Division of Biology and Medicine
Office of Graduate Studies

Current & Past PREP Scholars

2024-2025

several people posing for a photoLina Blanco
Academic Focus: Molecular Biology, Cell Biology & Biochemistry
Faculty Advisor & Lab: Carlos Giovanni Silva Garcia, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry

Amelia Harman
Academic Focus: Neuroscience 
Faculty Advisor & Lab: Kate O'Connor Gilles, Associate Professor of Brain Science and Karla Kaun, Associate Professor of Neuroscience

Nina Hernandez
Academic Focus: Molecular Biology, Cell Biology & Biochemistry
Faculty Advisor & Lab: Anita Shukla, Associate Professor of Engineering

Roza Khalifa
Academic Focus: Neuroscience 
Faculty Advisor & Lab: Anne Hart, Professor of Neuroscience

Jacqueline Lopez
Academic Focus: Pathobiology
Faculty Advisor & Lab: Christopher de Graffenried, Associate Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology

Jorhenis Vasquez
Academic Focus: Pathobiology
Faculty Advisor & Lab: Shipra Vaishnava, Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology 

Previous Scholars

several people posing for a photoNicolas Arriaga Otalora
Research Assistant, University of California, Los Angeles

Tyra Bergstrom
Research Study Coordinator, Northwestern University 

Nicole Casale
Graduate Student, Brown University 

Abigail Kuntzleman
Ph.D Student, Brown University

Natalie Nantais
Graduate Student, Brown University 

Raphael Angelo Zambrano
Research Assistant, Brown University

people posing for a photoTyra Bergstrom
PREP Scholar, Brown University 

Paola Sundaram Buitargo
Ph.D. Student, Brown University 

Rekha Crawford
Ph.D. Student, Emory University 

Marie Domina
Research Assistant, Brown University

Nelson Le
Data Scientist, Nationwide

Sebastian Nunez
Math and Sciences Teacher, Fusion Academy

Steve Otero
Ph.D. Student, UTHSC San Antonio

people posing for a photoKierra Davis

Mauricio Garcia
Ph.D. Student, Brown University

Sara Rios Mendez
Ph.D. Student, Brown University

Stephanie Moy
Ph.D. Student, University of Virginia

Lizmaylin Ramos
Ph.D. Student, Brown University

June Winters
Ph.D. Student, University of Utah

Dowlette Alam El Din
Current position: Ph.D. Student, Johns Hopkins University

Beatriz Mercado
Current position: Ph.D. Student, Dartmouth College

Celeste Rodriguez
Current position: Ph.D. Student, Princeton University

Johanny Castillo
Current position: Ph.D. Student, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Kimberlyn Ellis
Current position: Ph.D. Student, Vanderbilt University

Anqesha Murray
Current position: Ph.D. Student, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Jhair Torres
Current position: Ph.D. Student, University of Colorado Boulder

David Bautista
Current position: Ph.D. Student, Texas A&M University

Ambar Delgado Carrion
Current position: Research Assistant, Brown University

Gerardo Reyes Chavez
Current position: Ph.D. Student, Brown University

Yanabah Jaques
Current position: Ph.D. Student, University of California Berkeley