Advisory Board

Research Advising Program The MSRA Big Sib Advising Program is here to help you find research opportunities that best suit your interests.

Big Sibs 2008-09

Sinchan Banerjee is a sophomore studying computer science and electrical engineering. His interests span from human computer interaction research to performance analysis research.

Anthony Fowler is a senior, majoring in biology and minoring in political science. His research interests span from basic genetics to U.S. elections. In past projects he has investigated role of miRNAs in development, the genetics of political decisions, and the effects of elections on health and marriage decisions. He is currently applying to Ph.D. programs in political science.

Scot Frank has engaged in several education, technology, and development projects at MIT within the geographical contexts of China and India. His involvement ranges from developing online learning and research laboratories to teaching a biomaterials class. More recently, Scot has worked on developing water purification and energy generation and monitoring technologies for rural village communities in the Himalayas. This last project effort was winner of the 2008 MIT IDEAS Competition and recipient of the Yunus Innovation Challenge Award. Scot's on-going interest in applying engineering and technology toward sustainable development in an international context has led to him founding One Earth Designs, an NGO working toward community-based solutions for problems faced by rural peoples in high altitude areas. Link: http://OneEarthDesigns.org

Elena Nakibuuka is currently majoring in Electrical Engineering and minoring in Economics.

Tian Ong is currently majoring in chemical engineering.

Vinay Tripuraneni has research experience in the Hafler laboratory (over at the HIM) and Love laboratory here on campus and my mainfield of interest is Immunology/Virology. Kathleen Xie I'm a senior in the biology department (not pre-med). I was bitten by the "research bug" back in high school, and started a UROP right away when I got to MIT. Freshman year, I worked in Alice Ting's lab in the chemistry department. Since the start of my sophomore year, I've been working on my own independent projects in David Bartel's lab at the Whitehead Institute, studying microRNAs. (Although during my junior year, I went on the Cambridge-MIT Exchange, and in Cambridge I also joined a lab). Currently, I'm applying to graduate school, because research is so much fun! And because research has really defined my time at MIT, I'm all for encouraging "little sibs" to start UROPing as early as possible, and am eager to share my experiences.