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Introducing the 2025 Incoming Class:
Yuanye Chi – Tufts University / Jackson Lab
Max Dippel – UW / Boston University / Benaroya Research Institute
Kyra Fetter – UC San Diego
John Gourdeau – Dartmouth / Manifold Biotechnologies
Saksham Gupta – India Institute of Technology, Kanpur / FHCC
Michelle Johnson – Harvey Mudd College / Caltech
Allie Kreitman – UW MSTP
Tiger Lao – UC Santa Barbara / Chan Zuckerberg Biohub
Kayla Ly – UC Irvine
Valerie Lynch – University of Texas / UW Genome Sciences
Chris Oliveira – UW MSTP
Monica Padilla Galvez – National Autonomous University of Mexico / FHCC
Katrina Peterson – Northwestern University
Olivia Weissenfels – UW / Johns Hopkins
Morgan Wu – UW MSTP



Abby McGee, Michelle Johnson, and Val Browning have been awarded NSF Fellowships. Matt Chaw, Marazzano Colon, Bria Metzger, Rachel Powell, and Catherine Sniezek have received honorable mention.