The Journal of Young Investigators: An Undergraduate, Peer-Reviewed Science Journal

JYI Staff Members

Executive Board

• Arkadiy Kukarkin Chief Technical Officer Chemistry
  RPI, expected 2008
  kukarkin at removeme.jyi.org
• Heather Mispagel Chief Executive Officer Masters, Pathobiology and Veterinary Sciences
  University of Connecticut, expected 2009
  mispagel at removeme.jyi.org
• Justin Chakma Chief Development Officer Neuroscience and Mathematics
  University of Toronto, expected 2010
  chakma at removeme.jyi.org
• Konrad Sawicki Managing Editor Biochemistry
  University of Michigan, expected 2010
  sawicki at removeme.jyi.org
• Laura Campochiaro Editor in Chief Biological Sciences
  University of Notre Dame, expected 2008
  campochiaro at removeme.jyi.org
• Molly Harding Director of the Career Center Biological Sciences
  University of Notre Dame, expected 2008
  harding at removeme.jyi.org
• Nafisa Jadavji Senior Research Editor Neuroscience
  University of Lethbridge
  jadavji at removeme.jyi.org
• Pooja Ghatalia Senior Features Editor Biochemistry/Molecular Biology
  University of Texas at Dallas, expected 2008
  ghatalia at removeme.jyi.org
• Sherry Yu Director of Human Resources Biology/Chemistry
  Case Western Reserve University, expected 2011
  yu at removeme.jyi.org
• Shiv Gaglani Director of Public Relations Biomedical Engineering
  Harvard College, expected 2010
  gaglani at removeme.jyi.org

Board of Directors

• Andrew Medina-Marino BOD Member Molecular Biology Ph.D.
  California Institute of Technology, expected 2008
  marino at removeme.jyi.org
• Courtney Peterson Chair of the Board of Directors Physics Ph.D.
  Harvard University, expected 2010
  peterson at removeme.jyi.org
• Dr. Brian Su BOD Member M.D.
  Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 2002
  su at removeme.jyi.org
• Holly Wong Cummings BOD Member M.D.
  University of Louisville, expected 2009
  cummings at removeme.jyi.org
• Mary Patyten BOD Member B.S., Earth Systems Science and Policy
  California State University, Monterey Bay, 2000
  patyten at removeme.jyi.org
• R. Scott Kemp BOD Member Program on Science and Global Security Ph.D.
  Princeton University, expected 2010
  kemp at removeme.jyi.org
• Selby Cull BOD Member Earth & Planetary Sciences Ph.D.
  University of Washington, expected 2011
  cull at removeme.jyi.org
• T. Sibley Verbeck BOD Member Physics
  Swarthmore College, 1998
  sibley at removeme.jyi.org

Associate Editors, Biological and Biomedical Sciences

• Adam Wise
• Ajit Goenka Medicine
  All India Institute of Medical Sciences, expected 2009
  
• Chris Baer Human Biology; Mathematical & Computational Science
  Stanford, 2004
  
• Dan Seitz Biochemistry
  Indiana Wesleyan University
  
• Eddie Blay Jr Biology
  Brown University, expected 2009
  
• Inn Inn Chen Biomedical Engineering
  Georgia Institute of Technology
  
• Kipp Weiskopf Biology
  Amherst College
  
• Matiram Pun Bachelor in Medicine and Bachelor in Surgery (MBBS)
  Institute of Medicine, Maharajgunj Campus, Kathmandu, Nepal
  
• Melissa Parkinson Biochemistry
  Imperial College
  
• Michael LaReiviere Neuroscience
  Amherst College
  
• Michelle Higginson Biology
  Simon Fraser University
  
• Peter Murphy Biology
  Amherst College
  
• Phillip Park Neuroscience
  University of Michigan
  
• R.Naveen Prasad Biotechnology
  nna University
  
• Sai Potukuchi Medicine
  MAM College, University of Delhi, expected 2008
  
• Selina Dobing Biochemistry
  University of Lethbridge, expected 2009
  
• Shaun Patel Biology/Medicine
  U Mich Ann Arbor, expected 2008
  
• Shraddha Sureka MBBS - Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery
  Maharashtra University of Health Sciences
  
• Trevor Sorrells Molecular and Cell Biology
  Stanford University, expected 2009
  
• Winsome Cheung Biochemistry
  Imperial College
  

Associate Editors, Engineering

• Diego Gonzalez Mechanical Engineering
  Louisiana State University
  
• Sebastian Guerrero Civil Engineering with Masters in Structures and Computation
  Georgia Institute of Technology
  
• Sundeep Ramachandran Dual Major
  BITS, Pilani
  

Associate Editors, Physical Sciences and Mathematics

• Abhilash Mishra Physics/Mathematics
  Fergusson College
  
• Andrew Tutt Biomedical Engineering, Economics
  Duke University
  
• Emily Slutsky Medical Physics
  Columbia University, 2004
  
• Nickolas VanMeter Physics
  Louisiana State University
  
• Phuongmai Troung Physics, Mathematics
  Texas A&M University
  

Associate Editors, Psychology and Social Sciences

• Brian Kirk Public Policy & Science Policy
  Princeton
  
• Dan Petty Information Systems
  Carnegie Mellon University, 2004
  
• Jordan Axelrad Biopsychology
  Tufts University, 2004
  
• Lile Jia Psychology
  National University of Singapore
  
• Smiley Pallam Psychology
  York University, 2004
  
• Susanne Long Psychology/HR Management
  Missouri State
  
• Vijeth Iyengar Cell and Molecular Biology
  Tulane University, 2004
  

Career Researchers

• Jake Koster University of Maryland
  
• Juna Shrestha Minnesota State
  
• Mark Finkelstein University of Maryland
  
• Priscilla Chui UCLA
  
• Ryan Norris Michigan State University
  
• Wendy Liu Duke
  

Features Editors

• Ben Griffin-Smith
• David Metcalfe Graduates in 2009
  
• Hoi See Tsao Neuroscience
  Wellesley College, expected 2009
  
• Jeffery Kost Physics/Mathematics
  University of Michigan, expected 2010
  

News Editor

• Emma Wear Biology
  Indiana Wesleyan University, 2007
  

Programmers

• Stefan Schneider-Kennedy Physics/Engineering
  Australian National University, expected 2010
  

Research Editors, Biological and Biomedical Sciences

• Alexander Patananan Microbiology, Immunology, Molecular Genetics
  University of California, Los Angeles, expected 2008
  
• Kathy Ngo Chemistry, Physical Chemistry Concentration
  University of California, Los Angeles
  
• Nirmish Singla Biomedical Engineering
  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2004
  

Research Editors, Engineering

• Matthew Bouchard Physics
  Northeastern University
  

Research Editors, Physical Sciences and Mathematics

• Melinda Morang Physics
  University of Chicago
  

Research Editors, Psychology and Social Sciences

• Farhan Ali Psychology
  National University of Singapore
  

Science Journalists

• Allison Wilkinson UC Santa Barbara
  
• Amy Liu Chemistry
  Rice University
  
• Andrew Wang Microbiology and Immunology
  University of Western Ontario, expected 2010
  
• Bhavika Kaul Biochemistry and Policy Studies
  Rice University, expected 2009
  
• Brandy Sullivan Religious Studies, concentration pre-medicine
  Spelman College
  
• Brittany Raffa
• Charley Wang Engineering Science
  University of Toronto, expected 2010
  
• Dean Corbaley Neuroscience/ Computational minor
  Washington State University, 2004
  
• Dennis Jiang Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology
  University of Toronto, expected 2009
  
• Elizabeth Ng
• Falishia Sloan Biology
  Old Dominion University, Norfolk, expected 2009
  
• Frances Mao Biology/ Biochemistry
  University of Washington, 2007
  
• Gurjot Singh Bachelors in Medicine and Surgery (MBBS)
  Bangalore Medical College, expected 2010
  
• Jeremy Fagan Biochemistry
  Centenary College of Louisiana, expected 2008
  
• Jessica Kloss Astrophysical Sciences
  Princeton University
  
• Joint article Graduated in 2004
  
• Kate Liebers Zoology and Journalism
  Miami University, expected 2008
  
• Laxmi Vilas Ghimire Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery
  Institute of Medicine, 2007
  
• Lisa Merolla Journalism, minoring in Biology
  Boston University, expected 2010
  
• Maria Huang Duke University
  
• Matthew Getz Biochemistry and Marine and Environmental Biology
  University of Southern California, expected 2008
  
• Minnie Rai Honours Specialization Biology
  University of Western Ontairo, expected 2010
  
• Muhammed Ziadh Chemical & Process Engineering
  University of Peradeniya, expected 2009
  
• Nadia Ramlagan Biochemistry
  American University
  
• Neil Majithia Biology/Chemistry
  Virginia Commonwealth University, expected 2008
  
• Ojus Doshi Biology
  Brown University, expected 2008
  
• Rashi Venkataraman Biology and Ethics, History, & Public Policy
  Carnegie Mellon University, expected 2008
  
• Shandra Iannucci Biotechnology, minor in Writing Studies
  Rochester Institute of Technology
  
• Sheila Prakash Biological Sciences
  Carnegie Mellon University
  
• Shilpa Gowda Neuroscience
  Brown University, expected 2008
  
• Sidra Ayub
• Sunil Rangarajan Bachelors in Medicine and Surgery (MBBS)
  Bangalore Medical College, expected 2010
  
• Suvash Shrestha Bachelors in Medicine and Surgery (MBBS)
  Kathmandu Medical College, expected 2009
  
• Veronica Phillips Earth Science, concentration Planetary Science
  University of California, Santacruz, expected 2008
  
• Victor Yee Graduated in 2004
  
• Yangguang Ou Biochemistry, Chemistry
  Florida State University, 2004
  
• Yash Somnay Cellular and Molecular Biology
  University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 2004
  
• Yvette Cendes Physics
  Case Wesern Reserve University, expected 2008