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BSG-MSRP-Bio Gould Fellows
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# BSG-MSRP-Bio Gould Fellows

**Source**: https://biology.mit.edu/outreach/msrpbio/bsg-msrp-bio-gould-fellows/
**Parent**: https://biology.mit.edu/outreach/msrpbio/

## Bernard S. and Sophie G. Gould Fund

The [Bernard S. and Sophie G. Gould Fund](https://biology.mit.edu/support-biology/impact-giving/continuing-a-legacy-of-mentorship-in-the-life-sciences/) was established in 2016 by Mike Gould and Sara Moss to provide long-term funding support for students participating [MIT’s Summer Research Program in Biology (MSRP­-Bio)](https://biology.mit.edu/outreach/msrp/), now known as the Bernard S. and Sophie G. Gould MIT Summer Research Program in Biology (BSG-MSRP-Bio). MSRP-Bio was first established in 2003 by the Department of Biology to provide an intensive research experience for talented undergraduate students from institutions with limited research opportunities to help them become highly competitive applicants to top PhD or MD/PhD programs. To date, more than 550 students [have participated in MSRP­-Bio](https://biology.mit.edu/outreach/msrp/msrp-testimonials/); over 80% have enrolled in PhD or MD/PhD programs, including nearly 100 at MIT.

## Gould Fellows

### 2024

#### [Adriana Camacho-Badillo](https://biology.mit.edu/bsg-msrp-bio-student-profile-adriana-camacho-badillow-calo-lab/)

**Home:** Aguadilla, Puerto Rico\
**Undergraduate Institution:** The University of Puerto Rico at Aguadilla\
**MSRP Lab:** Eliezer Calo

#### Owen Eby

**Home:** Maryland\
**Undergraduate Institution:** Mount St. Mary’s University\
**MSRP Lab:** Thomas Schwartz

#### Ananya Hota

**Home:** Charlotte, North Carolina \
**Undergraduate Institution:** Howard University\
**MSRP Lab:** Alan Grossman

#### [Praise Lasekan](https://biology.mit.edu/bsg-msrp-bio-student-profile-praise-lasekan-vos-lab/)

**Home:** Ondo State, Nigeria\
**Undergraduate Institution:** University of Maryland, Baltimore County\
**MSRP Lab:** Seychelle Vos

#### Shante Pérez Nieto

**Home:** Arecibo, Puerto Rico\
**Undergraduate Institution:** The University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez\
**MSRP Lab:** Gene-Wei Li

#### Pearl Dlamini

**Home:** Eswatini\
**Undergraduate Institution:** Middlebury College\
**MSRP Lab:** Tyler Jacks

#### Emily Freko

**Home:** Accra, Ghana\
**Undergraduate Institution:** College of Idaho\
**MSRP Lab:** Francisco Sanchez-Rivera

#### Wesley Grace

**Home:** Bremen, Georgia\
**Undergraduate Institution:** Georgia State University\
**MSRP Lab:** Omer Yilmaz

#### [Yeongseo Son](https://biology.mit.edu/bsg-msrp-bio-student-profile-yeongseo-son-spranger-lab/)

**Home:** Murfreesboro, Tenessee \
**Undergraduate Institution:** University of Georgia\
**MSRP Lab:** Stefani Spranger 

#### Ndongwa Pemba

**Home:** Georgia \
**Undergraduate Institution:** Agnes Scott College \
**MSRP Lab:** Hernandez Moura Silva

#### Mozani Zianti

**Home:** Arizona\
**Undergraduate Institution:** University of Arizona\
**MSRP Lab:** Alison Ringel

**Anna Gerasimenko**

****Home:**** Russia**\
**Undergraduate Institution:**** Uni of Illinois at Chicago **\
MSRP Lab:** Tobi Oni

### 2023

#### Fareeda Abu-Juam

Home: Massachusetts\
Undergraduate Institution: College of Wooster, ’24\
MSRP Lab: Joey Davis\
Post MSRP-Bio: PhD student, Computational Biology, CMU-Pitt joint program

#### TrishaJean Holt

**Home:** North Carolina**\
Undergraduate Institution:** Liberty University, ’24**\
MSRP Lab:** Troy Littleton\
**Post MSRP-Bio:** PhD student, Neurobiology, University of Virginia

#### Chibuikem Iheagwaram

**Home:** Georgia**\
Undergraduate Institution:** Fisk University, ’25**\
MSRP Lab:** Laurie Boyer\
**Post MSRP-Bio:**Clinical Research Assistant, Harvard Medical School

#### Abigail Meyer

**Home:** New York**\
Undergraduate Institution:** Brooklyn College, ’24**\
MSRP Lab:** Rebecca Lamason

#### Michelle Osiro

**Home:** Minnesota **\
Undergraduate Institution:** Macalester College, ’24**\
MSRP Lab:** Tyler Jacks\
**Post MSRP-Bio:**PhD student, Department of Biology, MIT

#### Mansi Patel

**Home:** Minnesota **\
Undergraduate Institution:** Shippensburg University, ’24**\
MSRP Lab:** Danny Lev\
**Post MSRP-Bio:**PhD student, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University

#### Veronica Perez Taboada

**Home:** Florida **\
Undergraduate Institution:** Barry University, ’24**\
MSRP Lab:** Ruth Lehmann\
**Post MSRP-Bio:**PhD student, Biomedical Sciences, University of Florida

#### Thomas Schodl

**Home:** Missouri **\
Undergraduate Institution:** Truman State University, ’24**\
MSRP Lab:** Lindsay Case\
**Post MSRP-Bio:**PhD student, Department of Biochemistry, Washington University at St Louis

#### Cyrille Teforlack

**Home:** Arizona **\
Undergraduate Institution:** Bethune-Cookman University, ’23**\
MSRP Lab:** Peter Reddien\
**Post MSRP-Bio:**PhD student, Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, Duke University School of Medicine

#### Christina Volpe

**Home:** Connecticut **\
Undergraduate Institution:** University of Florida, ’25**\
MSRP Lab:** Stefani Spranger\
**Post MSRP-Bio:**PhD student

#### Ross Wood

**Home:** Georgia **\
Undergraduate Institution:** Kennesaw State University, ’24**\
MSRP Lab:** Michael Laub\
**Post MSRP-Bio:**research assistant, Whitehead Institute

#### Henoc Zinga

**Home:** Georgia **\
Undergraduate Institution:** Vanderbilt University, ’24**\
MSRP Lab:** Seychelle Vos\
**Post MSRP-Bio:**PhD student, Department of Biology, MIT

### 2022

#### Rita Anoh

**Home:**Maryland**\
Undergraduate Institution:**Mt. Saint Mary’s University, ’23**\
MSRP Lab:** Joey Davis\
**Post MSRP-Bio:**PhD student, Department of Biology, MIT

#### Payton Dupuis

**Home:** Montana**\
Undergraduate Institution:** Montana State, ’23 **\
MSRP Lab:** Troy Littleton\
**Post MSRP-Bio:**PostBac, Department of Biology Brain & Cognitive Sciences, MIT

#### Sheanel Gardner

**Home:** Jamaica**\
Undergraduate Institution:** Fisk University, ’23**\
MSRP Lab:** Chris Burge\
**Post MSRP-Bio:**PhD Student, Rockefeller University

#### Kevin Gibbons

**Home:** Maryland**\
Undergraduate Institution:** University of Maryland, Baltimore County, ’23 **\
MSRP Lab:** Jacqueline Lees\
**Post MSRP-Bio:**PhD Student, Department of Biology, MIT

#### Ellen Irving

**Home:** New York**\
Undergraduate Institution:** Rochester University, ’23 **\
MSRP Lab:** Amy Keating\
**Post MSRP-Bio:**PhD student, Department of Biology, MIT

#### Gabriel Jimenez

**Home:** Puerto Rico**\
Undergraduate Institution:** University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, ’23 **\
MSRP Lab:** Yadira Soto-Feliciano\
**Post MSRP-Bio:**PhD student, Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Michigan

#### Channon Lawrence

**Home:** New York**\
Undergraduate Institution:** Farmingdale State College, ’24**\
MSRP Lab:** Cathy Drennan\
**Post MSRP-Bio:** nursing, healthcare

#### Madeleine Milner

**Home:** Arizona**\
Undergraduate Institution:** University of Arizona, ’23 **\
MSRP Lab:** Thomas Schwartz\
**Post MSRP-Bio:**PhD student, Department of Molecular Biology, UCLA

#### Diego Pomales

**Home:** Puerto Rico**\
Undergraduate Institution:** University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, ’24**\
MSRP Lab:** Francisco Sanchez-Rivera\
**Post MSRP-Bio:**PhD student, Department of Genetics, Stanford University

#### Isadora Rocha de Abreu

**Home:** Brazil**\
Undergraduate Institution:** Nova Southeastern University, ’23 **\
MSRP Lab:** Seychelle Vos\
**Post MSRP-Bio:**post-bac, NIH

#### Alejandra Rosario

**Home:** Puerto Rico**\
Undergraduate Institution:** University of Puerto Rico, Cayey, ’23 **\
MSRP Lab:** Matthew Vander Heiden\
**Post MSRP-Bio:**PhD student, University of Michigan

#### Javonte Thelwell

**Home:** New York**\
Undergraduate Institution:** Florida International University, ’23 **\
MSRP Lab:** Stephen Bell\
**Post MSRP-Bio:**PhD student, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic

#### Andres Villalobos

**Home:** Venezuela**\
Undergraduate Institution:** University of Georgia, ’23 **\
MSRP Lab:** Peter Reddien\
**Post MSRP-Bio:**PhD student, Northwestern University

### 2021

#### Samantha Nelson

**Home:** New York**\
Undergraduate Institution:** University at Buffalo ’22**\
MSRP Lab:** Matthew Vander Heiden\
**Post MSRP-Bio:**PhD student, Department of Biology, MIT

#### Bailey Bowcutt

**Home:** Wyoming**\
Undergraduate Institution:** Michigan State University ’23, Goldwater Fellowship**\
MSRP Lab:** Becky Lamason\
**Post MSRP-Bio:**PhD Student, Harvard University Chan School of Public Health

#### Gabriel Pagan-Gonzales

**Home:** Puerto Rico**\
Undergraduate Institution:**University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez ’22**\
MSRP Lab:** Yukiko Yamashita\
**Post MSRP-Bio:** PhD Student, Harvard University Medical School

#### Paulina Rios

**Home:** Texas**\
Undergraduate Institution:**University of Texas at El Paso ’23**\
MSRP Lab:** Catherine Drennan\
**Post MSRP-Bio:**PhD Student, Department of Biology, MIT

#### Talyia Griffin

**Home:** Georgia**\
Undergraduate Institution:** Albany State University ’23**\
MSRP Lab:** Michael Laub\
**Post MSRP-Bio:**PhD Student, Biology, Cornell University

#### Sybrina Kerr

**Home:** Jamaica**\
Undergraduate Institution:** Claflin University ’22**\
MSRP Lab:** Joey Davis\
**Post MSRP-Bio:**PhD student, Baylor College of Medicine

#### Katie Holland

**Home:** Texas**\
Undergraduate Institution:** Angelo State University ’22**\
MSRP Lab:** Tyler Jacks\
**Post MSRP-Bio:**research scientist, Prime Medicine

#### Alejandra Ramos

**Home:** Florida**\
Undergraduate Institution:** Florida International University ’22**\
MSRP Lab:** Amy Keating\
**Post MSRP-Bio:** PhD Student, Department of Biology, MIT

#### Mario Coll

**Home:** Florida**\
Undergraduate Institution:** Florida International University ’22**\
MSRP Lab:** Seychelle Vos\
**Post MSRP-Bio:** PhD Student, Department of Biology, MIT

#### Chidera Okeke

**Home:** Nigeria**\
Undergraduate Institution:** Fisk University ’22**\
MSRP Lab:** Adam Martin\
**Post MSRP-Bio:** PhD Student, Department of Biology, MIT

#### Victoria Howard

**Home:** Tennessee**\
Undergraduate Institution:** The University of Tennessee, Knoxville ’22**\
MSRP Lab:** Ankur Jain

#### Alexandria Jefferson

**Home:** Georgia**\
Undergraduate Institution:** University of Georgia ’22**\
MSRP Lab:** Tobiloba Oni\
**Post MSRP-Bio:** PhD Student, Department of Biology, MIT

#### Shawn Soares

**Home:** Arizona**\
Undergraduate Institution:** Western New Mexico University ’22**\
MSRP Lab:** Tyler Jacks\
**Post MSRP-Bio:** PhD Student, Immunology Program, Washington University St. Louis

### 2020

#### Toni-Ann Nelson

**Home:** Jamaica**\
Undergraduate Institution:** Alcorn State University ’20**\
MSRP Lab:** Tyler Jacks\
**Post MSRP-Bio:** PhD Student, Northwestern University

#### Lillian Delacruz

**Home:** Arizona\
**Undergraduate Institution:** University of Arizona ’21\
**MSRP Lab:** Matthew Vander Heiden\
**Post MSRP-Bio:** PhD Student, Department of Biology, MIT

#### Shakira Crespo

**Home:** Puerto Rico\
**Undergraduate Institution:** University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez ’21\
**MSRP Lab:** Iain Cheeseman

#### Katie Blackwell

**Home:** Texas\
**Undergraduate Institution:** University of Texas at Dallas ’20\
**MSRP Lab:** Joey Davis\
**Post MSRP-Bio:** PhD Student, Department of Biology, MIT

#### Alejandra Flores

**Home:** Mexico\
**Undergraduate Institution:** University of Texas at El Paso ’21\
**MSRP Lab:** Tyler Jacks\
**Post MSRP-Bio:** PhD Student, Vanderbilt University

#### Diego Detrés

**Home:** Puerto Rico\
**Undergraduate Institution:** University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez ’22\
**MSRP Lab:** Eliezer Calo\
**Post MSRP-Bio:** PhD Student, Department of Biology, MIT

### 2019

#### Sebastian Cruz-Gonzalez

**Home:** Puerto Rico\
**Undergraduate Institution:** University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras ’20\
**MSRP Lab:** Christopher Burge\
**Post MSRP-Bio:** PhD Student, UCSF School of Pharmacy

#### Trae Dunn

**Home:** Georgia\
**Undergraduate Institution:** Kennesaw State University ’21, Goldwater Fellowship\
**MSRP Lab:** Robert Horvitz\
**Post MSRP-Bio:**MD/PhD Student, Stanford University

#### Stephanie Guerra

**Home:** Puerto Rico\
**Undergraduate Institution:** University of Puerto Rico at Humacao ’21\
**MSRP Lab:** Michael Laub\
**Post MSRP-Bio:**PhD student, Emory University School of Medicine

#### Jeandele Elliot

**Home:** Saint Lucia\
**Undergraduate Institution:** Howard University ’21\
**MSRP Lab:** Jing-Ke Weng\
**Post MSRP-Bio:**PhD Student, Stanford University

#### Meucci Ilunga

**Home:** Arizona\
**Undergraduate Institution:** University of Arizona ’20\
**MSRP Lab:** Amy Keating\
**Post MSRP-Bio:**PhD student, Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health

#### Sara Zoghi Tavana

**Home:** Iran\
**Undergraduate Institution:** Suffolk University ’20\
**MSRP Lab:** Troy Littleton\
**Post MSRP-Bio:**PhD Student, Brain & Cognitive Sciences, MIT

### 2018

#### **Nicolas Arp**

**Home:** Iowa\
**Undergraduate Institution:** Wartburg College ’19\
**MSRP Lab:** David Sabatini\
**Post MSRP-Bio:** MD/PhD program, University of Wisconsin at Madison

#### **Elizabeth Bond**

**Home:** Massachusetts\
**Undergraduate Institution:** UMass Amherst ’19\
**MSRP Lab:** Tania Baker\
**Post MSRP-Bio:** PhD Tetrad program, University of California, San Francisco

#### **Calvin Herman**

**Home:** Indonesia\
**Undergraduate Institution:** Hunter College ’20\
**MSRP Lab:** Alan Grossman\
**Post MSRP-Bio:** PhD Student, Rockefeller University

#### **Gabriela Lopez-Perez**

**Home:** Puerto Rico*\***Undergraduate Institution:**University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez ‘ 20\
**MSRP Lab:** Mary Gehring\
**Post MSRP-Bio:** PhD student, Department of Biology, MIT

#### **Overbeck Christian Takou Mbah**

**Home:** Senegal\
**Undergraduate Institution:** UMass Boston ’19\
**MSRP Lab:** Phillip Sharp\
**Post MSRP-Bio:** Medical School, Stanford University

#### **Giselle Valdes**

**Home:** Miami\
**Undergraduate Institution:** Florida International University ’19\
**MSRP lab:** Eliezer Calo\
**Post MSRP-Bio:** PhD program, MIT Department of Biology\

### 2017

#### Yamilex Acevedo

**Home:** Puerto Rico\
**Undergraduate Institution:** University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez ’18\
**MSRP Lab:** Alan Grossman\
**Post MSRP-Bio:** PhD program, MIT Department of Biology

#### Asmita Panthi

**Home:** Nepal\
**Undergraduate Institution:** South Carolina State ’19\
**MSRP Lab:** Tyler Jacks\
**Post MSRP-Bio:** PhD program (pharmacology), University of Pennsylvania

#### Elizabeth Gorodetsky

**Home:** New York\
**Undergraduate Institution:** Hunter College ’18\
**MSRP Lab:** Matthew Vander Heiden\
**Post MSRP-Bio:** MD/PhD program, New York University

#### Bruna Lima

**Home:** Cape Verde\
**Undergraduate Institution:** UMass Boston ’18\
**MSRP Lab:** Gene-Wi Li\
**Post MSRP-Bio:** M.S. Degree in Computational and Systems Biology, MIT

#### Samuel Nkrumah

**Home:** Ghana\
**Undergraduate Institution:** Fisk University ’18\
**MSRP Lab:** Thomas Schwartz\
**Post MSRP-Bio:** PhD Program in Bioinformatics, UC San Diego

#### Bertina Telusma

**Home:** Haiti\
**Undergraduate Institution:** Barry University ’18\
**MSRP Lab:** Stephen Bell\
**Post MSRP-Bio:** PhD program, MIT Department of Biology\

### 2016

#### Chantel Acevero

**Home:** Trinidad and Tobago\
**Undergraduate Institution:** Howard University ’18\
**MSRP Lab:** Martin Polz

#### Austin Maduka

**Home:** Maryland\
**Undergraduate Institution:** University of Maryland, Baltimore County ’17\
**MSRP Lab:** Susan Lindquist\
**Post MSRP-Bio:** MD/PhD program, Duke University

#### Patience Mukashyaka

**Home:** Rwanda\
**Undergraduate Institution:** Spelman College ’18\
**MSRP Lab:** Tania Baker\
**Post MSRP-Bio:** PhD program (bioinformatics), Jackson Laboratory

#### Francis Reilly

**Home:** Puerto Rico\
**Undergraduate Institution:** University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus ’18\
**MSRP Lab:** Troy Littleton\
**Post MSRP-Bio:** PhD program, MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences

#### Sheena Vasquez

**Home:** Guyana\
**Undergraduate Institution:** University of Georgia ’17\
**MSRP Lab:** Catherine Drennan\
**Post MSRP-Bio:** PhD program, MIT Department of Biology ’22; Gould Fellow, Gilliam Fellow and NSF GRFP recipient; Postdoc, Stanford University

#### George Zakusilo

**Home:** Ukraine\
**Undergraduate Institution:** Hunter College ’17\
**MSRP Lab:** Wendy Gilbert\
**Post MSRP-Bio:** MD/PhD Tri-Institutional program, Cornell/Rockefeller/Sloan Kettering