Meet Our Ph.D. Students

Each year the Department of Biochemistry marks the start of the academic year with a BBQ to meet the incoming class of new Ph.D. students. Meet our students from over the years!

2025 Incoming Class

Row 2: Lian, Eric; Sakowicz, William; Klein, Brenner; Edwards, Sydney; Nguyen, Jenny; Blumer-Ham, Jackson; Basu, Spandan

Row 1: Wang, Dave; Koo, Tyler; Lakey, Tyler; Schafer, Annie; Sharma, Shreya; Galvan, Natalie; Kalagiri, Anjali; Nguyen, Vanessa

Not Pictured: Tonk, Rohan; Bratset, Natalie

2024 Incoming Class

Lohar, Noah; Rauchet, Chris; Grimison, Kian; Hesse, Keagan; Dillard, Trinity; Crooker, Isabel; Hoffman, Amanda; Baeuerle, Kati; Zeps, Natalie; Rogan, Maria; Shelby, Grace; Rahman, Zanub; Mullen, Marcus; Neupert, Savannah; O'Brien, Drew; Duncan, Melissa; Nwankwo, Daniel; Lord, Michael

Not Pictured: Brackney, Helen; Slemp, Lily

2023 Incoming Class

Robbins, Laurel; Hecht, Cody; Amos, Tyler(PhD student in MCDB); Kuo, Jeff; Longshore-Neate, Fred

2022 Incoming Class
Row 2: Keller, Maxwell (Max); Arthur, Hannah (Arthur)
Row 1: Tommer, Ella; Wolfe, Aubrey; Liu, Angie
Not Pictured: Garris, Rosanna (Rosie)
2021 Incoming Class
Row 2: Nangia, Varuna; Bublitz, Gaia; Vaisar, David; Noor, Rida; Steward-Blanke, Lottie; Macedo De Vasconcelos, Luisa; Song, Jessica; Weerawarana, Sashi; Juarros, Miranda; Houser, Haileigh; Valle Ayala, Henry; Ugay, Daniella
Row 1: Messer, Ryan; Mousa-Makky, Makky; Trudeau Munoz, Alan; Armendariz, Joy; Ast, Cooper; Sullivan, Ashley; Matthews, Autumn; Sullivan, Michael (Mick); Ocampo, Daniel; Gonzalez, Shamira; Huffine, Clair; Rodino, Jessica; Aquino, Joseline; Hunt, Dakota
Not Pictured: Cheng, Liyi
2020 Incoming Class
Row 2: Ramirez, Dominique Armando (Mando); Roberts, Julia; Ill, Christopher (Riley); Atencio, Lauren; Conte, Amy; Fernandez, Brianna
Row 1: Siwik, Shea; McCoy, Logan; Nagel, Michael; Guillen, Danielle; Hamel, Nathaniel
Not Pictured: Hayashi, Kristyn
2019 Incoming Class
Row 3: Olson, Conner; Pratt, James; Clopper, Kevin; Brininger, Christian; Mulvaney, Patrick; Babl, Vincent (Regensburg)
Row 2: Kibby, Emily; Bergman Smith, Whitney; Walsh, Kaitlyn; Passanisi, Victor; Stelzig, David (Regensburg); Punzet, Klaus (Regensburg)
Row 1: Aboulache, Briana; Palacio, Megan
2018 Incoming Class

Archuleta, Stephen; Toner, Chelsea; Luyties, Olivia; Lennon, Shelby; Spradlin, Savannah; Richards, Erin; Voong, Calvin; Upton, Stephen
Not Pictured: Huynh, Thao; Jones, Taylor; Wieser, Thomas

2017 Incoming Class
Not Ordered: Allen, Jeffre; Armstrong, Claire; Ashraf, Humza; Barbour, Alexandra; Batan, Dilara; Campodonico-Burnett, William; Corbet, Giulia; Gruca, Margaret; Hamilton, Desmond; Lammer, Nickolaus; Lester, Evan; Roberts, Genevieve; Schier, Allison; Smallegan, Michael; Watson, Audrey

The Department of Biochemistry (and formerly as Chemistry & Biochemistry) has been training graduate students for over 25 years. However, classes are only shown for years with pictures available.

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Do you have a picture of your incoming class? We are looking for class photos! Please email us at bchmundergrad@colorado.edu