Current Participants
NASA/BMSIS YOUNG SCIENTIST PROGRAM IN SPACE BIOSCIENCES
Genesis Berlanga
Education
M.S. Geology and Geophysics (University of Hawaii at Manoa 2017)
Location
Mountain View, California
Advisor
Dr. Tom Bristow (NASA Ames)
Juliana DiGiacomo
Education
College Senior at Rutgers University
Location
Mountain View, California
Advisor
Dr. Alfonso Davila
Jennifer Keith
Education
M.S. Atmospheric Science (University of California - Davis, in progress)
Location
Mountain View, California
Advisor
Dr. Sanjoy Som (NASA Ames)
Enya Mistry
Education
Irvington High School
Location
Mountain View, California
Advisor
Dr. Eduardo Almeida
Jonathan Oribello
Education
M.S. Bioinformatics, San José State University
Location
Mountain View, California
Advisor
Dr. Sylvain Costes, GeneLab
Melissa Thompson
Education
BS in Chemistry (UC Santa Cruz 2020)
Location
California
Advisor
Dr. George Cooper
Deshan Yapabandara
Education
B.S. Biology (currently at De Anza College)
Location
Sunnyvale, California
Advisor
Dr. Milena Popovic
BMSIS YOUNG SCIENTIST PROGRAM
Ismael Acosta
Education
Bachelor in Biology, Bachelor in Astronomy (Universidad de la República, Facultad de Ciencias)
Advisor
Dr. Omer Markovitch
Omar Alaidy
Education
Biotechnology and Life Sciences (Ain Shams University)
Advisor
Dr. Andro Rios & Dr. Graham Lau
Berfin Dağ
Education
Molecular Biology and Genetics (Afyon Kocatepe University)
Advisor
Dr. Omer Markovitch
Sriram Devata
Education
Computational Natural Sciences (International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad)
Advisor
Dr. Jim Cleaves
María José Villarreal Gómez
Education
Microbiology and Bioanalysis (Industrial University of Santander)
Advisor
Dr. Dimitra Atri
Riddhi Gondhalekar
Education
M.Sc. in Biotechnology (St. Xavier's College - Autonomous, Mumbai)
Advisor
Dr. Shawn McGlynn
Emily Peñaherrera
Education
Molecular and Cellular Biology (University of Arizona)
Advisor
Dr. Betül Kaçar
Cathryn Sephus
Education
Bachelors of Science in Molecular and Cellular Biology (University of Arizona)
Advisor
Dr. Betul Kaçar
Will Suero Amparo
Education
B.S. Biomedical Engineering (New Jersey Institute of Technology)
Advisor
Dr. Dimitra Atri
Tsu-Wang Sun
Education
B.S. Plant Pathology (National Chung Hsing University)
Advisor
Drs. Jim Cleaves, Tony Jia, & Chris Butch
Paulina Umansky
Education
B.S. Astrophysics & Planetary Science (UC Berkeley)
Advisor
Drs. Jim Cleaves, Tony Jia, Chris Butch, & Dimitra Atri