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We are a cooperative of thinkers––chemists, physicists, historians, computer scientists, economists, literary critics, lawyers, linguists, biologists, poets, mathematicians, and so many more--who provide exceptional one-on-one tutoring and academic support to our students.
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Marilyn
Marilyn earned her BA in Chemistry and Religious Studies from Franklin & Marshall, and her MA in Materials Chemistry from University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has been a licensed chemistry educator for over 7 years.
Claire D.
Claire earned her BS in Molecular, Cellular, and Development Biology from Yale University. After earning her MD at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, she is now a Resident in Orthopaedic Surgery at Yale.
Graham V.
Graham holds an MD (Vanderbilt University Medical School) and MBA (Harvard Business School). He earned his BS from MIT in Materials Science & Engineering. Currently, he is an Emergency Medicine Resident at Vanderbilt Medical Center.
Joyce
Joyce is currently an MD candidate at Harvard Medical School. She also graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a BA in Anthropology from Harvard, where her thesis won the Thomas T. Hoopes Prize.
Bassel
Bassel received an MS in Civil Engineering from MIT and a BS in Engineering from Harvard. He has taught college courses on topics ranging from probability and statistics to modern history.
Elliot
Elliot earned his BS in Biology at MIT, and his MSc by Research in Clinical Medicine on a Rhodes Scholarshop at Oxford University. Currently, he is an MD/PhD student in the the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology program.
Grace
Grace is a dental student at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine. She graduated from Duke University with honors and a double major in Biology and Global Health.
Sarah G.
Sarah earned her BS and MS in Physics at MIT. She now studies the interface between quantum theory and gravity as a research fellow at the Center for Theoretical Physics at MIT.
Sam D.
Sam is a med student at Harvard Medical School. He holds a BS in Neurobiology & Philosophy (Cornell). Prior to medical school, Sam was a fellow in the NIH Department of Bioethics.
Aditya K.
Aditya is a PhD student in Computer Science at the University of Illinois. He received his BS in Computer Science and Applied Computational Mathematics from CalTech and MS in Computational Science and Engineering from Harvard.
Paul W.
Paul holds a BA in History (Yale) and MA in Global Affairs (Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University). A recipient of the Fulbright and Schwarzman Fellowships, Paul is currently a Presidential Management Fellow in Washington DC.
Damari
Damari is a resident in orthopedic surgery at the University of California, Irvine. He earned his MD at Harvard Medical School and his BA in Biochemistry and Anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis. He was a Rhodes Scholar Finalist in 2016.
Elizabeth G.
Elizabeth is an MD/PhD student at NYU School of Medicine's Medical Scientist Training Program. She holds a BA in Biology with a minor in English from Hunter College.
Rana
Rana earned her BS in Biology and Molecular Biology at Brown, and then spent two years working in ovarian cancer research at Mass General Hospital. Currently, she is an MD student at Harvard Medical School.
Casey L.
Casey received her PhD in Neuroscience from the Icahn Scholl of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and her BS in Biology from William & Mary. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher at Columbia University.
Dan W.
Dan is an MD/PhD student at Harvard Medical School. He earned his BA in Cognitive Science at Yale University (Phi Beta Kappa), where his thesis earned the Angier award.
Gil
Gil graduated from Wesleyan University with a BS in Chemistry. He attended Columbia University for his MS in Electrical Engineering, where he received the prestigious Jacob Millman Prize for Excellence in Teaching.
Matty
Matty earned a JD from Harvard Law. He graduated magna cum laude from Amherst with a BA in Geology. He has experience as a tax attorney working in corporate law in New York.
Sanjay G.
Sanjay is an MD candidate at Harvard Medical School. He holds a BSPH in Nutrition from UNC Chapel Hill, where he was a Morehead-Cain Scholar (Highest Honors, Phi Beta Kappa).
Mihir
Mihir is an MD student at Harvard Medical School. He graduated summa cum laude and Phi Betta Kappa with a Bachelor's in Biochemistry and Master's in Chemistry from UPenn.
Michael M.
Michael holds a PhD and MA in Chemistry from Harvard, and a dual-degree BS in Chemistry and Biology from the University of Maryland. He has over ten years of experience teaching and tutoring chemistry and introductory biology.
Akash
Akash is an MD candidate at Harvard Medical School. He received his BS in Biomedical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University, and completed a one-year retinal neurophysiology research fellowship at the National Eye Institute.
Suleman
Suleman graduated summa cum laude from the UC Berkeley Honors Program with a BA in Integrative Biology. After receiving acceptances to both MD/PhD and MD programs, he is currently an MD student at Stanford Medical School.
Caroline B.
Caroline earned her Bachelor's degree from Harvard in Chemical and Physical Biology. After graduation, she conducted reserach in health economics and policy. She is currently a medical student at Harvard Medical School.
Ellen Y.
Ellen is an MD-PhD student in the Health Sciences and Technology Program at Harvard Medical School. Previously, she earned her degree in Chemistry at Caltech.
Priyanka N.
Priyanka studied Molecular and Cellular Biology, Global Health, and Spanish at Harvard College (summa cum laude). She is now a medical student at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York.
Ash N.
Ash received his MA in Economics from Columbia University. He graduated with a degree in Electrical Engineering and Econometrics from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (summa cum laude, Tau Beta Pi).
Chris D.
Chris is an MD student at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He received his pre-med training at Columbia University and was awarded the Harry G DeMeo Scholarship. He earned his BA in Theater Studies from Emerson College.
Ojay S.
O'Jay is an MD/PhD candidate at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He graduated with Honors from CUNY-John Jay College with a BS in Cellular and Molecular Biology and minor in Philosophy.
Chang M.
Chang is an MD/PhD student at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He earned his BA in English Literature and Biochemistry at Columbia University, where he was a John Jay Scholar and graduated Phi Beta Kappa.
Anusha N.
Anusha is a medical student in the Health Sciences and Technology program at Harvard Medical School and MIT. She graduated with a BS in Bioengineering from Caltech, where she was a member of the Tau Beta Pi engineering honor society.
Baily N.
Baily is an MD student at Harvard Medical School. She earned her BS in Geospatial Sciences with a minor in Arabic from the United States Air Force Academy, where she graduated in the top 5% of her class.
Vera T.
Vera served in the US Air Force for 6 years. After the Air Force, she double-majored in Neuroscience and Mathematics at the University of Arizona. She is currently completing her MD/PhD at University of Washington in St. Louis.
Julia C.
Julia studied Neuroscience and Music at MIT, and then received a Fulbright Scholarship to continue her neurobiology research in Gttingen, Germany. She is now an MD student at Harvard Medical School.
Anagha P.
Anagha graduated from Princeton University with a BA in Molecular Biology and a minor in Ethnographic Studies and Global Health. Currently, she is a med student at Harvard Medical School.
King F.
King is currently an MD student at Harvard. He earned his BA in Sociology and Health from University Notre Dame, and earned a MS in Global Public Health and Policy at Queen Mary University of London.
Md K.
Md is a PhD student in Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai). Previously, he was a research fellow at NIH. He holds a BS in Biochemistry (City College of New York).
Ross
Ross is an MD/PhD at Harvard and UPenn. They received an MSc in Medical Anthropology (Durham University), and a BA in Middle Eastern Studies with a minor in Chemistry (UPenn), summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kapa.
Charles P.
Charles graduated from Princeton University with a BSE in Mechanical Engineering and Certificate in Theater and Dance. He has been a private tutor in New York City for over twelve years.
Amar S.
Amar holds an MD/MPHS from Washington University in St. Louis, and a BS in Behavioral Neuroscience from the Eckardt Scholars Honors program at Lehigh University. Currently, he is a Diagnostic Radiology resident at the Mayo Clinic.
James Zh.
James graduated summa cum laude from UC Berkeley with a double major in Public Health and Molecular & Cell Biology. Currently, he is pursuing his MD at UC San Francisco.
Michael C.
Michael is currently pursuing his dermatology residency training at the Harvard Combined Dermatology Residency Training Program in Boston, MA.
Matthew R.
After spending two years studying the effects of fasting on immunology at the National Institutes of Health, Matthew began pursuing his MD at Georgetown University School of Medicine. He holds an undergraduate degree in Biochemistry from Vassar.
Alexandra M.
Ali is an MD/PhD student at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. She received her BS from Boston College where she majored in Biology with a minor in Medical Humanities and was a Gabelli Presidential Scholar.
Joy
Joy is an MD/PhD candidate at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She earned a BS (Biochemistry, Molecular Biology) and BA (Anthropology) from Brown, and completed a postbacc fellowship at the National Cancer Institute.
Pooja J.
Pooja holds an MD/MS in Biomedical Engineering from Columbia University. She now works as a Product Manager at an early-stage mental health tech startup in NYC.
Phoebe M.
Phoebe is an MD student at the UC Berkeley/UC San Francisco Joint Medical Program. Previously, she earned her MSc in Health and Human Sciences at UC Berkeley and her BA in English from Haverford College.
Abraham C.
Abraham attended Brandeis University, graduating summa cum laude with highest honors in 2018 with a Bachelor of Science in Biology, Neuroscience, and Chemical Biology, along with a minor in Legal Studies, and his Master of Science in Biology. He then received his MD at Harvard Medical School. He now works as a medical resident at NYU Langone Health.
Grant Sc.
Grant holds a BS in Biology and an MPH in Behavioral Science and Health Education from Emory. After teaching high school science in DC, he's now pursuing his MD at Harvard Medical School.
Maryann Z.
Maryann holds a BS in Molecular Biology from Pomona College (cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa), where she was a nationally ranked NCAA tennis player. Currently, Maryann is pursuing an MD from Harvard-MIT.
Phani P.
Phani holds a BS in Biomedical Engineering and an MS in Biomedical Sciences from Rutgers, and an MS in Bioethics from Harvard. He's currently working on a NASA-funded project at Brigham and Women's.
Shivangi
Shivangi is an MD candidate at Harvard Medical School, conducting research in Cardiothoracic Surgery. She graduated from MIT with a BS in Biology (GPA 4.9/5.0, Phi Beta Kappa).
Cristian Y.
Cristian majored in Human Biology and Society, and minored in Global Health at UCLA. He taught Chemistry at Crenshaw High via Teach for America, receiving his teaching credential from Loyola Marymount University. He is currently an Anthropology MD-PhD student at UCLA.
David Al
David is a med student at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, where works in a lab studying cancer metabolism. He earned his Bachelor's degree in Biology at James Madison Unversity.
Michaela W.
Michaela is an MD/PhD at Harvard-MIT. She holds a BS in Biochemistry with minors in Philosophy and Biomedical Engineering from the University of Colorado (summa cum laude), where she was an NCAA Division I, All-American track athlete.
Tong
Thomas earned his BS in Chemistry at Duke. He is currently an MD/PhD at Harvard-MIT. In the Harvard Immunology Program, he is studying how the immune system responds to severe viral infections such as COVID-19
Aum P.
Aum majored in Microbiology and minored in Anthropology and Health Disparities in Society at the University of Florida. Aum believes in the importance of research to drive medicine forward and improve health outcomes. As such, he is pursuing an MD/PhD at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Kevin S.
Kevin graduated from Washington University in St. Louis, double majoring in Biomedical Engineering and Biochemistry and triple minoring in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, and Bioinformatics. He is now pursuing a combined MD/PhD from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Erika N.
Erika earned a BS in Biology, specializing in Quantitative Biology and Bioinformatics, at Stony Brook University; she graduated summa cum laude with Phi Beta Kappa She is currently pursuing an MD/PhD in Cancer Immunology through the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Juliet R.
Juliet studied Playwriting and Biology at Northwestern University with a focus on Biochemistry and Biophysics. She worked for several years as a research scientist after graduation, eventually pursuing an MS in Biomedical Engineering at Northwestern
Becca C.
Becca is currently a student at Harvard School of Dental Medicine. She graduated from Emory University Phi Beta Kappa with a 4.0 GPA, a BS in Chemistry, and a minor in Nutrition Science.
Jen B.
Jen is pursuing her DMD degree at Harvard School of Dental Medicine; she plans to serve in the Navy after her time at HSDM through the Health Professions Scholarship Program.
Tara Z.
Tara graduated summa cum laude from Tufts University with a degree in Biology. She's presently a dental student at Harvard School of Dental Medicine.
Simran
Simran is pursuing a combined MD/PhD in the Harvard-MIT MD program and Immunology PhD program. Previously, she was a research technician at Fred Hutch, where she helped design novel protein-based cancer therapeutics and a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine.
Hoda M.
Hoda is a dental student at Harvard School of Dental Medicine. She previously earned a BS in Biological Sciences with minors in Chemistry and Psychology at the University of Illinois in Chicago, graduating summa cum laude.
Lisa A.
Lisa attended Cornell University where she graduated magna cum laude in Chemistry and Chemical Biology. After Cornell, she worked at Procter and Gamble making your favorite household laundry supplies! She is now a PhD candidate in the Chemistry and Chemical Biology program at Harvard.
Isaac L.
Isaac graduated in 2020 with a BS in Neurobiology and Behavior from Cornell. As a student, he spent much of his time investigating diabetes treatments and bariatric surgery. He is an MD Candidate (2026) at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons .
Ryan R.
Ryan graduated from Yale College with honors in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, and completed the Multidisciplinary Academic Program in Global Health. He is currently a student at Harvard Medical School, and hopes to pursue a career in infectious diseases.
Yen
Yen majored in Biology with a minor in Chemistry and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Duke University with a 3.93 GPA. Currently, she is a DMD candidate at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine and is passionate about reducing oral health inequities.
Hugh S.
Hugh graduated summa cum laude from Northeastern University, where he studied Biochemistry. During his time at NEU, he led RAISE, a chemistry and engineering student research group dedicated to tackling planetary health issues. He's now an MD Candidate at Harvard Medical School.
Austin G.
Austin is a Duquesne alumnus and current medical student at Harvard Medical School. He has three-years of experience as a teaching assistant in organic and general chemistry at Duquesne.
Haley V.
Haley went to Bryn Mawr College, double majoring in Mathematics and Chemistry and completing an AB/MA degree in Chemistry. She was recognized as a 2018 Barry Goldwater Scholar for her efforts in and out of the laboratory. Her dual passions for biophysical and chemical pathogens research led her to the Harvard-MIT MD/PhD program, where she is currently a NIH-funded MSTP student in the Health Sciences and Technology track.
Min
Min graduated summa cum laude from Ursinus College with a BS in Biology and Applied Ethics, and was awarded the Senior Alumni Award, recognizing her promise of making significant contributions to and leadership in their careers and their community. Min is now studying at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, hoping to give smiles to those in need.
Fang
Fang is a MD candidate at Harvard Medical School, spending his time conducting research at the Harvard Institute of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology. He holds a DPhil in Cardiovascular Medicine from Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar.
Marta
Marta is an MD Candidate at Harvard Medical School. Prior to matriculating at Harvard, Marta headed to Bonn, Germany as a Fulbright scholar. There, she conducted research related to Parkinson's disease and expanded her German language skills.
Claire Ca.
Claire is currently pursuing a PhD in Chemistry at Harvard University. She graduated from New York University with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry with summa cum laude honors (3.96/4.00) in three years.
Samantha F.
Samantha graduated summa cum laude from Cornell University with a BS in Human Biology, Health & Society and a minor in Education. After obtaining her Master in Medical Education at the University of Nottingham as a Fulbright Scholar, she is now an MD Candidate at NYU.
Xavier
Xavier graduated from Yale College in 2019 with a BS in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology. During the summers, he researched Type II Diabetes at Yale Medical School and HIV at Harvard Medical School. Currently, he is pursuing a Neuroscience PhD at Columbia University.
Isabel T.
Isa designed an independent major at Williams College titled “Critical Health Studies,” combining philosophy, sociology, and anthropology with the goal of complementing her science-oriented pre-medical education with a humanist and critical exploration of health and medicine. After graduating with Highest Honors, she is now an entering MD-PhD student at the University of Michigan where she will complete her doctoral work in sociocultural anthropology.
Jalen
A Florida native, Jalen traded sunshine for scholastics and is now an MD and MPP Candidate at Harvard Medical School and Harvard Kennedy School respectively. He spent his undergrad at Dartmouth College where he majored in Ecology.
Wilton
Wilton is pursuing an MD at Yale School of Medicine (expected graduation in 2026). Previously, he graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Pav
Pav graduated magna cum laude with a BSE in Chemical and Biological Engineering and minors in Engineering Biology and Global Health Policy from Princeton. He is now an MD-PhD student at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
Mary S.
Mary is a resident physician in internal medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School and an incoming Stanford dermatology resident. She received her MD degree from Yale School of Medicine and her BS in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology from Yale University.
Eleanor S.
Eleanor is an MBA/Masters in Computer Science dual degree candidate at the University of Chicago/Booth School of Business. Previously, she received her Bachelor’s degrees in Economics and Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry from Yale University.
Mackenna
Mackenna graduated summa cum laude from Northeastern University with a degree in Neuroscience and a minor in Global Health. She's presently pursuing her MD at Weill Cornell Medical College.
Amy S.
Amy graduated with a BS in Cognitive Science from Yale University, magna cum laude. She now attends Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. She hopes to develop new therapies and treatments for individuals with neurological disorders.
Rasheca
Rasheca was a Robertson scholar who attended Duke University and also had the opportunity to simultaneously major at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. At Duke, Rasheca majored in Public Policy and at UNC Rasheca majored in Nutrition. She graduated in 2020 summa cum laude, with distinction, and as a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She is currently pursuing a medical degree at Harvard Medical School.
Carlos S.
Carlos attended The University of Texas at Austin for his undergraduate education, where he graduated with a BS in Biochemistry (Research Distinction, Highest Honors). He is now pursuing an MD degree at Harvard Medical School.
Diane H.
Diane is a MD/MS candidate at Columbia University, where she has recently published a first author manuscript in cardiothoracic surgery research. Previously, she studied Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of California, Berkeley, where she graduated magna cum laude and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa.
Erin Ke.
Erin graduated magna cum laude from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) with a Bachelor's degree in Bioinformatics and Molecular Biology. She also earned a Masters of Science in Biochemistry & Biophysics from RPI.
Sara Az.
Sara is a fourth-year medical student at Harvard Medical School. She is also pursuing a dual degree in Master in Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Previously, she graduated summa cum laude from Miami University.
Julia Ra.
Julia graduated summa cum laude from Northeastern University with a major in cell and molecular biology. She is currently a PhD student at MIT studying the interactions between bacteria and bacteriophages, which are the viruses that infect bacteria.
Brittany
Brittany attended Colby College, where she majored in chemistry and minored in mathematics. Brittany then received her MS in organic chemistry from the University of Pennsylvania. She went on to receive a PharmD at Jefferson College of Pharmacy. Brittany then completed two years of pharmacy residency in the hospital setting, with the second year specializing in internal medicine. Brittany currently plays an active role in the hospital patient care team as a clinical pharmacist.
Kanan
Kanan attended Yale University, where she earned a BS Intensive Degree in Molecular/Cellular Biology. Kanan completed medical school in three years through acceptance into NYU’s highly selective accelerated-MD program. She is now a resident physician with the NYU Langone Hospital System.
Emily V.
Emily is a PhD candidate at Harvard University in the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology. Currently, she is being funded by the National Science Foundation to research conditions in which the gut microbiome may behave in a way that is adaptive to the host. Prior to graduate school, Emily graduated from Harvard College cum laude with a degree in Human Evolutionary Biology and minor in Chemistry.
Rakeeb
Rakeeb graduated summa cum laude from Cornell University with a degree in Biological Engineering. He then pursued a research position at Johns Hopkins University, where he discovered a passion for immunology that has since led him to become a PhD candidate in the Immunology program at Harvard.
Katie C.
Katie graduated summa cum laude from the University of Puget Sound with a Bachelor of Science in Molecular & Cellular Biology and minors in Spanish and Education. Katie is now attending the Harvard Graduate School of Education to learn about the intricate and dynamic nature of being an educator in today’s complex society, with the intention to teach high school science post-graduation.
Tarika
Tarika graduated with dual degrees in Philosophy and Biochemistry from The University of Texas at Austin. She then spent a year as a research fellow at the Mayo Clinic Biomedical Ethics Research Program in Rochester, Minnesota before moving to Boston to pursue her MD at Harvard Medical School.
Lainey
Lainey graduated with a BA in Chemistry from Brandeis University with a 4.0 GPA in her major and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She is currently a M.Ed. candidate at Harvard University studying Chemistry Education and has an emergency teaching certification in the state of Massachusetts for Chemistry grades 8-12.
Austin T.
Austin attended Harvard College, and graduated summa cum laude with a double major in Chemistry and English. Austin deferred her admission to Harvard Law School to write and her debut novel, NOTES ON INFINITY, is forthcoming summer 2025.
Matthew J.
Matthew is pursuing an MD at Harvard Medical School. Previously, he graduated from Roanoke College as the Class Valedictorian, as well as summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa.
Fernando
Fernando is a PhD Candidate in Biophysics at Harvard University. Previously, he completed a BS in Applied Mathematics and Biomedical Engineering from John Hopkins University, as well as conducted research in cancer immunotherapy and single-cell microfluidics, earning multiple research awards.
Lois
Lois earned her BS in Biochemistry, Honors at the University of Texas at Austin. Lois is currently pursuing her MD at Harvard Medical School. Through medicine, Lois aspires to improve the health of rural communities (like the one that raised her).
Camila
Cami attended Stanford University, where she majored in Bioengineering and minored in Political Science. She’s now a student at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine.
Emily G.
Emily holds a BA in Chemistry from Wesleyan University. She has taught chemistry and physics at several independent schools, including The Hill School, Loomis Chaffee, and, most recently, The Field School in Washington, DC.
Tara T.
Tara is a PhD Candidate in Biology at MIT. She holds a BS in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Brown University, and has experience working in life sciences consulting.
Phyllis H.
Phyllis has 25 years of high school chemistry teaching experience. She holds a PhD in Environmental Chemistry. Previously, she earned her MS in Soil Chemistry from the University of Missouri and a BS in Agronomy from the University of Georgia.
Amalia Gr.
Amalia completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Michigan in Biology (Honors) where she graduated with High Distinction and Phi Beta Kappa. She is currently pursuing an MD/MBA at the University of Michigan and will apply into the field of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
Winston L.
Winston is an MD Candidate at Harvard Medical School. Previously, he pursued an undergraduate degree in Molecular Biology at Princeton University, where he graduated magna cum laude.
Jason L.
Jason is an MD Candidate at Harvard Medical School. Previously, he conducted research as a Fulbright Fellow in China, and graduated with honors from Stanford University, where he earned his BS in Human Biology.
Lily H.
Lily graduated from Brandeis University with a BS and MS in Neuroscience, summa cum laude and with highest honors. She's currently pursuing a PhD in Neuroscience at Harvard, studying the stinging behavior of anemones and jellyfish.
Hana F.
Hana graduated summa cum laude from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) with a BS in Chemical Engineering. She is currently a PhD student and Dean of Science Fellow at MIT in the Biology department.
Malia W.
Malia holds a PhD in Chemistry from Harvard University. Previously, she earned her BS in Chemistry at Haverford College (Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude, High Honors in Chemistry). She is a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Devin D.
Devin graduated from the University of Notre Dame as the valedictorian, studying Neuroscience and Education, Schooling, and Society. As a Fulbright Scholar, he studied school-based mental health interventions. Devin is now an MD Candidate at Columbia University.
Alex W.
Alex graduated from UCLA with a degree in Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology. She's currently a National Health Service Corps Scholar at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HSDM).
Will Ba.
Will majored in Integrative Sciences, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, and Science in Society at Wesleyan. After working at Rockefeller University in New York, he is now a PhD student in Biology at MIT.
Nina P.
Nina is a PhD Candidate in Inorganic Chemistry at Harvard. She was recently awarded the Certificate of Distinction in Teaching by the Harvard Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning.
Beck
Beck received their PhD in Chemistry from MIT in 2020, where they designed and applied peptides to deliver large biomolecular drugs. Prior to that, they received a BS in Chemistry with a Biology minor, summa cum laude, from Baylor University.
Isita
Isita graduated summa cum laude from UCLA with a BS in Neuroscience and a minor in Disability Studies. She is now pursuing an MD at Harvard Medical School.
Alex M.
Alex holds an MS in Chemistry from Yale and a BA in Chemistry from UNC. Presently, he works at a pharmaceutical company in the Drug Discovery division, directly applying his chemistry expertise to help develop novel disease therapeutics.
Brian Do.
Brian is a PhD student at Columbia University studying Chemical Engineering. Previously, he earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Statistics, and Chemistry, with a minor in Accounting at the University of California San Diego.
Victor M.
Victor attended the University of Arizona, where he majored in Microbiology and minored in Biochemistry. He enjoyed research so much that he decided to pursue a PhD in Chemical Biology at Harvard University; he currently works in Andrew Kruse’s lab located at Harvard Medical School (HMS).
Marycaroline
Mary Caroline is a Marshall Scholar who holds an MSc in Neuroscience and is pursuing an MSc in Medical Anthropology at the University of Oxford. She also holds a Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies with a concentration in Neuroscience.
Luke H.
Luke is an MD Candidate at Harvard Medical School. Prior to medical school, he completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he worked as an EMT and studied drug delivery systems, and authored numerous peer reviewed articles.
Kaitlyn L.
Kaitlyn played D1 softball at Stanford, where she majored in Computer Science (3.8/4.0 GPA). Presently, she is an MD-PhD student at Harvard working on her PhD in Bioinformatics.
Pallavi
Pallavi attended the University of Pennsylvania, where she received a BA in Biology, a BSc in Economics, and an MS in Biology. She graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, and she is now pursuing an MSc at Oxford University.
Valerie N.
Valerie is an artist and scientist who holds a degree in Molecular Cellular Developmental Biology, as well as a BA in Art with a concentration in Painting from Yale University. She also holds an MA in Cultural Studies and Critical Theory from the Rhode Island School of Design.
Farita
Farita earned her BS in Electrical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and her MS in Biomedical Engineering at the MIT Media Lab. She is now a PhD Candidate working on the Theoretical Physics of Living Systems at the MIT Media Lab.
Angela R.
Angela attended Duke University, double majoring in Global Health and Biology with a Chemistry minor; she graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. She is pursuing her interests in health in the MD program at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
Siva
A first-generation US college student, Siva studied Mathematics and Molecular/Cellular Biology at Harvard College, graduating in three years with highest honors in field and Phi Beta Kappa distinction. He is now a MD candidate at Harvard Medical School.
Emily Y.
Emily is now pursuing an MD degree from the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology (HST) program. Previously, she graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a BS in Biomedical Engineering (4.0/4.0 GPA, Research Honors) and was selected as her program’s 2020 Outstanding Leader and Scholar.
Ritvik
Ritvik graduated with a BSE from the University of Michigan, majoring in Biomedical Engineering and minoring in Computer Science. He has been accepted to and will be attending either Johns Hopkins School of Medicine or Columbia Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Helen W.
Helen is an MD Candidate at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. Previously, she studied Arabic and graduated from the University of Michigan with a major in Middle Eastern Studies and minor in Biology.
James Pa.
James graduated summa cum laude from Tufts University, majoring in Biology and minoring in Portuguese. He is now pursuing his MD at Tufts University School of Medicine.
Carl S.
Carl is a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Tokyo to engineer tools for brain imaging. Before moving abroad, he majored in Biology and minored in Chemistry at the University of Houston, receiving distinction for his research accomplishments and graduating with a 4.0 GPA.
Gift
Gift graduated with a 4.0/4.0 GPA from the University of Texas at Austin, where she majored in Honors Biology and obtained a certificate in creative writing. Toting a Dean’s Distinction in research and multiple recognitions in academics, Gift is now an MD candidate at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Adrian L.
Adrian attended Caltech where he earned a BS in Physics in 2022. He now attends Harvard as a PhD student in Quantum Science and Engineering. His research focuses on the intersection of quantum chemistry and quantum computing.
Ryan E.
Ryan completed her undergraduate studies at Cornell University in Cellular and Molecular Biology. She is currently pursuing her PhD thesis research at MIT, where her work is focused on understanding how proliferating cancer cells reprogram metabolism to maintain the metabolic requirements for rapid cell growth and division.
Lauren J.
Lauren graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Dickinson College with a BS in Environmental Science and a minor in Biology. She obtained her MS in Marine Microbiology from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) and is now a PhD candidate in Environmental Molecular Science and Technology at the University of Maryland.
Nadia C.
Nadia majored in Environmental Science at UCLA, where she graduated magna cum laude and was awarded the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Hollings scholarship. She is now a PhD candidate at Harvard in the Department of Earth and Planetary Science.
James C.
James holds a PhD in Chemical Physics from Columbia and an MS in Chemistry from the University of Chicago. Previously, he graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College. He is currently a high school math teacher in the Boston area.
Sanjana K.
Sanjana graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Michigan with a major in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and minors in Music and the Sociology of Health & Medicine. She is now pursuing her MD at the University of Michigan.
Nathan M.
Nathan graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a BS and MS in Molecular and Cellular Biology and minors in Bioethics and Music. Selected for a 2023 Marshall Scholarship, he will be studying for a DPhil in Paediatrics at Oxford through 2026 (researching tuberculosis diagnostics), after which he will attend Harvard Medical School to pursue his MD.
Arielle S.
Arielle majored in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology at Yale. She received the Class of 1971 Summer Science Research Fellowship, Dean’s Research Fellowship in the Sciences (twice), and Mellon Senior Research Grant for her research in the transfusion biology and immunology. She is now an MD candidate at the Washington University School of Medicine in Saint Louis.
Caroline Be.
Caroline attended Yale College where she majored in History of Science and Medicine. She graduated with Latin Honors, Distinction in her major, and a 3.92 GPA. She was awarded the Heinrich von Staden Cup for her contribution to the social and intellectual conscience of the college.
Irving
Irving is pursuing his MD at Harvard Medical School, where he was awarded the Dean's REACH Scholarship. He seeks to merge his passion for neuroscience and advocacy to increase access to behavioral healthcare in underserved populations.
Olivia W.
Olivia holds an BA in Chemistry from Princeton, and an MSt in General Linguistic and Comparative Philosophy from Oxford. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Linguistics at the University of Hawaiʻi with a focus on endangered language documentation and computational linguistics.
Alex H.
Alex is currently pursuing a PhD in Inorganic Chemistry at MIT. She previously earned her BS in Chemistry at CalTech, where she was recognized with the Merck Index Award.
Michael Ki.
Michael is a PhD Candidate in Neuroscience and Genomics at Harvard University. His current focus is on developing cutting-edge research technologies for fellow scientists.
Haleigh
Haleigh is a PhD Candidate in Biomedical Sciences at NYU Medical School. She previously earned her BS in General Science from Pennsylvania State University and her MPH in Environmental Health Science at Columbia University.
Hyaewon
Hyae Won graduated from University of Washington with a double degree in Bioengineering and Biochemistry. She's currently pursuing her MD at Harvard Medical School.
Liam T.
Liam graduated from the University of Pennsylvania summa cum laude with three majors in Physics, Biophysics, and Biochemistry. After obtaining a Master’s degree in Physics, he is now a PhD Candidate in Biophysics at Harvard University.
Aarthi
Aarthi attended Yale University, graduating magna cum laude with a BS and MS in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry. She is currently pursuing her MD in the joint Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology Program.
Annie L.
Annie earned her BA in Economics and Cell Biology from Rice University, graduating cum laude. She is now a dental student at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine.
Alina
Alina graduated summa cum laude from the University of Oregon with a Bachelor’s in Biology and a minor in Chemistry. She is currently a Biology PhD candidate at MIT studying chromosome pairing and segregation in reproductive cells.
Bethany
Bethany is currently pursuing an MD at Harvard Medical School. Previously, she completed a bioethics research fellowship at The Hastings Center and graduated summa cum laude from the University of North Dakota.
Taylor Y.
Taylor is an MD Candidate at Duke University School of Medicine. Previously, she majored in Chemistry with a Neuroscience focus at Bowdoin College.
Alyssa K.
Alyssa is an MD-PhD student at Yale School of Medicine. Previously, she earned a degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard College.
Mary M.
Mary accepted a full-ride scholarship to the University of Pittsburgh, where she graduated summa cum laude with degrees in Biology and Spanish. She is currently pursuing her MD at Harvard Medical School, where she is learning about the expansion of global surgery.
Alex L.
Alex graduated summa cum laude from Duke University. She then took a year off to pursue research and clinical work before enrolling at New York University Grossman School of Medicine. Alex is applying to residency programs in otolaryngology (ENT) and will soon be able to live out her dream of being a surgeon.
Lekhya
Lekhya imajored in Human Physiology at Boston University, where she graduated summa cum laude within three years, and was a member of the Sargent Honor Society. She is currently a first year medical student at Columbia Medical School.
Robert
Robert holds both a BA and MA in Chemistry from Harvard University. He is currently applying to PhD programs in the field. Robert’s research experience is in synthetic organic chemistry, specifically in the field of drug design.
Lake
Lake graduated summa cum laude from the University of Kansas with a degree in Ecology. After graduating from the Yale School of Medicine, he matched into an Emergency Medicine Residency in Denver, Colorado.
Amara
Amara is currently in her final year of the MD/PhD program at The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and will be starting her residency in Neurology next year. She holds an undergraduate degree from Princeton.
Rodrigo
Rodrigo is a 4th year medical student at the University of California, San Francisco. Originally from Los Angeles, he studied nutritional science at Cornell University, where he graduated with honors and distinction.
Ann D.
Ann graduated from UC Berkeley with two degrees, one in Molecular and Cell Biology and the other in Music. They're currently pursuing a PhD in Biology at Johns Hopkins.
Kaiz
Kaiz graduated from Williams College, where he pursued a dual major in biology and psychology. He is currently pursuing his MD at Harvard Medical School.
Jessie D.
Jessie studied biochemistry and psychology at Tufts University, earning a 4.0 GPA (Phi Beta Kappa) and several awards for her leadership in the Chemistry Department. She is currently in her fourth year at Harvard Medical School and is pursuing a residency in Orthopaedic Surgery.
Gustavo
Gustavo has held teaching positions at CUNY Graduate Center, Lehman College, and UPR-Mayaguez. He holds a BS in Industrial Chemistry and a PhD in Chemistry.
Lauren K.
Lauren is a recent graduate of Harvard College, where she graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in Chemistry. She is currently studying Pharmacology at the University of Oxford as a US Rhodes Scholar, and hopes to attend medical school afterwards.
Juliet B.
Juliet is a PhD candidate in Biology at MIT. She also holds a BA in Molecular and Cellular Biology with Honors from the University of California, Berkeley.
Matt Y.
Matt attended Rice University as a Trustee Distinguished Scholar, where he graduated magna cum laude with a degree in Biosciences. He is now pursuing an MD at Harvard Medical School.
Aaron A.
Aaron attend Harvard for undergrad, where he studied biology and graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. After Harvard, Aaron moved from one Cambridge to another, studying for a Master's in the History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge as a Harvard-Cambridge Fellow.
Michelle W.
Michelle graduated with high honors from Princeton University, majoring in Chemistry and minoring in Global Health & Health Policy and Neuroscience. Currently, she is working as an associate consultant at Trinity Life Sciences.
Alex F.
Alex earned his BA in Biological Basis of Behavior with minors in Chemistry and Healthcare Management at the University of Pennsylvania. He went straight from undergrad into medical school, where he is now wrapping up an MD at Harvard Medical School.
Jared S.
Jared is an MD candidate at Harvard Medical School (HMS), where he will also be pursuing a PhD in Bioengineering or Electrical Engineering/Computer Science. He previously graduated with a BS in Bioengineering from UC Berkeley.
Olivia L.
Olivia graduated from Boston College with a degree in biochemistry (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa). After working as a research assistant at Harvard Medical School, she began her PhD in Chemical Biology at Harvard University.
Kavya
Kavya graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard College with a joint degree in Chemical & Physical Biology and Statistics. Currently, he is studying computational biology at the University of Cambridge as a Marshall Scholar.
Selene
Selene graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania with a BA in Cognitive Science, concentrating in Computation and minoring in Computer Science and Chemistry. Since graduating, Selene has been working as a full-stack developer, but she will be resuming her medical journey in the fall as an accepted MD candidate.
Sophia Z.
Sophia attended Yale University, where she was a Global Health Scholar and studied Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, and History of Science, Medicine, and Public Health. Her research interests span health activism and social movements, DNA damage repair and metabolism in cancer, and bridging the gap between medical and mental health care.
Ben S.
Ben pursued a PhD in Biomedical Engineering and a Doctorate in Dental Surgery at the University of Michigan in a Dentist-Scientist Training Program (DSTP) supported by a fellowship from the federal government. He’s now pursuing a clinical residency in periodontal surgery at Harvard University.
Mike K.
Mike holds an MEd in Science Education and a BA in Romance Languages and Literature from Harvard University. He has taught bilingual middle school science in Boston area classrooms.
Sonya G.
Sonya holds a BA in Biological Sciences and a BA in Russian from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She's currently pursuing her MA in Regional Studies at Harvard, and she'll begin her MD at Stanford next year.
Clara B.
Clara holds a BA in English from Harvard and an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Columbia. She is now an MD candidate at Harvard Medical School.
Shreyas
Shreyas is currently pursuing his MSc in Comparative Social Policy at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. In 2023, he graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Duke University with a BS in Statistics, a BA in Public Policy and a minor in chemistry.
Ziad
Ziad earned a degree in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa). He is currently working at biotech startup Atias Pharma in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with plans to matriculate to medical school in the fall of 2024.
Crystal
Crystal graduated summa cum laude with a degree in Public Health Science from the University of Maryland, College Park. She recently moved to Long Island to pursue a 3 year accelerated MD program at NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine.
Harry D.
Harry graduated from the University of Richmond as the valedictorian with a 4.0 GPA (Phi Beta Kappa) and four first-authored publications. Finding medical research inescapable, he is getting a combined MD/PhD degree at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, desiring to pursue orthopedics surgery with research in targeted drug delivery.
Bayan
Bayan is currently pursuing her Master’s in Population Health Sciences at the University of Cambridge as a Marshall Scholar. She previously graduated from Yale University in May 2023 with a double major in Molecular Biology and Global Affairs and a minor in Global Health Studies.
Karl
Karl double majored in Molecular Biology & Biochemistry and Japanese Studies at Middlebury College. After graduating summa cum laude, he became a Fulbright Research Fellow at the University of Tokyo where he developed tools for cell imaging.
Patrick
Patrick is currently pursuing an MD as a first year student at Tufts Medical School. He previously graduated with a 3.99/4.00 GPA and a major in Biology at Bucknell University, where he was a member of the varsity soccer team all 4 years.
Neetij
Neetij graduated from St. Olaf College with a major in Biology and a minor in Biochemistry. He developed a love of research as an NIH IRTA fellow and as a scholar within the Fulbright US Student program, and he is now pursuing an MD at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Andrew L.
Andrew is a current DMD candidate at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine. Previously, he pursued his undergraduate studies at the College of the Holy Cross, where he graduated summa cum laude with a BA in Biology.
Ahmed
Ahmed earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, with a minor in Inequality Studies from Cornell University. He is currently an MD student specializing in Community Health and Informatics & Data-Driven Medicine at Stanford School of Medicine.
Asli
Asli is currently a dental student at Harvard School of Dental Medicine. She graduated summa cum laude from Stony Brook University with a BS in Biology & Developmental Genetics and a minor in Health, Medicine, and Society.
Rochelle
Rochelle graduated from Barnard College, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, with a major in Neuroscience & Behavior. Currently, Rochelle is on her second of two gap years, keeping busy as a Research Assistant in Mount Sinai’s cardiovascular surgery department and as a volunteer EMT in Brooklyn. She eagerly anticipates starting her medical education at a T20 program this fall.
Amy L.
Amy attended Wellesley College, where she graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa pursuing a double major in Chemistry and German Studies. She is currently a dental student at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HSDM).
Darrell
Darrell attended Purdue University, where she earned her BS in Physics, Mathematics, and Statistics and graduated with honors and Phi Beta Kappa. She is now a PhD candidate in Biophysics at Harvard University.
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