Meet The Executive Board
The Administrative Branch
Co-President
Ashley Nguyen
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Studies
Co-President
Andre Rodrigues
Physics/Computer Science
Director of Administrative Affairs
Mei Visconti
Neuroscience
Director of DEI & Standards
Athena Mori
Biotechnology
The Internal Branch
Internal Vice President
Esther Ji
Business Administration
Director of Finances & Fundraising
Kate Plumley
Biotechnology
Director of Community Engagement
Jake Haviland
Economics
The External Branch
External Vice President
Rushaanaaz Sokeechand
Biopharmaceutical Sciences
Director of Web Development
Sheel Shah
Biomedical Engineering
Director of Media/Communications
Ky Duong
Pharmacology and Drug Development
Director of Membership & Recruitment
Ivan Tran
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Director of Membership & Recruitment
Micaela Zamora
Biopharmaceutical Sciences
The Beta Class
Aditya Desai
Health and Human Sciences
Emily Chang
Health and Human Sciences
Hriday Gondalia
Biopharmaceutical Sciences
Maliek Redmond
Health and Human Sciences
Sheel Shah
Biomedical Engineering
Athena Mori
Biological Sciences (Biotechnology)
Erika Li
Quantitative Biology
Micaela Zamora
Biopharmaceutical Sciences
Tushar Zhade
Quantitative Biology
Daniela Gioia
Biological Sciences (Biotechnology)
Farah Kabbani
Human Biology
Ivan Tran
Health Promotion & Disease Prevention Studies
Rebecca Aviles
Quantitative Biology
Dominic De La Torre
Biomedical Engineering (Molecular-Cellular)
Josh Kim
Biomedical Engineering
Jackson Hanf
Biochemistry
Rhea Song
Business Administration
Benjamin Ro
Health and Human Sciences
Mei Visconti
Neuroscience
Ishaani Pradeep
Biomedical Engineering
Michael Chen
Human Biology
Tyse Whittaker
Health and Human Sciences
The Alpha Class
Vanessa Bartlett
Biomedical Engineering
Anjali Jha
Biopharmaceutical Sciences
Grace Li
Computer Science and Business Administration
Bence Peti-Peterdi
Biological Sciences (Biotechnology)
Nikky Romo-Zelada
Biological Sciences (Biotechnology)
Max Binkowski
Biological Sciences
Esther Ji
Business Administration
Kailin Liu
Quantitative Biology
Maddie Pierce
Biomedical Engineering
Abigail Shih
Biopharmaceutical Sciences
Anura Deshpande
Computational Neuroscience
Sharan Krishnan
Biomedical Engineering
Francesca Nguyen
Global Health
Natalie Putzel
Biological Sciences (Biotechnology)
Katlynn Thai
Biomedical Engineering
Richard Zhang
Quantitative Biology
Matt Esneault
Biochemistry
Kayla Lam
Biopharmaceutical Sciences
Cindy Nguyen
Pharmacology and Drug Development
Baihui Qian
Biological Sciences (Biotechnology)
Tri Tong
Quantitative Biology
Cathy Zhu
Biomedical Engineering
Diego Hernandez
Pharmacology and Drug Development
Andrew Levy
Pharmacology and Drug Development
Rina Okuda
Biochemistry
Tiffany Rodriguez
Pharmacology and Drug Development
Jasmine Trieu
Health and Human Sciences
Josie Crosthwait
Neuroscience
Sephi Konstantoudakis
Biological Sciences
Ryan Matthews
Pharmacology and Drug Development
Kate Plumley
Biological Sciences (Biotechnology)
Rusha Sokeechand
Biopharmaceutical Sciences
Nour Yaish
Biopharmaceutical Sciences
Meet The Founding Members
Name: Kenneth Phung
Major: Biological Sciences (Biotechnology)
Graduation Year: 2025
Career Aspirations: Manage a translational space between medicine and the biotech industry
Name: Jake Haviland
Major: Economics
Graduation Year: 2025
Career Aspirations: To work in venture capital, specifically investing in biotech companies.
Name: Ashley Nguyen
Major: Health Promotion and Disease Promotion
Graduation Year: 2025
Career Aspirations: To practice medicine using innovative biotech and technical expertise to change lives while advocating for various public health initiatives
Name: Julia Baerenstecher
Major: Biological sciences (biotechnology) Minor: AI Applications
Graduation Year: 2026
Career Aspirations: Medical School
Name: Joseph Kim
Major: Quantitative Biology PDP: Applied Data Science
Graduation Year: 2025
Career Aspirations: To break into the industry as a data scientist using various machine learning approaches
Name: Ky Duong
Major: Pharmacology and Drug Development/ PDP: Management of Drug Development
Graduation Year: 2025
Career Aspirations: To enter a career in the preclinical development of small molecule inhibitors and PROTACs, where he’ll utilize his knowledge and passion for toxicology/safety pharmacology to identify and minimize the potential risks associated with targeting the various proteins that are implicated in human disease.
Name: Shannon Uppal
Major: Health and Human Sciences/ Minor: Forensics and Criminality
Graduation Year: 2025
Career Aspirations: To go into the medical field as either a pediatrician or plastic surgeon.
Name: Andre Rodgriues
Major: Physics and Computer Science
Graduation Year: 2025
Career Aspirations: To work on computational methods that simulate or mimic biological and chemical mechanisms for research and development.
Name: Grace Farley
Major: Pharmacology & Drug Development Minor: Dance
Graduation year: 2025
Career plans: To pursue a pharmaceutical masters and accelerate her career in the biotech industry
Name: Rich Qian
Major: Biological Sciences (Biotechnology) Minor: Healthcare Studies
Graduation Year: 2025
Career Aspirations: To pursue medical school after taking a gap year.