BSTP Student Profiles

Students in all the PhD programs are wearing white lab coats in front of the campus library.

ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ welcomes this year's incoming class of the BSTP program. 

  • 2021 Entering Cohort: 32 new students

  • Average Age: 24 (Range: 20-34)

Background by Undergraduate Major

Natural Sciences

23%

Biological Sciences

61%

Social Sciences

6%

Humanities

3%

Engineering

6%

2021 Entering Class

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Yaw Asante

Hometown: Cincinnati, OH, USA

Undergraduate Degree: B.A. in Computer Science

Princeton University

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Danielle Browne

Hometown: Fort Collins, CO, USA

Undergraduate Degree: B.S. in Biochemistry

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

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Tristan Carmeci

Hometown: Medford, OR, USA

Undergraduate Degree: B.S. in Chemistry

University of Portland

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Inho Cha

Hometown: Portland, OR, USA

Undergraduate Degree: B.S. in Microbiology

University of Rochester

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Lawrence Chu

Hometown: Hong Kong

Undergraduate Degree: B.A. in Biology and Studio Arts

Brandeis University

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Sierra Cotton

Hometown: Flushing, MI, USA

Undergraduate Degree: B.S. in Biology

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Jordan Cress

Hometown: Kimberly, ID, USA

Undergraduate Degree: B.S. in Biology

Brigham Young University

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Kaitlyn Daff

Hometown: Youngstown, OH, USA

Undergraduate Degree: B.S.A.S. Coordinated Program in Dietetics

Youngstown State University

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Bianca de Freitas Brenha

Hometown: Aracatuba, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Undergraduate Degree: B.S. Biology

University of Campinas

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Cheyanne Foster

Hometown: Parma, OH, USA

Undergraduate Degree: B.S. in Biology

Cleveland State University

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Rachael Gowen

Hometown: Portland, OR, USA

Undergraduate Degree: B.S. in Biology

Gonzaga University

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Ethan Honeycutt

Hometown: Chesapeake, VA, USA

Undergraduate Degree: B.S. in Biology

University of Virginia

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Keenan Hope

Hometown: Ellicott City, MD, USA

Undergraduate Degree: B.S. in Biology

University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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Peinan Hu

Hometown: Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China

Undergraduate Degree: B.S. in Biological Science (Marine Biology)

Shanghai Ocean University

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Joseph Kass

Hometown: Boca Raton, Florida, USA

Undergraduate Degree: B.S. in Chemistry

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Daniel Kingsley

Hometown: Medina, OH, USA

Undergraduate Degree: B.S. in Biology

Kent State University

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Emily Kukan

Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Undergraduate Degree: B.S. in Biological Sciences

University of Pittsburgh

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Raquel Lopez de Boer

Hometown: Sevilla, Andalucia, Spain

Undergraduate Degree: B.S. in Neuroscience and Chemistry

Moravian College

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Blake McCourt

Hometown: Philadelphia, PA, USA

Undergraduate Degree: B.S. in Molecular Biology

University of Pittsburgh

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Sarah McNeer

Hometown: Liberty Township, OH, USA

Undergraduate Degree: B.S. in Biochemistry

Marietta College

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Dinh Duy An

Hometown: Saigon, Vietnam

Undergraduate Degree: B.S. in Biochemistry

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

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Meaghan Parks

Hometown: Avon, NY, USA

Undergraduate Degree: B.A. in Sociomedical Sciences

SUNY Geneseo

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Jerrik Rydbom

Hometown: Blairsville, PA, USA

Undergraduate Degree: B.A. in Neuroscience

Washington & Jefferson College

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Avinaash Kaur Sandhu

Hometown: New Delhi, India

Undergraduate Degree: B.S. in Biological Sciences (Microbiology Specialization)

University of Maryland, College Park

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Faruk Senturk

Hometown: Turkey

Undergraduate Degree: B.S. in Biology

Southern Connecticut State University

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Vinicius Suzart

Hometown: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Undergraduate Degree: B.S. in Biology (Microbiology and Immunology)

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

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Beverlee Wood

Hometown: Inyokern, CA, USA

Undergraduate Degree: B.A. in English Literature

San Francisco State University

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Anika Wu

Hometown: Topeka, KS, USA

Undergraduate Degree: B.A. in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology

Emory University

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Jordan Griffith

Hometown: Topeka, KS, USA

Undergraduate Degree: B.A. in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology

University of Maryland, College Park

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Jessica Smith

Hometown: Lonsdale, MN, USA

Undergraduate Degree: B.S. in Neuroscience

University of Nebraska, Omaha

***Disclaimer: Some students from the entering class of 2021 are not depicted***