Grad School Y2

Adrianna M. Rivera-León

Biography


Education: 
University of Puerto Rico – Rio Piedras
Cellular and Molecular Biology major
B.S., 2019

MSTP Student Governance:

  • Student Advisory Committee, 2023-2025
  • Student Admissions and Recruitment Committee, 2023-2025
  • Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, 2022-2024


Thesis Advisor: Kristin Hogquist, Ph.D.

Publications

For work prior to the UMN MSTP:

UMN MSTP student Adrianna Rivera-Leon

John R. Lozada

Biography


Education: 
University of Rochester
Molecular Genetics major, Business minor
B.S., 2021

MSTP Student Governance:

John R.

Paarth B. Dodhiawala

Biography


Education: 
Saint Louis University
Biology major
B.S., 2017

MSTP Student Governance:

Paarth B.

Sang V. Vo

Biography


Education: 
University of Massachusetts - Boston
Biochemistry major, Creative Writing minor
B.S., 2020

MSTP Student Governance:

  • Student Admissions and Recruitment Committee, 2024-2025


Thesis Advisors: Courtney Aldrich, Ph.D and Anthony Baughn, Ph.D.

UMN MSTP student Sang Vo

Melissa A. Walsh

Biography


Education: 
University of Chicago
Biochemistry and Chemistry majors
B.S., B.A., 2020

MSTP Student Governance:

  • Student Admissions and Recruitment Committee, 2023-24


Honors & Awards:

  • Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award for Predoctoral MD/PhD Fellows, National Cancer Institute, 2024 - 2028

 

Thesis Advisor: Benjamin Hackel, Ph.D.

Publications:

For work prior to the UMN MSTP:

Melissa A. Walsh

Sarah Zaghouani

Biography


Education: 
Harvard University
Human Developmental and Regenerative Biology major, Language Citation in Modern Arabic (minor)
B.A., 2016

MSTP Student Governance:

  • Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, 2021-22

Sarah is currently working on her PhD externally at Harvard University.

UMN MSTP student Sarah Zaghouani