LRI Education Program Alumni
Lifespan Research Institute supports a variety of student research endeavors, such as the Summer Scholars and Post-Baccalaureate Fellowship Programs, which provide students with the opportunity to learn valuable laboratory and communication skills to become successful scientists.
You can learn more about their experiences and accomplishments here, through their own written reports and video interviews.
Program Alumni by Year
2020
Summer Scholar Class of 2020
2019 SRF Summer Scholars, Class of 2019
Front Row (left to right): Tori Lazerson, Helen Heo, Sanjana Saravanan
Back Row (left to right): Daron Yim, Eric Sun, Emily Yang, Danielle Hoffman, Elena Fulton
Not pictured: Kristin Barbour, Julia Ferrante, Catherine Liu, Vinay Veluvolu, Marta Williams, Karina Zadorozhny
Allison Bischoff
Host Institution: Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Principal Investigator(s): Julie Andersen
Blog Profile
Blog Profile
Claire Cunningham
Host Institution: Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Principal Investigator(s): Jennifer Garrison
Blog Profile
Blog Profile
Easton Farrell
Host Institution: Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine
Principal Investigator(s): Evan Snyder
Dennis Gong
Host Institution: Stanford University
Principal Investigator(s): Michael Snyder
Gabrielle Klemme
Host Institution: Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine
Principal Investigator(s): Evan Snyder
Matangi Kumar
Host Institution: Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine
Principal Investigator(s): Evan Snyder
Longsha Liu
Host Institution: Harvard Medical School
Principal Investigator(s): Khalid Shah
Atharwa Mankame
Host Institution: Underdog Pharmaceuticals
Principal Investigator(s): Mike Kope
Kaitlin Pensabene
Host Institution: Turn Biotechnologies
Principal Investigator(s): Jay Sarkar
Murial Ross
Host Institution: Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine
Principal Investigator(s): Evan Snyder
Rithika Senthilkumar
Host Institution: Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine
Principal Investigator(s): Evan Snyder
Mikayla Stabile
Host Institution: SRF Research Center
Principal Investigator(s): Amit Sharma
Aly Ung
Host Institution: SRF Research Center
Principal Investigator(s): Amutha Boominathan
Anson Zhou
Host Institution: Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine
Principal Investigator(s): Evan Snyder
2019
Summer Scholar Class of 2019
2019 SRF Summer Scholars, Class of 2019
Front Row (left to right): Tori Lazerson, Helen Heo, Sanjana Saravanan
Back Row (left to right): Daron Yim, Eric Sun, Emily Yang, Danielle Hoffman, Elena Fulton
Not pictured: Kristin Barbour, Julia Ferrante, Catherine Liu, Vinay Veluvolu, Marta Williams, Karina Zadorozhny
Kristin Barbour
Host Institution: Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine
Principal Investigator(s): Evan Snyder
Blog Profile
Blog Profile
Julia Ferrante
Host Institution: Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Principal Investigator(s): Lisa Ellerby
Blog Profile
Blog Profile
Elena Fulton
Host Institution: SRF Research Center
Principal Investigator(s): Matthew O’Connor
Helen Heo
Host Institution: Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Principal Investigator(s): Jennifer Garrison
Danielle Hoffman
Host Institution: Harvard Medical School
Principal Investigator(s): Khalid Shah
Tori Lazerson
Host Institution: Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Principal Investigator(s): Julie Andersen
Catherine Liu
Host Institution: Aspen Neuroscience
Principal Investigator(s): Jeanne Loring
Sanjana Saravanan
Host Institution: SRF Research Center
Principal Investigator(s): Amutha Boominathan
Vinay Veluvolu
Host Institution: SRF Research Center
Principal Investigator(s): Matthew O’Connor
Marta Williams
Host Institution: Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Principal Investigator(s): Gordon Lithgow
Emily Yang
Host Institution: Harvard Medical School
Principal Investigator(s): Khalid Shah
Daron Yim
Host Institution: Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Principal Investigator(s): Pankaj Kapahi
Karina Zadorozhny
Host Institution: Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Principal Investigator(s): Judith Campisi
Postbaccalaureate Fellow Class of 2019
2019 SRF Postbaccalaureate Fellows, Class of 2019
Front Row (left to right): TBC
Back Row (left to right): TBC
Nana Anti
Host Institution: SRF Research Center
Principal Investigator(s): Amutha Boominathan
Carolyn Barnes
Host Institution: Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine
Principal Investigator(s): Evan Snyder
Angelina Malagodi
Host Institution: Aspen Neuroscience
Principal Investigator(s): Jeanne Loring
Wynnie Nguyen
Host Institution: Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Principal Investigator(s): Julie Andersen
Emily Parlan
Host Institution: Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Principal Investigator(s): Lisa Ellerby
Sanjana Saravanan
Host Institution: SRF Research Center
Principal Investigator(s): Amutha Boominathan
2018
Summer Scholar Class of 2018
2018 SRF Summer Scholars, Class of 2018
Front Row (left to right): Neha Ramchandani, Jeffrey Gu, Grace Porter, Guanlan Dong, Martina Velichkovska
Back Row (left to right): Sanam Kavari, Viraat Goel, Lee Rao, Rebecca Hardie, Srini Cherukuri, Joshua Sampson
Not Pictured: Carolyn Barnes
Carolyn Barnes
Host Institution: SRF Research Center
Principal Investigator(s): Matthew O’Connor
Srini Cherukuri
Host Institution: Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Principal Investigator(s): Pejmun Haghighi
Guanlan Dong
Host Institution: Stanford University
Principal Investigator(s): Michael Snyder
Viraat Goel
Host Institution: Harvard Medical School
Principal Investigator(s): Khalid Shah
Jeffrey Gu
Host Institution: Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Principal Investigator(s): Lisa Ellerby
Rebecca Hardie
Host Institution: University of California, Berkeley
Principal Investigator(s): Danica Chen
Sanam Kavari
Host Institution: Harvard Medical School
Principal Investigator(s): Khalid Shah
Grace Porter
Host Institution: Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Principal Investigator(s): Julie Andersen
Neha Ramchandani
Host Institution: Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Principal Investigator(s): Gordon Lithgow
Lee Rao
Host Institution: Scripps Research Institute
Principal Investigator(s): Jeanne Loring
Joshua Sampson
Host Institution: Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine
Principal Investigator(s): Evan Snyder
Martina Velichkovska
Host Institution: SRF Research Center
Principal Investigator(s): Amutha Boominathan
Postbaccalaureate Fellow Class of 2018
2018 SRF Postbaccalaureate Fellows, Class of 2018
Angielyn Campo, Carter Hall, Matthew Stocker, David Begelman, Heather Tolcher
Not pictured: Ankita Saxena
David Begelman
Host Institution: Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Principal Investigator(s): Julie Andersen
Angielyn Campo
Host Institution: SRF Research Center
Principal Investigator(s): Matthew O’Connor
Carter Hall
Host Institution: SRF Research Center
Principal Investigator(s): Amutha Boominathan
Ankita Saxena
Host Institution: The Scripps Research Institute
Principal Investigator(s): Jeanne Loring
Matthew Stocker
Host Institution: SRF Research Center
Principal Investigator(s): Matthew O’Connor
Heather Tolcher
Host Institution: Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine
Principal Investigator(s): Evan Snyder
2017
2017 SRF Summer Scholars, Class of 2017
Left to right: Anja Schempf, Srinidhi Venkatesan Kalavai, Michaela Copp, Heather Tolcher, Sumedh Sontakke, Alefia Kothambawala, Amelia Anderson, Shil Patel, Aashka Patel, David Deng
Not Pictured: Yujie Ma and Jasmine Zhao
Amelia Anderson
Host Institution: SRF Research Center
Principal Investigator(s): Matthew O’Connor
Michaela Copp
Host Institution: SRF Research Center
Principal Investigator(s): Matthew O’Connor
Tianhan Deng
Host Institution: Harvard Medical School
Principal Investigator(s): Khalid Shah
Srinidhi Venkatesan Kalavai
Host Institution: Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Principal Investigator(s): Heinrich Jasper
Alefia Kothambawala
Host Institution: Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine
Principal Investigator(s): Evan Snyder
Yujie Ma
Host Institution: Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Principal Investigator(s): Heinrich Jasper
Aashka Patel
Host Institution: Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine
Principal Investigator(s): Evan Snyder
Shil Patel
Host Institution: Scripps Research Institute
Principal Investigator(s): Jeanne Loring
Anja Schempf
Host Institution: Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Principal Investigator(s): Brian Kennedy
Sumedh Sontakke
Host Institution: University of Oxford
Principal Investigator(s): Chas Bountra, David Brindley
Heather Tolcher
Host Institution: University of Oxford
Principal Investigator(s): Paul Riley
Jasmine Zhao
Host Institution: SRF Research Center
Principal Investigator(s): Matthew O’Connor
2016
2015 SRF Summer Scholars, Class of 2015
Back row: Blake Johnson, Celine-Lea Halioua-Haubold, Natalie Friedricks, Sumner Kilmarx, Federica Sartori, Amanda Paraluppi Bueno, Katie Manescu, June Hope
Front row: Jonah Simon, Zeeshaan Arshad, Brian Shing, Neal Nathan, Le Zhang, Rajan Choudhary
Not pictured: Dee Luo, Ryan Louer
Zeeshan Arshad
Host Institution: University of Oxford
Principal Investigator(s): Chas Bountra
Amanda Paraluppi Bueno
Host Institution: Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Principal Investigator(s): Graca Almeida-Porada
Rajan Choudhary
Host Institution: University of Oxford
Principal Investigator(s): David Brindley
Natalie Friedricks
Host Institution: SRF Research Center
Principal Investigator(s): Matthew O’Connor
Celine-Lea Halioua-Haubold
Host Institution: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
Principal Investigator(s): Evan Snyder
June Hope
Host Institution: Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Principal Investigator(s): Gordon Lithgow
Blake Johnson
Host Institution: Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Principal Investigator(s): John Jackson
Sumner Kilmarx
Host Institution: Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Principal Investigator(s): Judith Campisi
Ryan Louer
Host Institution: Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Principal Investigator(s): Anthony Atala, James Yoo
Dee Luo
Host Institution: Stanford University
Principal Investigator(s): David DiGiusto
Katie Manescu
Host Institution: Harvard Stem Cell Institute
Principal Investigator(s): Jeff Karp, Brock Reeve
Neal Nathan
Host Institution: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
Principal Investigator(s): Evan Snyder
Federica Sartori
Host Institution: Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Principal Investigator(s): Rachel Brem
Brian Shing
Host Institution: Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Principal Investigator(s): James Yoo, Anthony Atala
Jonah Simon
Host Institution: SRF Research Center
Principal Investigator(s): Haroldo Silva
Le Zhang
Host Institution: Scripps Research Institute
Principal Investigator(s): Jeanne Loring
2015
2015 SRF Summer Scholars, Class of 2015
Back row: Blake Johnson, Celine-Lea Halioua-Haubold, Natalie Friedricks, Sumner Kilmarx, Federica Sartori, Amanda Paraluppi Bueno, Katie Manescu, June Hope
Front row: Jonah Simon, Zeeshaan Arshad, Brian Shing, Neal Nathan, Le Zhang, Rajan Choudhary
Not pictured: Dee Luo, Ryan Louer
Zeeshan Arshad
Host Institution: University of Oxford
Principal Investigator(s): Chas Bountra
Amanda Paraluppi Bueno
Host Institution: Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Principal Investigator(s): Graca Almeida-Porada
Rajan Choudhary
Host Institution: University of Oxford
Principal Investigator(s): David Brindley
Natalie Friedricks
Host Institution: SRF Research Center
Principal Investigator(s): Matthew O’Connor
Celine-Lea Halioua-Haubold
Host Institution: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
Principal Investigator(s): Evan Snyder
June Hope
Host Institution: Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Principal Investigator(s): Gordon Lithgow
Blake Johnson
Host Institution: Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Principal Investigator(s): John Jackson
Sumner Kilmarx
Host Institution: Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Principal Investigator(s): Judith Campisi
Ryan Louer
Host Institution: Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Principal Investigator(s): Anthony Atala, James Yoo
Dee Luo
Host Institution: Stanford University
Principal Investigator(s): David DiGiusto
Katie Manescu
Host Institution: Harvard Stem Cell Institute
Principal Investigator(s): Jeff Karp, Brock Reeve
Neal Nathan
Host Institution: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
Principal Investigator(s): Evan Snyder
Federica Sartori
Host Institution: Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Principal Investigator(s): Rachel Brem
Brian Shing
Host Institution: Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Principal Investigator(s): James Yoo, Anthony Atala
Jonah Simon
Host Institution: SRF Research Center
Principal Investigator(s): Haroldo Silva
Le Zhang
Host Institution: Scripps Research Institute
Principal Investigator(s): Jeanne Loring
2014
2014 SRF Summer Scholars, Class of 2014, and 2014 Undergraduate Researchers
Left to right: James Smith, Connor Crowley, Summer Wang, Megan Harper, Christine Wu, Karina Liker, Shruti Singh, Julie Marco, Ethan Bassin, Sophia Szymkowiak, Abigail Hawkins, Rebecca Jones, Sebastian Aguiar, and Haben Tesfamariam.
Not pictured: Joi McLaughlin, Rahul Rekhi, and Sheri Zada.
Sebastian Aguiar
Host Institution: Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Principal Investigator(s): Jennifer Garrison
Ethan Bassin
Host Institution: Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Principal Investigator(s): James Yoo, Anthony Atala
Connor Crowley
Host Institution: Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Principal Investigator(s): Graca Almeida-Porada
Megan Harper
Host Institution: Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Principal Investigator(s): Judith Campisi
Abigail Hawkins
Host Institution: Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Principal Investigator(s): Graca Almeida-Porada
Rebecca Jones
Host Institution: University College London
Principal Investigator(s): Ivan Wall
Karina Liker
Host Institution: SRF Research Center
Principal Investigator(s): Ehud Goldin
Julie Marco
Host Institution: Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Principal Investigator(s): John Jackson
Joi McLaughlin
Host Institution: Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Principal Investigator(s): Heinrich Jasper
Rahul Rekhi
Host Institution: University of Oxford
Principal Investigator(s): Andrew Carr
Shruti Singh
Host Institution: Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Principal Investigator(s): John Jackson
James Smith
Host Institution: Harvard Stem Cell Institute
Principal Investigator(s): Jeff Karp, Brock Reeve
Sophia Szymkowiak
Host Institution: Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Principal Investigator(s): Anthony Atala, James Yoo
Haben Tesfamariam
Host Institution: Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Principal Investigator(s): Brian Kennedy
Summer Wang
Host Institution: SRF Research Center
Principal Investigator(s): Matthew O’Connor
Christine Wu
Host Institution: SRF Research Center
Principal Investigator(s): Haroldo Silva
Sheri Zada
Host Institution: University of Oxford
Principal Investigator(s): Afsie Sabokbar
2013
Sean Batir
Host Institution: Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Principal Investigator(s): Julie Anderson
Shahar Bracha
Host Institution: Weizmann Institute of Science
Principal Investigator(s): Valery Krizhanovsky
Daniel Bullock
Host Institution: Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Principal Investigator(s): John Jackson
Ali Crampton
Host Institution: SRF Research Center
Principal Investigator(s): Matthew O’Connor
Brandon Frenz
Host Institution: Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Principal Investigator(s): Heinrich Jasper
Meredith Giblin
Host Institution: Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Principal Investigator(s): Judith Campisi
Anuj Kudva
Host Institution: SRF Research Center
Principal Investigator(s): Ehud Goldin
Ariana Mirzarafie-Ahi
Host Institution: University of Cambridge
Principal Investigator(s): William Bains
John Moon
Host Institution: Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Principal Investigator(s): Graca Almeida-Porada
Navneet Ramesh
Host Institution: SRF Research Center
Principal Investigator(s): Haroldo Silva
Ethan Sarnoski
Host Institution: Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Principal Investigator(s): Judith Campisi
Eric Zluhan
Host Institution: State University of New York Medical Center
Principal Investigator(s): Scott Blystone
2012
Ali Crampton
Host Institution: SRF Research Center
Principal Investigator(s): Matthew O’Connor
Sam Curran
Host Institution: Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Principal Investigator(s): Judith Campisi
Jonathan D’Angelo
Host Institution: Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Principal Investigator(s): Judith Campisi
Michael Presley
Host Institution: Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Principal Investigator(s): Simon Melov
Nick Schaum
Host Institution: Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Principal Investigator(s): Judith Campisi
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