Grace Lee
MVP President
Favorite Part of MVP
Friends and working with such dedicated and talented people!
Fun Fact
I love ancient history and mythology.
Archit Sonaje
MVP Vice President
Favorite Part of MVP
RNA-seq research
Fun Fact
I enjoy playing soccer with my friends!
Meher Garg
MVP Secretary
Favorite Part of MVP
Exploring and finding new pathways in diseases
Fun Fact
I love playing violin and golf!
Tanay Panja
GIDAS Support Chair
Favorite Part of MVP
Supporting GIDAS chapters in 100+ schools across 5 countries, promoting fundraising efforts, and strengthening miRcore’s outreach to connect the public with researchers and scientists!
Fun Fact
Loves to travel and is an aviation enthusiast.
Saanvi Thippireddy
GIDAS Support Co-Vice Chair
Favorite Part of MVP
Teaching at camp & all the friends I’ve made!
Fun Fact
I’ve been a Bharatanatyam dancer for 12 years!
Rithvik Venisetty
GIDAS Support Co-Vice Chair
Favorite Part of MVP
Group Research and meeting amazing people!
Fun Fact
I enjoy singing, and I’m a published author!
Ethan Hays
Education Chair
Favorite Part of MVP
The ability to present my findings in front of scientific judges.
Fun Fact
I love writing my own short stories in my free time. (Hoping to get published someday!)
Anoushka Majumder
Education Vice Chair
Favorite Part of MVP
Discussing ideas with other MVP students!
Fun Fact
Poetry is my favorite creative outlet.
Alyson Dai
Fundraising Chair
Favorite Part of MVP
Group research with Grace and my other group members
Fun Fact
I love hiking and have been to over half of the nation’s National Parks!
Yeonjoon Ha
Fundraising Vice Chair
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Favorite Part of MVP
Group bonding/Group work and invitational presentations
Fun Fact
I’ve traveled to over 20 countries!
Claire Lee
Northern California Chair
Favorite Part of MVP
Middle School Workshop!
Fun Fact
I make really good banana bread
Caitlin Tsai
Northern California Vice Chair
Favorite Part of MVP
Meeting new people and bonding over research!
Fun Fact
I’ve watched over 50 movies this year
Jayla Chan
Southern California Chair
Favorite Part of MVP
Getting to meet local socal MVP-ers and do group research!
Fun Fact
I have two Leopard tortoises named Dungus and Tootles!
Amy Choi
Southern California Vice Chair
Favorite Part of MVP
Group research and in-person meetings!
Fun Fact
I used to live in a city that is the farthest from an ocean in the world.
Shruthi Shankar
Public Relations Chair
Favorite Part of MVP
Getting to work with the amazing students, professors, and leaders here!
Fun Fact
I love playing volleyball with my friends
Mark Chernolutskiy
Public Relations Vice Chair
Favorite Part of MVP
I love programming and biology, and miRcore taught me how to combine both.
Fun Fact
I enjoy working on my school’s robotics team.
Vedanth Kondur
Regional Branch Chair
Favorite Part of MVP
Student lectures!
Fun Fact
I do 4 sports!
Vedant Srinivasan
Business Chair
Favorite Part of MVP
Advocating for the advancement of personalized medicine and citizen science.
Fun Fact
I like modeling the economic systems of fantasy worlds (like Harry Potter)!