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Meet the Driving Force Behind BWI 2023!
Meet the Driving Force Behind BWI 2023!
Bioengineering Graduate Society (BEGS) is thrilled to introduce the dedicated committee members tirelessly working behind the scenes to make BWI 2023 an unparalleled success. Get to know the individuals making it all happen and join us in celebrating their invaluable contributions.
Isabelle Lam
Isabelle Lam
BWI Co-Chair
Samantha Sanchez
Samantha Sanchez
BWI Co-Chair
Ambassador Coordinators
Ambassador Coordinators
Vanessa Ji
Vanessa Ji
j6ji@ucsd.edu
j6ji@ucsd.edu
Bioengineering graduate with a diverse background in research and internships, seeking opportunities in research-driven roles at the healthcare industry.
Pragna Vasupal
Pragna Vasupal
vpragna@ucsd.edu
vpragna@ucsd.edu
Refilwe Kebadireng
Refilwe Kebadireng
okebadireng@ucsd.edu
okebadireng@ucsd.edu
My name is Refilwe Kebadireng, and I am a first-year Masters student in the BENG department whose interests lie in the discovery of gene therapies, particularly cancer-related therapies
Aaryan Sharma
Aaryan Sharma
aas014@ucsd.edu
aas014@ucsd.edu
Aaryan Sharma is a Masters of Engineering student at UCSD interested in drug delivery applications in neuroimmunogical applications
Marketing/Graphic Design Coordinator
Marketing/Graphic Design Coordinator
Simar Sharma
Simar Sharma
Simar is a 2nd year MS Thesis student in the Kwon Lab at Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine. She’s interested in using targeted nano-materials to diagnose and treat complications that unfold post-Traumatic Brain Injury. In her free, she loves catching sunsets and reading by the ocean.
Set Up/Clean Up/Check In Team!
Set Up/Clean Up/Check In Team!
Mariluz Rojo Domingo
Mariluz Rojo Domingo
Mariluz is a second-year Ph.D. student in Bioengineering investigating novel MRI methods for prostate cancer detection.
Abhinaba Banerjee
Abhinaba Banerjee
Abhi Banerjee, a second-year Bioengineering master's student, passionately explores Glioblastoma multiforme's mechanobiology in Dr. Adam Engler's lab, aiming for groundbreaking advancements in disease treatments, drug discovery, and therapies.
Priyan Kapoor
Priyan Kapoor
Priyan is a second year master’s student in Bioengineering, currently working as a graduate student researcher at the Winzeler lab, School of Medicine, UCSD. Her work involves investigating genetic determinants of antifungal drug resistance in S. cerevisiae .
Laura Herron
Laura Herron
Aishwarya Balaje
Aishwarya Balaje
Aishwarya Balaje (she/her/hers) is currently pursuing Master's(thesis) in Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering at UC San Diego. She is working as a student researcher in Dr. Joseph Wang’s Nanobioelectronics (NBE) lab. Her areas of interest include bioesensors, bioelectronics, medical devices, and wearable technology.
Shreyaa Ramakrishnan
Shreyaa Ramakrishnan
Hi! I’m Shreyaa Ramakrishnan, an MS Plan I grad student. I am also a dancer and a singer!
Brock Howerton
Brock Howerton
I am developing novel chemistry/imaging platforms to track the fate of T cells in solid organ transplantation and tumor PD-L1 expression status via 1H and 19F MRI probes
Shreyaa Ramakrishnan
Shreyaa Ramakrishnan
Emily Gardner
Emily Gardner
Annanya Sethiya
Annanya Sethiya
Nivedha Srikanth Iyer
Nivedha Srikanth Iyer
Wei-Shan Chen
Wei-Shan Chen
Brock Howerton
Brock Howerton
Akash Kumaran
Akash Kumaran
Sainath Mamde
Sainath Mamde
Student Ambassadors
Student Ambassadors
Archana Balasubramanian
Eugene Alforque
Nick Trujillo
Simar Sharma
Subhashini Arumugam
Daksha Ramananda
Sydney LaMorte
Ajaatshatru Sisodia
Zichen “Cardiff” jiang
Yuanshan Wu
Ryan Preska
Adrienne Lezak
Michelle Wong
Shreesamarth Srivatsa
Elmah Faruque
Shreesamarth Srivatsa
Meghana Chitthoor
Divya Deodas Prabhu
Tiffany Zhou
Erin LaMontagne
Mingyuan Chen
Amy Lou
Prachi Kulkarni
Ruturaj Deshpande
Grace Sanders
Shivani Shukla
Anirudh Sivarajan
Emily Gardner
Diva Sansanwal
Heather Farris
Laura Herron
Anusha Kumar
Chang Han
Meghana Varanasi
Ting Yang
Geetika Maddirala
Janani Muralidharan
Joe Yuan
Shriya Shetty
Mrunal Desai
Neftaly Mejia Garcia
Griffith Hughes
Keerthi Nair
Noah Mehringer
Emily Qi
Mihika Sonalkar
Maria Samaritano
Priyan Kapoor
Shivaramakrishna Srinivasan
Calvin Huang
APPLY TO BE A PART OF THE TEAM
APPLY TO BE A PART OF THE TEAM
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(Applications have closed. Please contact BWI Co-chairs for additional inquiries.)
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