Education
Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi / Integrated Dual Degree (B.Tech. in BIOENGINEERING and M.Tech. in BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY)
Advisor
Drs. Jim Cleaves, Stuart Bartlett, Anirudh Prabhu
Praveen Kumar
Education
IIT (BHU), Varanasi, India. Integrated Dual Degree (IDD): Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology
Advisor
Dr. Jacob Haqq-Misra
Ibrahim Mahmood
Education
Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, BS Data Science
Advisor
Drs. Jim Cleaves, Anirudh Prabhu, & Huan Chen
Niyati Anil Mule
Education
Modern College of Arts, Science and Commerce (Autonomous) Shivajinagar, Pune-05; Bachelor of Science (Blended) Bioscience, 2023
Advisor
Drs. Celia Blanco & Ricardo Cabrera
Minh Duc Nguyen
Education
University of South Florida - Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
Advisor
Drs. Jim Cleaves, Stuart Bartlett, & Anirudh Prabhu
Ruth Nichols
Education
Florida Institute of Technology, Dual Degree in Astrobiology and Mathematical Sciences, Graduation May 2024
Advisor
Dr. Rafael Loureiro, Luke Concollato, Sam Humprey, & Chad Vanden Bosch
Gavin Ockert
Education
Duke University; intended B.S. degree in physics
Advisor
Drs. Jim Cleaves, Anirudh Prabhu, & Huan Chen
Ariana Patterson
Education
Northeastern University, Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science, 2023
Advisor
Dr. Kirt Robinson
Bhawana Paudel
Education
University of Colorado Boulder, BA Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 2024
Advisor
Drs. Celia Blanco & Ricardo Cabrera
Danyal Reyaz
Education
SRM Institute of Science and Technology, BTech in Biotechnology with specialization in Genetic Engineering
Advisor
Drs. Jim Cleaves, Stuart Bartlett, Anirudh Prabhu
Saptadip Saha
Education
National Institute of Technology Agartala
Advisor
Drs. Jim Cleaves, Stuart Bartlett, Anirudh Prabhu
Tapaswini Sharma
Education
Bachelors of Science in Information Technology from Shri Vaishnav Institute of Management
Advisor
Dr. Graham Lau
Anna Su
Education
UC Berkeley: Genetics and Plant Biology, Data Science
Advisor
Drs. Ekaterina Khramtsova & Alexander Kaurov
Sabine Sulka
Education
Mount Holyoke College intended Physics and Astronomy degree
Advisor
Dr. Hari Mogosanu, Sam Leske, Milky-Way.Kiwi, & NZAN
Fearghal Twomey
Education
Dublin City University, BSc in Chemistry with Artificial Intelligence
Advisor
Drs. Jim Cleaves, Anirudh Prabhu, & Huan Chen
Esin Üsküplü
Education
Boğaziçi University, Physics undergrad with a double major in Molecular Biology and Genetics
Advisor
Drs. Afshin Khan, Steve Thorne, & Afshin Beheshti
Cynthia Valenzuela
Education
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Bachelor of Science in Genomic Biotechnology
Advisor
Dr. Lauren Seyler
Srinidhi Venkatesan
Education
Sri Siva Subramaniya Nadar (SSN) College of Engineering; Bachelor of Engineering, 2021
Advisor
Dr. Afshin Khan
Aditya Yadav
Education
Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi
Advisor
Drs. Jim Cleaves, Anirudh Prabhu, & Huan Chen
Jin Yeh
Education
University of Washington, BS in Earth and Space Sciences (Physics), 2023
Advisor
Drs. Jim Cleaves, Anirudh Prabhu, & Huan Chen
Ruixian Zhu
Education
Shandong University, Bachelor of Arts in International Politics
Advisor
Dr. Jacob Haqq-Misra
Itziar Zubeldia
Education
Northwest Mississipipi Community College/ Computer Science
Advisor
Drs. Jim Cleaves, Anirudh Prabhu, & Huan Chen