Natasha Chinoy - Learning Assistant/Learning Master Sergeant
Natasha Chinoy - Learning Assistant/Learning Master Sergeant
What is your field and level of study?
I am a Junior studying Kinesiology.
What is your 5-year plan?
My 5-year plan includes graduating from MSU and then hopefully going to Physician Assistant School somewhere.
What do you like to do in your free time? Hobbies? Sports? Arts? Music?
In my free time I hang out with friends, watch movies that have been solely recommended by my dad, play golf, ski, and snowboard.
What book would you recommend other’s read and why?
I would recommend Tuesdays with Morrie because it’s a very refreshing story about life.
Jackson Joseph - Learning Assistant/ Learning Corporal
Jaskson is the newest member of our PSL 311L Team!
What is your field of study?
I am a recent BS graduate from the Department of Physiology
What is your 5-year plan?
My five year plan is to hopefully get accepted into medical school, preferably MSU COM. My after medical school plan is to become a family medicine doctor.
What do you like to do in your free time?
I love playing tennis and piano. My passion for both outweighs my skill by quite a lot, but the spirit is there.
What book would you recommend other's read and why?
I recommend reading It's kind of a funny story. On the surface it is your standard "coming of age" story but it goes over in length dealing with mental health when stressing about schooling and your future, something premed students should know well.
Keeler Steele - Instructor/Lab Manager/Chief Warrant Officer
What is your field and level of study?
I have a Bachelors in Physiology from MSU.
What is your 5-year plan?
My 5-year plan is to organize a "sit-in" at some random kids birthday party bounce house, bringing awareness on how important it is to have a 13th floor in every building.
What do you like to do in your free time? Hobbies? Sports? Arts? Music?
I collect pin striped suits.
What book would you recommend other’s read and why?
I loved the book How to teach quantum physics to your dog, by Chad Orzel. I liked it because it showed me which breed of dog was most likely to respond to the name Neils Bohr.
Devika Bahal - Teaching Assistant/Learning Captain
What is your field and level of study?
I’m currently a PhD student, studying cancer immunology. In the past, I have completed my DVM followed by a master’s in Veterinary Pathology.
What is your 5-year plan?
To get my doctorate degree and use the knowledge I’ve gained to develop novel cancer immunotherapy options for animals.
What do you like to do in your free time? Hobbies? Sports? Arts? Music?
Sleep. Eat. Sleep. Repeat!
What book would you recommend other’s read and why?
For budding oncologists- ‘The emperor of all maladies’ by Siddhartha Mukherjee. For everyone else, any Shakespearean play. The former for a glimpse of defining moments in general life and the latter for general life in the midst of drama.
Gokul Murali - Teaching Assistant/First Lieutenant of Learning
Gokul is also a new team member to PSL 311L. He is also an Assistant Instructor for PSL 450.
What is your field and level of study?
I have a Bachelors in Physiology from MSU having just graduated this past Summer!
What is your 5-year plan?
My 5-year plan is to revitalize the original phone booth.
What do you like to do in your free time? Hobbies? Sports? Arts? Music?
Over the pandemic, I really got into marble racing! What a rush!
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What book would you recommend other’s read and why?
The Original Roadkill Cookbook, by Buck Peterson. Because why let it go to waste?