Meet the Authors

Jordan Setayesh grew up in Topeka, Kansas and graduated from the University of California San Diego in 2018 with a degree in Biochemistry and Cell Biology. His research focus is developmental biology, which he explored as an undergraduate researcher at the Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine from 2016-2020. In his free time, he writes economics articles from the perspective of the Austrian School of Economics, many of which have been published by FEE.org and the Mises Institute. Starting in the fall of 2020, he will be pursuing an MD/PhD degree at the University of Michigan Medical School and Rackham Graduate School.

Jonathan Sussman grew up in San Diego, California and graduated from the University of Southern California (USC) in 2019 with dual degrees in Biomedical Engineering from the Viterbi School of Engineering and Music Performance from the Thornton School of Music. He has conducted Systems Cancer Biology research at USC as an undergraduate researcher and Molecular Biology research at The Scripps Research Institute as a research assistant and is now pursuing an MD/PhD at the University of Pennsylvania in the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology with an emphasis in Cancer Biology. Outside of scientific pursuits, Jonathan is a concert musician, having won national competitions on the flute, and performs frequently on the flute, viola, and piano. He is also an avid cyclist and enjoys hiking and trail running.

Amitej Venapally was born in Hyderabad, India and immigrated to the United States with his family when he was in middle school. Since moving to the US, he has remained in Atlanta, Georgia, and has graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2020 with dual degrees in Biochemistry and Computer Science. He has conducted RNA Biology and Origin of Life research at Georgia Tech as an undergraduate researcher. In his free time, he enjoys baking desserts, playing badminton, traveling, biking, and painting. Starting in July 2020, he will be pursuing an MD/PhD degree at the Emory University School of Medicine.