Post-baccalaureate Scholars – Class of 2026 (2024-2026)

Aderonke Abimbola
Mentor: Dr. Timothy Miller
Undergraduate Institution: Temple University

Neva Bergemann
Mentor: Dr. Lavinia Sheets
Undergraduate Institution: Carthage College

Madyson Brown
Mentor: Dr. Shiming Chen
Undergraduate Institution: Pennsylvania State University

Sydney Crump
Mentor: Dr. Kristen Kroll
Undergraduate Institution: Washington University in St. Louis

Xinhang Dong
Mentor: Dr. Jing Hughes
Graduate Institution (Masters): Washington University in St. Louis

Yesenia Earth
Mentor: Dr. Yoon-A Kang
Undergraduate Institution: New Mexico State University

Parker Ernst
Mentor: Dr. Jessica Wagenseil
Undergraduate Institution: University of Richmond

Chloe Kernan
Mentor: Dr. David Gutmann
Undergraduate Institution: Washington University in St. Louis

Jiayi Li
Mentor: Dr. Xue-Yan He
Undergraduate Institution: University of California San Diego

Rosa Loewenstein
Mentor: Dr. Thor Theunissen
Undergraduate Institution: Carnegie Mellon University

James Lu
Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey Millman
Undergraduate Institution: University of Oklahoma

Elysa Ng
Mentor: Dr. Tony Tsai
Undergraduate Institution: University of Notre Dame

Alyssa Noren
Mentor: Dr. Kristen Kroll
Undergraduate Institution: University of Washington

Adrianna Ramos
Mentor: Dr. David Kast
Undergraduate Institution: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Shea Sundali
Mentor: Dr. Aaron DiAntonio
Undergraduate Institution: University of Colorado – Boulder

Katerina Trachtova
Mentor: Dr. Sanjay Jain
Undergraduate Institution: University of Minnesota
Post-baccalaureate Scholars – Class of 2025 (2023-2025)

Cherokee Bodell
Mentor: Amber Stratman
Undergraduate Institution: Indiana Institute of Technology

Talia Eligator
Mentor: David Gutmann
Undergraduate Institution: Wesleyan University

Patrick Hunt
Mentor: Laura Schuettpelz
Undergraduate Institution: St. Louis University

Danielle Illy
Mentor: Helen McNeill
Undergraduate Institution: Truman State

Sana Khan
Mentor: David Piston
Undergraduate Institution: North Carolina State University

Aaron Ly
Mentor: Mathew Silva
Undergraduate Institution: University of Texas – Arlington

Gerardo Martinez
Mentor: Silvia Jansen
Undergraduate Institution: New Mexico State University

Sibani Nachadalingam
Mentor: Aaron Johnson
Undergraduate Institution: University of Maryland – Baltimore County

Ajin Park
Mentor: Chun-Kan Chen
Undergraduate Institution: Washington State (BS); Washington University in St. Louis (MS)
Current Position: Wash U Molecular and Cell Biology program

Dhanya Paul
Mentor: Zhongsheng You
Undergraduate Institution: Santa Clara University

Renzelle Ponce
Mentor: Ghazaleh Ashrafi
Undergraduate Institution: Hawaii Pacific University

Laura Wang
Mentor: David Gutmann
Undergraduate Institution: Washington University in St. Louis