These advanced PhD students were chosen to serve as ambassadors for basic science education based on their leadership potential, excellence in research, community-mindedness, and communications skills.
Cohort 14 (September 2026)
David Aley, Neuroscience
Jennifer Alvarenga Vasquez, Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Joseph Asfouri, Bioengineering
Gabriel Avillion, Developmental and Stem Cell Biology
Katherine Bang, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics
Isobel Beasley, Biological and Medical Informatics
Anna Bennett, Bioengineering
Caitlyn Dang, Biomedical Sciences
Bezawit Danna, Tetrad
Jialing Fang, Bioengineering
Sydney Figueroa, Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Omkar Ghenand, Bioengineering
Andreana Gomez, Oral and Craniofacial Sciences
Chet Graswich, Tetrad
Henry Hardart, Neuroscience
Chennan Jin, Neuroscience
Parimal Joshi, Bioengineering
Anthony Khalifeh, Biomedical Sciences
Ananya Krishnapura, Biomedical Sciences
Jeremy Libang, Biomedical Sciences
Amanda Lipford, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics
Ipsa Mittra, Biological and Medical Informatics
Bivas Nag, Developmental and Stem Cell Biology
Luis Oliva, Tetrad
Lucas Pardo, Bioengineering
Sophie-Christine Porak, Biophysics
Arren Ramsey, Biomedical Sciences
Valeria Sanchez Estrada, Biological and Medical Informatics
Craig Soares, Biophysics
Christine Wan, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics
Cohort 13 (September 2025)
Hunter Carrell, Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Krisco Cheung, Bioengineering
Karson Chrispens, Biophysics
Alexander (Sandy) Floren, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics
Sam Ghaffari-Kashani, Tetrad
Alina Hebling, Neuroscience
Hannah Herzog, Oral and Craniofacial Sciences
Jasmine Keyes, Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Chloe Kong, Bioengineering
Emilie Kono, Bioengineering
Nitya Kopparapu, Developmental and Stem Cell Biology
Divya Kranthi, Biophysics
Julianne Lim, Tetrad
Brigitte Meyer, Tetrad
Jake Oxendine, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics
Andrew Pan, Biomedical Sciences
Sruthi Raguveer, Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Mackenzie Roberts, Biomedical Sciences
Christina Roca, Neuroscience
Ankit Salhotra, Biomedical Sciences
Sara Smith, Biological and Medical Informatics
Tasha Tsao, Biomedical Sciences
Àlex Tudoras Miravet, Neuroscience
Xinyang Yi, Neuroscience
Cohort 12 (September 2024)
Minna Apostolova, Biomedical Sciences
Erin Argentieri, Bioengineering
Rio Barrere-Cain, Tetrad
Miranda Cabanski-Dunning, Tetrad
Jaela Caston, Biomedical Sciences
Ivan Chavez, Biomedical Sciences
Yaen Chen, Biological and Medical Informatics
Jing-Yi Chung, Biomedical Sciences
Micah Fernando, Tetrad
Amrik Kang, Biomedical Sciences
Minyoung Kim, Oral and Craniofacial Sciences
Gabriella Kimmerly, Biomedical Sciences
Alex Li, Bioengineering
Can Liu, Neuroscience
Alex Long, Biophysics
Carlota Pereda Serras, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics
Elysse Phillips, Developmental and Stem Cell Biology
Daniela Rodea, Biophysics
Colton Sanders, Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Henry Scott, Biophysics
Connie Silva, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics
Esther Sim, Bioengineering
Macey Slota, Tetrad
Olive Tambou Nzoutchoum, Neuroscience
Cole Tharp, Tetrad
Caleb Tuan-Thinh Tong, Bioengineering
David Wen, Developmental and Stem Cell Biology
Xinlan Wen, Neuroscience
Jeffrey Zheng, Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Mingkang Zhou, Neuroscience
See Program alumni or go back to information about the Discovery Program.