Prahathishree (Premi) Mohanavelu

Prahathishree (Premi) Mohanavelu

President - Undergraduate Research Ambassadors

Major: Computer Science | Pre-Health Concentration 
Research Area: Informatics-based Literature Mapping to Personalize Therapy for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
Research Mentor: Dr. Cassie Mitchell
Email: pmohanavelu3@gatech.edu

Andy Chea

Andy Chea

Executive Vice President - Undergraduate Research Ambassadors

Major: Biology | Minors in French and Computation Data Analysis
Research Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Research Mentor: Dr. Herron / Dr. Rosenzweig
Email: andychea2000@gatech.edu

Kaavya Gudapati

Kaavya Gudapati

Vice President of Campus Relations - Undergraduate Research Ambassadors

Major: Neuroscience | Health and Medical Sciences Concentration | Minor in Spanish
Research Area: Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering
Research Mentor: Dr. Machelle Pardue
Email: kgudapati3@gatech.edu

Xufei Liu

Xufei Liu

Vice President of Internal Affairs - Undergraduate Research Ambassadors

Major: Industrial Engineering | Advanced Operations Research and Statistics Concentration
Research Area: Exploration and Optimization of Bartholdi’s Bucket Brigade Conjecture
Research Mentor: Dr. Robert Foley
Email: Xliu725@gatech.edu

Carys Thompson

Carys Thompson

Vice President of Events - Undergraduate Research Ambassadors

Major: Biology | Pre-Health Concentration | Minor in Spanish
Research Area: Modeling effects of particulate matter exposure on C. elegans
Research Mentor: Dr. Hang Lu
Email: carysthompson@gatech.edu

Lily Torp

Lily Torp

Vice President of Advertising - Undergraduate Research Ambassadors

Major: Biology 
Research Area: Engineering G-Protein Coupled Receptor (GPCR) based sensors in Cell Free Systems 
Research Mentor: Dr. Pamela Peralta-Yahya 
Email: ltorp3@gatech.edu

Ashi Awasthi

Ashi Awasthi

Vice President of Outreach - Undergraduate Research Ambassadors

Major: Biomedical Engineering | Research Option
Research Area: Enhancing the In-Vitro Blood-Brain Barrier Model to Improve Drug Delivery to the Brain
Research Mentor: Dr. YongTae Kim
Email: aawasthi30@gatech.edu

Manav Jain

Manav Jain

Undergraduate Research Ambassador

Major: Biomedical Engineering | Minor in Materials Science and Engineering
Research Area: Developing functionalized systems for improved expansion of CAR-T Cell therapies.
Research Mentor: Dr. Krish Roy
Email: manavj@gatech.edu

Haewon Lee

Haewon Lee

Undergraduate Research Ambassador

Major: Material Science Engineering | Polymer & Fiber Concentration
Research Area: Li-ion Batteries
Research Mentor: Dr. Gleb Yushin
Email: matildahlee00@gatech.edu

Melissa Ozbeyler

Melissa Ozbeyler

Undergraduate Research Ambassador

Major: Mechanical Engineering
Research Area: Stem cell based therapies, characterizing heterogeneity in mesenchymal stem cells by spatial transcriptomic profiling in single cells
Research Mentor: Dr. Ahmet Coskun
Email: mozbeyler3@gatech.edu

Soham Kulkarni

Soham Kulkarni

Undergraduate Research Ambassador

Major: Biochemistry | Pre-Health Concentration | Minors in Health & Medical Sciences and Data Analysis
Research Area: Classifying and Verifying Ranked Repurposed Drugs for SARS Coronavirus Treatment Utilizing Text-Mining Techniques
Research Mentor: Dr. Cassie Mitchell
Email: skulkarni302@gatech.edu

Keyana Komilian

Keyana Komilian

Undergraduate Research Ambassador

Major: Biomedical Engineering | Minor in Computer Science
Research Area: Biology
Research Mentor: Dr. David Hu
Email: keyana5@gatech.edu

Charlie Wood

Charlie Wood

Undergraduate Research Ambassador

Major: Chemistry 
Research Area: Former organic synthesis researcher, currently more focused on mental health research
Research Mentor: Dr. Pamela Pollet
Email: cwood45@gatech.edu

Andy Jiang

Andy Jiang

Undergraduate Research Ambassador

Major: Computer Science | Minor in Chemistry and Biochemistry 
Research Area: Computational Chemistry
Research Mentor: Dr. David Sherrill
Email: ajiang48@gatech.edu

Brian Cheng

Brian Cheng

Undergraduate Research Ambassador

Major: Biomedical Engineering | Pre-Health Concentration 
Research Area: Optical Microscopy
Research Mentor: Dr. Francisco Robles
Email: bcheng62@gatech.edu

Silas Howerton

Silas Howerton

Undergraduate Research Ambassador

Major: Biology | Pre-Health Concentration 
Research Area: Overwork and Time Consumption among Georgia Tech Undergraduates
Research Mentor: Dr. Chris Martin
Email: showerton3@gatech.edu

Huijin Chung

Huijin Chung

Undergraduate Research Ambassador

Major: Electrical Engineering  
Research Area: Smart and Connected Bioelectronics
Research Mentor: Dr. W. Hong Yeo
Email: hchung95@gatech.edu

Ishan Chadha

Ishan Chadha

Undergraduate Research Ambassador

Major: Computer Science | Intelligence and Devices Threads
Research Area: Computer Vision
Research Mentor: Dr. Thad Starner
Email: ichadha3@gatech.edu

Christy Daniel

Christy Daniel

Undergraduate Research Ambassador

Major: Neuroscience | Pre-Health Concentration | Minor in Spanish | Minor in Health and Medical Sciences
Research Area: Neuroscience (Traumatic Brain Injuries) and Biomedical Engineering
Research Mentor: Dr. Erin Buckley
Email: cdaniel40@gatech.edu

Ivy Zheng

Ivy Zheng

Undergraduate Research Ambassador

Major: Biomedical Engineering | Pre-Health Concentration 
Research Area: Neuroengineering
Research Mentor: Dr. Machelle Pardue
Email: izheng6@gatech.edu

Anita Singh

Anita Singh

Undergraduate Research Ambassador

Major: Neuroscience | Minor in Computer Science
Research Area: Pathology Dynamics 
Research Mentor: Dr. Cassie Mitchell 
Email: asingh743@gatech.edu

Fiza Shaikh

Fiza Shaikh

Undergraduate Research Ambassador

Major: Physics | Astrophysics Concentration | Minor in Computing and Intelligence 
Research Area: Condensed Matter Physics and Quantum Materials
Research Mentor: Dr. Claire Berger
Email: fshaikh31@gatech.edu

Cassandra Marshall

Cassandra Marshall

Undergraduate Research Ambassador

Major: Industrial Engineering | Minor in Computer Science, Data and Analytics Concentration
Research Area: Applied research and specialized product development targeting the increased health and function of persons with disabilities.
Research Mentor: Dr. Kathleen Jordan
Email: cmarshall@gatech.edu

Victor Lim

Victor Lim

Undergraduate Research Ambassador

Major: Biomedical Engineering | Pre-Health Concentration
Research Area: Combined NLP and ML techniques to re-create human drug curation process and expedite identification of repurposed drugs synergistic for cancer treatment
Research Mentor: Dr. Cassie Mitchell
Email: vlim30@gatech.edu

Grace Pfohl

Grace Pfohl

Undergraduate Research Ambassador

Major: Computer Science | People and Media Threads | Minor in Computing & Business (Denning Technology & Management Program)
Research Area: Human-Computer Interaction
Research Mentor: Dr. Andrea Grimes Parker
Email: gracepfohl@gatech.edu

Aulden Jones

Aulden Jones

Undergraduate Research Ambassador

Major: Physics 
Research Area: Quantum Condensed Matter Physics
Research Mentor: Dr. Martin Mourigal
Email: auldenjones@gatech.edu

Manlin Xu

Manlin Xu

Undergraduate Research Ambassador

Major: Earth and Atmospheric Sciences 
Research Area: Microbial interactions with gas hydrates and d18O-salinity relationships in the tropical Pacific
Research Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Glass, Dr. Kim Cobb
Email: mxu339@gatech.edu

William (Harry) Torp

William (Harry) Torp

Undergraduate Research Ambassador

Major: Biomedical Engineering | Pre-Health Concentration
Research Area: Injury Biomechanics and mTBI (Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries)
Research Mentor: Dr. Susan Margulies
Email: wtorp3@gatech.edu

Jacob Aguirre

Jacob Aguirre

Undergraduate Research Ambassador

Major: Economics and Mathematics | Concentration in Health Economics | Research Option
Research Area: Health Economics-- Focus on Microeconomics, Applied Econometrics. ISyE-Optimization Theory, Statistics, Health Systems. Mathematics--Applications in probability and statistics
Research Mentor: Dr. Dench-Economics, Dr. Serban- ISyE
Email: jaguirre31@gatech.edu

Nathan Bowman

Nathan Bowman

Undergraduate Research Ambassador

Major: Biochemistry | Research Option
Research Area: Protein Mapping, Synthetic Biology
Research Mentor: Dr. Corey Wilson
Email: nbowman9@gatech.edu

Anisha Kanukolanu

Anisha Kanukolanu

Undergraduate Research Ambassador

Major: Neuroscience | Pre-Health Concentration | Minor in Biomedical Engineering | Research Option
Research Area: Systems neuroscience, spatial navigation, human aging, neurostimulation
Research Mentor: Dr. Michael Borich
Email: akanukolanu3@gatech.edu

Ahmed Klasra

Ahmed Klasra

Undergraduate Research Ambassador

Major: Computer Science
Research Area: Human-Computer Interaction
Research Mentor: Dr.Andrea Parker
Email: Ahmedraufk@gatech.edu

Deborah Lobaccaro

Deborah Lobaccaro

Undergraduate Research Ambassador

Major: Biomedical Engineering
Research Area: Measuring the impact of ligand presentation on cellular contractility forces
Research Mentor: Dr. Andres Garcia
Email: dlobaccaro3@gatech.edu

William York

William York

Undergraduate Research Ambassador

Major: Biomedical Engineering | Pre-Health Concentration | Research Option
Research Area: Using Biomaterials to Immunomodulate Muscular Defects for Tissue Regeneration
Research Mentor: Dr. Edward Botchwey
Email: wyork8@gatech.edu