Peer Mentoring

Peer Mentors serve as a resource for student mentorship and provide guidance on requirements or course sequence for new majors. The Peer Mentors are always happy to meet with and advise any student in or thinking of becoming an MCDB major.

College	Peer Mentors	Bios
Benjamin Franklin	Pandya, Raj YC 24
Berkeley	Agarwal, Alyssa YC 24	Alyssa is a junior in Berkeley College from San Diego, California. She is interested in studying infectious diseases and is currently researching malaria vaccine candidates at the Yale School of Public Health. Outside of science, she is also a tour guide at the Yale University Art Gallery and plays on the Women’s Club Volleyball team. She is open to answering any questions about classes or school in general, so please reach out!
Berkeley	Lowrey, Harper YC 24	Originally from Fort Collins, Colorado, Harper is a super junior who loves everything outdoors! Since fall 2019, Harper has worked in the Gendron lab studying plant circadian clocks, and they would love to geek out with anyone about plants. Harper plans on pursuing a Ph.D. in some field of plant sciences, probably focusing on genetics, and they are happy to talk about all things research as well as the other ins and outs of the MCDB major.
Branford	Guerra, Noemi YC 24	Noemi (she/her) is a junior in Branford originally from Garland, TX majoring in MCDB and concentrating in Global Health Studies. Her interests lie at the intersection of public health and medicine, specifically as they relate to reproductive justice and health and educational equity. Noemi is currently working on malaria vaccine research at the School of Public Health, is an active advising fellow for Matriculate, and interprets for the HAVEN free clinic. Outside of academics, she loves music, dancing, and connecting with friends. Noemi is very excited to work with prospective and current MCDB students! Feel free to reach out to her with any questions regarding being pre-med and/or pre-public health, being FGLI in STEM, or being a Latine in STEM.
Davenport	Cho, Allison YC 24	Allison (she/her) is a senior majoring in MCDB on the standard track. Originally from Philadelphia PA, Allison came to Yale as a first-year considering MCDB, Philosophy, and Art History as her potential majors. Through many experiences and contemplations over the past 3-years, she is now a pre-medical student in the MCDB major. She would love to communicate with anyone who is considering the MCDB major, contemplating the pre-med journey, or wants guidance with course selection/planning, etc. Feel free to reach out with any questions or concerns!
Ezra Stiles	Name YC **
Grace Hopper	Name YC **
Jonathan Edwards	Name YC **
Pauli Murray	Name YC **
Pauli Murray	Ng, Moreen YC 24	Moreen is a junior in Pauli Murray, majoring in MCDB. She is from the Bay Area, California where she often loves to go surfing with her friends! On campus, she is involved with the HAVEN free clinic, Yale Figure Skating Club, and the Yale Women’s Leadership Initiative. She also works in an RNA research lab at the medical school where she studies the mechanisms behind viral infection and proliferation. In her free time, she loves to go on lunch/dinner dates with her friends or host a movie night! With the abundance of courses that MCDB majors can take, Moreen knows that it can be difficult to decide courses, while balancing school and extracurriculars like research, so she hopes to be of help for any future/current MCDB majors!
Pierson	Dasari, Krishna YC 24	Krishna Dasari is a senior in Pierson College from Memphis, TN. He is majoring in MCDB with a certificate in Data Science, and he is interested in computational biology and evolutionary genomics. He currently studies cancer evolution in the Townsend lab. On campus, he enjoys writing and editing for the Yale Scientific Magazine and engaging in science outreach activities. In his free time, he likes taking long walks while trying out new music, reading, and playing Smash with his friends. He loves to chat with other students, so please reach out with any questions about the major, computational biology, pre-MD/PhD, research and courses, or anything of the like.
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Saybrook	Tran, Van Anh YC 24	Van Anh is a junior in Saybrook College from South Windsor, CT. She is a premed MCDB major who has done Inflammatory Bowel Disease research at the Yale School of Medicine. Van Anh is vice-president of the Yale Rotaract Club, a chapter relations liaison for the National Alzheimer’s Buddies organization, and a writer for the Yale Scientific Magazine. Van Anh is excited to help out any interested Saybrugians with the MCDB major!
Saybrook	Name YC **
Silliman	Name YC **
Silliman	Surprenant, Juliana YC 24
Timothy Dwight	Name YC **
Timothy Dwight	Schultz, Rebecca YC 24	My name is Becca! I am a junior in TD college, and I am from Southern California. Within the MCDB major, I am particularly interested in genetics (and I am also premed and can advise about such)! I work in the Gendron Lab doing plant biology research, and I am also a part of the Women’s Cross Country and Track teams and can speak about balancing academics with athletics as well! So excited to chat with mentees soon!
Trumbull	Name YC **
Trumbull	Wypasek, Joanna YC24