Mei-Yi is a fourth year BE PhD student at MIT in Katharina Ribbeck’s lab. She is studying the effects of mucin and mucin glycans on immune cells and epithelial cells with a focus on developing mucin-based treatments for bacterial vaginosis. She is interested in VC and entrepreneurship in biotech for women’s health and has been involved with MBG as a previous Entrepreneurship Initiative Director (2024-2025)

Claire is a senior undergraduate studying Biological Engineering & Mathematics. She is currently working in the Uhler Lab on developing a method to find gene expression patterns in spatial transcriptomics data. Claire previously served as VP of Finance (2024-2025)
& Senior Associate on UI (2023-2024).

Clarence is a senior undergraduate studying Biological Engineering & Chemistry. He is researching developing fluorescent biosensors for neuroimaging in the Boyden Lab. Previously, Clarence served as Director of UI (2024-2025),
Senior Associate in UI (2023-2024), and
Associate in UI (2022)

Ayantu is a senior undergraduate studying Computer Science and Molecular Biology. Her research in the Cancer Data Science group works to identify the effects of abnormal alternative splicing and novel fusion transcripts in cancer. She has been previously involved with MBG as a Senior Associate (2023),
Social Chair (2023-2024), and
Career Fair Co-Director (2024-2025).

Sofia is a first -year PhD student in the Health Sciences and Technology program at MIT. She is currently rotating in labs that conduct research in the fields of tissue engineering and computational biology. Sofia was previously Associate (2023-2024) and Senior Associate (2024-2025) on UI as an MIT BE undergraduate.

Zain is a sophomore undergraduate studying Biological Engineering & Business Management. He is in the development of ingestible and implantable devices for drug delivery and cell therapies and is exploring career opportunities at the intersection of life sciences and business. Zain was previously an Associate (2024-2025) in the Undergraduate Initiative.

Maysa is a Chemistry & Chemical Biology PhD Candidate at MIT. Her research is on the development and automation of high-throughput screening methods for DNA adductomics in aging, infectious disease, and cancer. She previously served as Associate (2024) and Senior Associate (2024-2025) in the Industry Initiative .

Franklin is a Chemistry PhD candidate at MIT. Before starting at MIT, he worked for Factor Bioscience, a Cambridge start-up focused on mRNA and stem cell therapies. Now he works in Xiao Wang’s lab at the Broad Institute investigating the mechanisms behind novel mRNAs and mRNA delivery systems. Franklin was previously an Associate (2024-2025) in the Entrepreneurship Initiative .

Litsa is a 2nd year PhD in Biological Engineering at MIT. Advised by Bob Langer and Ana Jaklenec, she is currently developing novel drug delivery systems to treat bone metastases and chronic wounds.
Outside of the lab, she has a deep interest in biotech investing, entrepreneurship, and strategy, having interned in VC and consulting at Portal Innovations, Necessary Ventures, ClearView Healthcare Partners, and Northpond Ventures. Litsa previously served as Entrepreneurship Initiative Associate ( 2024-2025).

Katie is a senior undergraduate studying Biological Engineering & Artificial Intelligence. Katie is excited about combining computational and experimental methods to drive innovation in therapeutic synthetic biology. Her work has explored cancer cachexia, DNA origami–based therapeutic nanoparticles, and the evolution of human visual anatomy. Katie has been involved with MBG as Associate (2022-2023) & Senior Associate (2023-2025) in the Undergraduate Initiative.

Jeannie is a junior undergraduate studying Artificial Intelligence. She is broadly interested in the applications of AI for healthcare; I’m currently developing a multimodal LLM to assist clinicians as they perform differential diagnosis at the Multisensory Intelligence Group in the MIT Media Lab. Jeannie has been involved with as a Senior Associate, (2024-2025) and Associate (2023-2024) in the Undergraduate Initiative.

Nikitha is a junior undergraduate studying Computer Science & Molecular Biology. Her research in the Kellis Lab focuses on uncovering the evolutionary differences in regulatory elements between humans and Neanderthals, while her research in the Kamm Lab focuses on designing vascularized microfluidic brain organoids. Nikitha has been involved with MBG since Fall 2023.

Diya is a junior undergraduate studying Biology and Computer Science. She is interested in cancer genomics, RNA biology, and precision medicine. Her research in the Vander Heiden Lab focuses on elucidating the metabolic dependencies of various cancers with the long-term goal of eventually utilizing them as therapeutic targets. She has been involved with MBG since Fall 2023.

Eleaner is a sophomore undergraduate student studying Chemical-Biological Engineering. She currently works in the Furst Lab, designing microbial electrochemical sensors to detect pesticides. She also researched algae-based polyurethanes at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Eleanor previously served as Career Fair & Sponsorship Associate (2024-2025).

Chloe is a sophomore undergraduate studying Chemical-Biological Engineering. She conducts research in the Langer Lab at the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, where she is developing thermostable, pulsatile delivery systems for mRNA vaccines to enhance global vaccine accessibility. Chloe previously served as an Associate for Career Fair & Sponsorship (2024).

Carlos is a sophomore undergraduate studying Biological Engineering. He currently works in the Housman Lab, where he’s helping develop a viral therapeutic for Huntington’s disease. Generally, he’s excited about applying bioengineering to improve human health, particularly through novel therapeutics and diagnostics. Carlos previously served as an Associate for Undergraduate Initiative (2024 -2025).