The 2023 Stanford Bio-X Undergraduate Summer Research Program Cohort.
Stanford Bio-X is delighted to announce the 2023 Stanford Bio-X Undergraduate Summer Research Program (USRP) cohort. With guidance and support from Bio-X, their Stanford faculty mentors, and their research labs, these 75 stellar undergraduates will undertake full-time research – many of them for the first time – in the labs of 65 Stanford faculty who represent 30 different departments.
Since its inception in the summer of 2005 with a single first-generation college-going Stanford undergraduate student looking for a chance to do hands-on laboratory research, the Stanford Bio-X USRP has awarded 931 Stanford undergraduates. Our richly fulfilling summer program nurtures these stellar students’ careers and enriches their Stanford experience by supporting them for ten weeks while they conduct hands-on research, build their skill sets, learn about interdisciplinary research taking place at countless labs across campus, and connect with the faculty, postdocs, graduate students, and other undergraduates who make up the Bio-X community.
This summer, our 2023 cohort will immerse themselves in ten weeks of full-time research, take ownership of a research project, design experiments, collect data, analyze their data, and conclude the program by presenting their results to their peers and over 700 members of the Bio-X community at our poster session. Over the course of the ten weeks, they will hear from 30 Stanford faculty sharing their research journeys and current projects, learn in journal club sessions how to critically analyze and present scientific manuscripts, and establish and refine scientific skills through Bio-X’s rigorous and unique workshop series.
The formative experience of the Bio-X program influences undergraduate students’ subsequent work at Stanford and beyond. Alumni of the program have founded and co-founded start-up companies, acquired faculty positions, obtained PhDs, MDs, and MD/PhDs and other post-graduate degrees, opened medical practices, and much more. Two Bio-X USRP alums – Dr. Jesse Engreitz (Genetics) and Dr. Alex Gao (Biochemistry) – have already returned to Stanford to become faculty members here on campus, where they now mentor up-and-coming graduate and undergraduate researchers in their own labs.
We are honored to welcome the 2023 undergraduate cohort to the Bio-X community and look forward to supporting them as they pursue their research endeavors, broaden their horizons, and discover the exciting frontiers of interdisciplinary research at Stanford.
To learn more about the program, meet the previous cohorts, and read about the successes of our alumni, please check out our previous years’ brochures or browse our students’ research abstracts!
Bio-X is grateful to our donors, including The Rose Hills Foundation, for providing support to the Stanford Bio-X Undergraduate Summer Research Program. To help support this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for these bright young researchers, please contact us!
The 2023 Stanford Bio-X Undergraduate Summer Research Program (USRP) Cohort and Their Faculty Mentors:
| • Grace Adebogun (Human Biology), Faculty Mentor: Jason Yeatman (Pediatrics, Education, and Psychology) | • Jasmyn Lopez (undeclared), Faculty Mentor: Christopher Barnes (Biology) |
| • Bryant Alexandre (Human Biology), Faculty Mentor: Monther Abu-Remaileh (Chemical Engineering and Genetics) | • Noah Lowe (undeclared), Faculty Mentor: Keren Haroush (Neurobiology) |
| • Christina Andronescu (Human Biology), Faculty Mentor: Maria Barna (Genetics) | • Robby Manihani (undeclared), Faculty Mentor: Subhasish Mitra (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) |
| • Ari Arias (undeclared), Faculty Mentor: Helen Blau (Microbiology & Immunology) | • Jaston McClure (Biology), Faculty Mentor: Martha Cyert (Biology) |
| • Jessica Balbin (Chemistry), Faculty Mentor: Michael J. Rosen (Pediatrics - Gastroenterology) | • Lina Mohamad (undeclared), Faculty Mentor: Ansuman Satpathy (Pathology) |
| • Chris Basco (Biology), Faculty Mentor: David Myung (Ophthalmology) | • Audrey Nguyen-Hoang (undeclared), Faculty Mentor: Merritt Maduke (Molecular & Cellular Physiology) |
| • Max Benabou (undeclared), Faculty Mentor: William Giardino (Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences) | • Pablo Nunez Perez (Bioengineering), Faculty Mentor: Melanie Hayden Gephart (Neurosurgery) |
| • Alvaro Bermudez-Canete (undeclared), Faculty Mentor: Avnesh Thakor (Radiology - Pediatric Radiology) | • Soyeon Park (undeclared), Faculty Mentor: Jonathan Lin (Pathology and Ophthalmology) |
| • August Burton (Engineering), Faculty Mentor: Jonas Cremer (Biology) | • Autumn Parrott (Bioengineering), Faculty Mentor: David Relman (Medicine - Infectious Diseases and Microbiology & Immunology) |
| • Nate Cadicamo (undeclared), Faculty Mentor: Claudia Padula (Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences - Public Mental Health & Population Sciences) | • Kristine Pashin (undeclared), Faculty Mentor: Anthony Wagner (Psychology) |
| • Natalia Castillo-Ramos (undeclared), Faculty Mentor: Jayakar Nayak (Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery Divisions) | • Tristan Peng (Computer Science), Faculty Mentor: Michael Snyder (Genetics) |
| • Angelina Chan (Human Biology), Faculty Mentor: Gavin Sherlock (Genetics) | • Claudia Phillips (Bioengineering), Faculty Mentor: Guosong Hong (Materials Science & Engineering) |
| • Sloan Charles (Psychology), Faculty Mentor: Andrea Goldstein-Piekarski (Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences - Sleep Medicine) | • Zimin Qian (undeclared), Faculty Mentor: Andrea Goldstein-Piekarski (Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences - Sleep Medicine) |
| • Evie Chen (Biology), Faculty Mentor: Anthony Wagner (Psychology) | • Yugendran Rajaendran (Bioengineering), Faculty Mentor: Albert Wu (Ophthalmology) |
| • Julia DiCicco (Human Biology), Faculty Mentor: John Boothroyd (Microbiology & Immunology) | • Caitlin Ramos (undeclared), Faculty Mentor: Mark Skylar-Scott (Bioengineering) |
| • Gwendolyn Donahue (undeclared), Faculty Mentor: Ian Gotlib (Psychology) | • Gabriela Rincon (Physics), Faculty Mentor: Steve Quake (Bioengineering and Applied Physics) |
| • Katherine Dong (undeclared), Faculty Mentor: Liqun Luo (Biology) | • Julián Rodríguez Cárdenas (Symbolic Systems), Faculty Mentor: Lu Chen (Neurosurgery andPsychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences) |
| • Angelina Duran (undeclared), Faculty Mentor: Paul J. Wang (Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine) | • Isabella Russo (undeclared), Faculty Mentor: Creed Stary (Anesthesiology, Perioperative & Pain Medicine) |
| • Cameron Ehsan (Biology), Faculty Mentor: Ashby Morrison (Biology) | • Amin Sajjadian (undeclared), Faculty Mentor: KC Huang (Bioengineering and Microbiology & Immunology) |
| • Mohamed Elhassan (undeclared), Faculty Mentor: Tamar Green (Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences - Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences) | • Elizabeth Schmidt (Materials Science & Engineering), Faculty Mentor: Guosong Hong (Materials Science & Engineering) |
| • Kim Fernandez-Winters (undeclared), Faculty Mentor: Joy Wu (Medicine - Endocrinology, Gerontology, & Metabolism) | • Shay Sharma (undeclared), Faculty Mentor: Hawa Racine Thiam (Bioengineering and Microbiology & Immunology) |
| • Alyssa Guo (undeclared), Faculty Mentor: Calvin Kuo (Medicine - Hematology) | • Ishaan Singh (Mathematics), Faculty Mentor: Margaret Fuller (Developmental Biology, Genetics, and Obstetrics & Gynecology - Reproductive Biology) |
| • Cyrus Hajian (undeclared), Faculty Mentor: Lauren O’Connell (Biology) | • Grace Soontornviwath (undeclared), Faculty Mentor: Paul J. Wang (Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine) |
| • Lauren He (undeclared), Faculty Mentor: Andrea Goldstein-Piekarski (Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences - Sleep Medicine) | • Daniel Stauber (Bioengineering), Faculty Mentor: Lei Stanley Qi (Bioengineering) |
| • Sureen Heer (undeclared), Faculty Mentor: Jennifer Raymond (Neurobiology) | • Isabella Szabo (undeclared), Faculty Mentor: Melody Smith (Medicine - Blood & Marrow Transplantation) |
| • Zuzana Hudacova (undeclared), Faculty Mentor: Sergiu P. Pasca (Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences - Sleep Medicine) | • Anjali Temal (Psychology), Faculty Mentor: Neir Eshel (Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences) |
| • Michael James (Physics), Faculty Mentors: Jill Helms (Surgery - Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery) and Katrin Andreasson (Neurology & Neurological Sciences) | • Vivian Tien (undeclared), Faculty Mentor: Paul Khavari (Dermatology) |
| • Julia Johannsen (Biology), Faculty Mentor: Fan Yang (Orthopaedic Surgery and Bioengineering) | • George Tilton-Low (Bioengineering), Faculty Mentor: Tony Wyss-Coray (Neurology & Neurological Sciences) |
| • Bryan Khoo (Management Science & Engineering), Faculty Mentor: Kevin Shea (Orthopaedic Surgery) | • Esther Tok (undeclared), Faculty Mentor: Kabir Peay (Biology and Earth System Science) |
| • Ireh Kim (Biology and Music), Faculty Mentor: Helen Blau (Microbiology & Immunology) | • Gloria Vergara Neyra (Bioengineering), Faculty Mentor: Rogelio Hernández-López (Bioengineering and Genetics) |
| • Jaeah Kim (undeclared), Faculty Mentor: Karl Deisseroth (Bioengineering and Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences) | • Ishita Verma (Biology), Faculty Mentor: Jill Helms (Surgery - Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery) |
| • Joshua Konschnik (Mathematics), Faculty Mentor: Jan Skotheim (Biology) | • Eli Wandless (undeclared), Faculty Mentor: Allan Reiss (Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences - Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences) |
| • Abhi Kumar (Computer Science), Faculty Mentor: William Hiesinger (Cardiothoracic Surgery) | • Celestine Wenardy (undeclared), Faculty Mentor: Karl Deisseroth (Bioengineering and Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences) |
| • Abigail Kwon (undeclared), Faculty Mentor: Josef Parvizi (Neurology & Neurological Sciences) | • Katherine Woo (Communication), Faculty Mentor: Paul Bollyky (Medicine - Infectious Diseases and Microbiology & Immunology) |
| • Chloe Laguna (Chemical Engineering), Faculty Mentor: Elizabeth Sattely (Chemical Engineering) | • Victoria Xin (Human Biology), Faculty Mentor: Calvin Kuo (Medicine - Hematology) |
| • Allie Lee (undeclared), Faculty Mentor: Erin Mordecai (Biology) | • Leyla Yilmaz (Biology), Faculty Mentor: Irv Weissman (Pathology - Pathology Stem Cell Institute and Developmental Biology) |
| • Emily Li (Biology), Faculty Mentor: Xiaoke Chen (Biology) | • Albert Zhang (undeclared), Faculty Mentor: Markus Covert (Bioengineering) |
| • Genessi Lizama (undeclared), Faculty Mentor: Allan Reiss (Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences - Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences) |