Our Team
Leadership Board
Tanya Chettri
Co-President
Biochemical Engineering, 3rd Year
Sonia Bhaskaran
Co-President
Biomedical Engineering, 4th Year
Amanah Talabhaktula
Vice-President of Research, SLM Co-lead
Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior, 3rd Year
Siri Konanoor
Vice-President of Events, LIFT co-lead
Biomedical Engineering, 3rd Year
Rency Dhaduk
Vice-President of Internal Affairs, LIFT co-lead
Genetics & Genomics, 3rd Year
Meera Mallya
Director of Research
Cell Biology, 4th Year
Danielle Sanchez
Student Lab Manager co-lead
Neurobiology, Physiology, & Behavior and Communications, 3rd Year
Julian Chang
Journal Club co-lead
Biomedical Engineering, 4th Year
Liana Williams
Journal Club co-lead
Genetics & Genomics, 4th Year
Arzu Thareja
Website & Newsletter Manager
Science and Technology Studies, 1st Year
Arnav Joshi
Professional Development Chair
Biomedical Engineering, 1st Year
Student Lab Managers
Sarah Holt
Biological Sciences, 4th Year
Talia Marx
Biomedical Engineering, 3rd Year
Evelyn Kim
Neurobiology, Physiology, & Behavior, 2nd Year
Caleb Humphrey
Biochemistry and Chemistry, 2nd Year
Hamsa Parab
Neurobiology, Physiology, & Behavior, 3rd Year
Angelina Kim
Food Science, 3rd Year
Christopher Fuentes
Neurobiology, Physiology, & Behavior, 4th Year
Sherry (Peixin) He
Neurobiology, Physiology, & Behavior, 2nd Year
Lana Abujamil
Biological Sciences, 2nd Year
Vanessa Su
Biotechnology, 2nd Year
Project Leads
Caleb Humphrey
Algae to Insulin
Biochemistry and Chemistry, 2nd Year
Michelle Azuma
Algae to Insulin
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 3rd Year
Daniel Yang
Algae to Insulin
Genetics and Genomics, 2nd Year
Allison Muller
Real Vegan Cheese
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2nd Year
Kenta Hsu
Real Vegan Cheese
Systems and Synthetic Biology, 3rd Year
Veda Nayak
Microfluidics
Biotechnology, 3rd Year
Mentors & Advisors
Dr. Marc Facciotti
Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Genome Center
Andrew Yao, M.S.
Research and Development Engineer, BioInnovation Lab Manager
