Meet The Team
Priyanka Naik
PULse/ Department of Biological Sciences
5th Year
Tesmer Lab
Fun fact: "I get unreasonably excited about well-made figures".
Michelle Bush
Department of Biological Sciences
5th Year
Noinaj Lab
Fun fact: "I used to run and host a Science Podcast".
Mercedes DeMoss
Borch Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
4th Year
Danzhou Lab
Fun fact: "I have a cat named Will o' the Wisp (Willow)".
Sandali Piladuwa Gamage
Department of Biological Sciences
3rd Year
Tesmer Lab
Fun fact: "I make GRKs spill their secrets".
Sydney N. Bogan
Department of Biochemistry
4th Year
Mesecar Lab
Fun fact: "I have a dog named Pepper".
Harris Giles
Department of Physics and Astronomy
1st Year
Liu Lab
Fun fact: "I've lived in 8 different states across the U.S.!".
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Ryan Peters
Department of Biological Sciences
5th Year
Kuhn Lab
Fun fact: "I enjoy growing spicy peppers and many garden vegetables".
Jayamini Gunaratne
Department of Chemistry
3rd Year
Das Lab
Fun fact: "I love to experiment in the kitchen".
Interested in being an organizer?
The Purdue Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Biomolecular Galaxy Symposium organizing committee is a team of mostly graduate students from diverse disciplines in life sciences. We have a different faculty advisor every year. Being an organizer gives you training and experience in fundraising, networking, marketing, and other leadership skills.
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If you are interested in joining a future organizing committee, please reach out to us.
