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

JYI Staff Members

The following is a list of our current staff. Please see the alumni page for a list of former members. JYI's organisational chart is also available in the Resources section. JYI would also like to acknowledge its current Science Writing Mentors for their time and resources.

Executive Board

• Ankit Agrawal Chief Development Officer Biotechnology
  University of Nebraska Omaha, expected 2012
  cdo at removeme.jyi.org
• Christopher Hrvoj Director of Public Relations Neuroscience
  University of Southern California, expected 2012
  dpr at removeme.jyi.org
• Cristina Rabaza Senior News and Features Editor Pre-Med & Journalism
  University of Florida, expected 2013
  snfe at removeme.jyi.org
• Matiram Pun Senior Research Editor Mountain Medicine and High Altitude Physiology, Graduate Student
  University of Calgary, 2011
  sre at removeme.jyi.org
• Ryan Wong Managing Editor Biology
  Duke University, expected 2013
  me at removeme.jyi.org
• Tim Xu Editor in Chief Neuroscience, European Studies
  Vanderbilt University, expected 2012
  eic at removeme.jyi.org
• Yun (Rose) Li Senior Research Editor MD/PhD
  University of Pennsylvania, expected 2018
  aporeminiscence at removeme.gmail.com

BOD Members

• Andrew Medina-Marino BOD Member Molecular Biology Ph.D.
  California Institute of Technology, 2008
  marino at removeme.jyi.org
• Courtney Peterson Chair of the Board of Directors Physics Ph.D.
  Harvard University, 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
• Heather Mispagel Ganio BOD Member Entomology/ Environmental Health Science
  University of Connecticut
  ganio at removeme.jyi.org
• Mary Patyten BOD Member Earth Systems Science and Policy
  CSU Monterey Bay, 2000
  patyten at removeme.jyi.org
• Nafisa Jadavji, M.Sc. BOD Member Medical Genetics & Neuroscience
  McGill University
  jadavji at removeme.jyi.org
• Selby Cull BOD Member Earth & Planetary Sciences Ph.D.
  M.A., Science Writing, MIT
  University of Washington, 2011
  cull at removeme.jyi.org
• T. Sibley Verbeck BOD Member Physics
  Swarthmore College, 1998
  sibley at removeme.jyi.org
• Tiffany-Rose Sikorski BOD Member sikorski at removeme.jyi.org

Associate Director of Social Media

• Mirela Larion Marketing
  West University Of Timisoara, Faculty Of Economics and Business Administration, 2011
  

Associate Editors, Biological and Biomedical Sciences

• Andrew Ang Biomedical Engineering
  Duke University, expected 2013
  
• Ashraf Nahle Human Biology, Cell & Molecular Biology, and General Biology
  University of Toronto., expected 2013
  
• Bhavna Seth Medicine and Surgery
  Lady Hardinge Medical College, expected 2013
  
• Brian Hsueh Biological Chemistry
  Princeton University, expected 2012
  
• Devang Mehta Biotechnology
  VIT University, expected 2012
  
• Dylan Kotliar Columbia University., expected 2012
  
• Elena Ioana Dragomir Biomedical Sciences
  Bard College, 2011
  
• Emily S. Inzerillo Pharmacology and Toxicology
  University of the Sciences of Philadelphia, 2011
  
• Fiona Mary Bell Biomedical Sciences
  University of Melbourne, 2011
  
• Jason Overocker Microbiology
  Idaho State University, 2011
  
• Jeff Chen Environmental Toxicology with emphasis in Biomedical Toxicology
  University of California, Davis, expected 2012
  
• Kyei Stephen Kofi Pathology (Hematology & Microbiology)
  Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana, 2010
  
• Leela Chakravarti Neuroscience
  Johns Hopkins University, expected 2012
  
• Nauman Chaudhry Biological Sciences
  University of Michigan, 2011
  
• Osric Forrest Microbiology and Immunology
  Hampden-Sydney College, expected 2012
  
• Robert Dilley Molecular and Cellular Biology
  Johns Hopkins University , 2011
  

Associate Editors, Physical Sciences and Mathematics

• Nancy (Zhicong) Wang Bioengineering
  University of Pennsylvania, expected 2012
  

Associate Editors, Psychology and Social Sciences

• Alaina Raymer-Talboy Psychology
  Saint Leo University, 2011
  
• Elizabeth L Seaman Psychology Major
  College of Arts and Sciences, Georgetown University, expected 2012
  

Copy Editors

• Gianni Castiglione Molecular Biology and Bioethics
  University of Toronto, 2011
  

Career Researcher

• Vidhya Natarajan Bachelors in Medicine and Surgery (MBBS)
  Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medicine and Research (JIPMER)
  

News and Features Editors

• Natasha Hochlowski Chemistry, PhD Candidate
  Princeton University, expected 2015
  
• Phuongmai Truong Physics, Mathematics
  UC Berkeley
  

Graphic Artist

• Stacy Rush Biological Sciences
  York University, 2011
  

PR Graphic Designer

• Tobi Lam Developmental Biology
  University of Toronto, 2010
  

Programmers

• Stefan Schneider-Kennedy Physics/Engineering
  Australian National University, 2010
  
• William Yang Biomedical Engineering
  Johns Hopkins University, expected 2012
  

Research Editors, Biological and Biomedical Sciences

• Bryan Ngo Developmental/Cellular Biology and Chemistry
  Unviersity of California, Irvine, 2011
  
• Akshay Sharma Medicine and Surgery
  Kasturba Medical College, 2010
  
• Gurmeen Kaur, Training Research Editor M.B,B.S.
  Lady Hardinge Medical College, Delhi, 2011
  
• Laura Fishwick Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  University of Florida
  

Research Editors, Physical Sciences and Mathematics

• Benjamin Lu Bioengineering and Global Health Technologies
  Rice University, 2011
  

Science Journalists

• Caitlin Devor Biology with Writing Minor
  Allegheny College, expected 2012
  
• Darcy Ross Integrative Biology
  University of Illinois Urbana - Champaign, expected 2012
  
• Jessica Lear Biology
  West Virginia University, expected 2012
  
• Jordan Hall Neuroscience
  Duke University, expected 2013
  
• Leila Haghighat General Biology with English Minor
  University of California, San Diego, expected 2012
  
• Molly Hjorth Jensen Chemistry
  University of Glasgow, expected 2012
  
• Neel Patel Biological Sciences
  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, expected 2012
  
• Sarah Lightfoot Vidal Materials Engineering with English Minor
  Drexel University, expected 2013
  
• Soyoung Kang Biomedical Engineering (emphasis on Electrical Engineering)
  University of Southern California, 2010
  
• Tiffany Liu Biological Sciences and English
  University of California, Irvine, 2011
  
• Yejin Kang Biology & Policy Studies (Global Health)
  Rice University, 2011