2021.09 – Mando Eijansantos

2021.09 – Mando Eijansantos

About Mando Mando Eijansantos is a graduate of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology who spent their time as a UCI undergraduate conducting research on radioactive bone cement for treatment of spinal metathesis under the guidance of Dr. Joyce Keyak. After returning from...
2021.07 – Misha Ponnuraju

2021.07 – Misha Ponnuraju

About Misha Misha Ponnuraju is a Fulbright Alternate. Misha is a 2020 graduate in English with an Emphasis in Creative Writing and Minor in Art History, a Phi Beta Kappa member, and Humanities Honors Program participant. She also served as a tutor for the Center for...
2021.06 – Karishma Muthukamar

2021.06 – Karishma Muthukamar

About Karishma Karishma Muthukumar studies cognitive science and biology as a third-year student at the University of California, Irvine, where she founded The Patient Project and launched a journal of student reflections. In 2019, Karishma joined an international...
2021.05 – Katia Necoechea Madriz

2021.05 – Katia Necoechea Madriz

About Katia A junior inductee to Phi Beta Kappa in 2020, Katia Necoechea Madriz (she/ella) is a first-generation, low-income student, raised by a single mother, from a predominantly Latinx community of Chula Vista, CA. Katia is a fourth-year undergraduate double...
2021.04 – Kimberly Zhang

2021.04 – Kimberly Zhang

About Kimberly Kimberly Zhang, junior inductee to Phi Beta Kappa, is graduating in spring 2021. She is part of Campuswide Honors Collegium and is a fourth-year mathematics and chemistry double major specializing in applied mathematics and chemical biology at the...
2021.03 – Aparna Shakkarwar

2021.03 – Aparna Shakkarwar

About Aparna Aparna Shakkarwar is a fourth-year, junior inductee to Phi Beta Kappa, graduating in spring of 2021. She is currently pursuing a double-major in Economics and Education Sciences, as well as a minor in Political Science. She was admitted to UCI as a UC...