Group Alumni

Collins Lab at Whitman

Zach Clark '19
Bend, OR

Madeleine Duncan '19
​Utah; Nairobi, Kenya

When she grows up: "I am looking to go into emergency medicine or biomedical engineering."

Alexandra (Allie) Stanley '19
​Fairfax, CA.

When she grows up: "Well I don't think I want to every completely grow up, that wouldn't be very fun. The future is a bit undecided right now. Most likely graduate school in something sciencey, but who knows. Maybe I'll decide that I'm done with school and just want to become and outdoor guide or something. It's pretty up in the air right now."

Deepraj Pawar '18
​Deepraj is from Eugene, Oregon but was born in Punjab, India (which makes her way cooler).

​When she grows up: "I want to do some sort of work in medicine with biomedical research or drug development, or maybe become a physician.​"

Sam Erickson '18
Palo Alto, California

When he grows up: "I currently don’t know what I want to be when I grow up, though it probably involves graduate school. As a young child I was confident that I would want to spend my life searching for mythical creatures."

Brad Kline '18
Brad is originally from Berkeley, California.
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When he grows up: "I'm thinking about medicine or pharmacology for the future."

Isaac Sappington '16
Pasco, WA, USA, Earth

When he grows up: "I want to go to graduate school to earn a PhD in a field related to bioengineering and ultimately conduct research to explore the use of emergent biological systems in medicine, production, or remediation. Otherwise, I would also love to become a world-class guitar player, own a small breakfast restaurant, and continue to compete in sports until I have accumulated enough injuries to quit and subsequently coach youth soccer teams to an uncountable amount of championships."
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Collins lab at Amherst College

Rashid Kosber (Chico) '17
Chico is originally from Cairo, Egypt.

​When he grows up: "I want to be a surgeon or emergency physician. Long term life goal: Found a sustainable and successful charity hospital in Egypt." 

Austin Govero '15
Austin hails from Missouri.
When he grows up: Emergency Physician

Enkhnasan Enkhbold '15
Nasaa is originally from New York, New York.
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When he grows up: Nasaa plans to attend medical school and then specialize in orthopedic surgery.

Christopher Gerry '14
Chris is originally from Roslyn, New York, a town on Long Island that's roughly 45 minutes from NYC.  As part of his thesis work, Chris investigated the synthesis of epoxyquinoid natural products using chemoenzymatic methods.  
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When he grows up: "I haven't the faintest idea of what I'll be doing after graduate school, but everybody keeps reassuring me that I still have plenty of time to decide."

Shamira Shariffudin '15
Shamira is originally from Singapore.