Graduate Student Council Officers

2025-26 Graduate Student Council Officers

President
Justin Van Riper - justin.vanriper@bcm.edu

Vice President
Emily Schultz - emily.schultz@bcm.edu

Secretary
Lizzie Barrois - elizabeth.barrois@bcm.edu 

2024-2025 Graduate Student Council Officers

President 
Ashley Murray - ashley.weaver@bcm.edu

Vice President
Justin Van Riper - justin.vanriper@bcm.edu

Secretary
Emily Schultz - emily.schultz@bcm.edu

Officers
Caroline Sabotta - Cancer & Cell Biology
Abhinaya Ganesan - Cancer & Cell Biology
Elizabeth Barrois - Chemical Physical & Structural Biology
Zaniqua Bullock - Chemical Physical & Structural Biology
Amr Saadeldin - Development, Disease Models & Therapeutics
Danielle Mendonca - Development, Disease Models & Therapeutics
Brooke Horist - Genetics & Genomics
David Quispe - Genetics & Genomics
Nalini Bisht - Immunology & Microbiology
Emily Schultz - Immunology & Microbiology
Ella Borgenheimer - Neuroscience
Margaret Eisenbrandt - Neuroscience
Daniel Palacios - Quantitative & Computational Biosciences
Haley Johnson - Quantitative & Computational Biosciences
Michal Tyrlik - Medical Scientist Training Program
Michael Dieffenbach - Medical Scientist Training Program
Camille Mazurek - First-Year Student Representative

2023-2024 Graduate Student Council Officers

President 
Howard Lin - howardl@bcm.edu

Vice President
Ashley Murray - ashley.weaver@bcm.edu

Secretary
Valeria Melendez Habib - valeria.melendezhabib@bcm.edu

Officers
Pilar Andrade - Cancer & Cell Biology
Abhinaya Ganesan - Cancer & Cell Biology
Khoa Dao - Chemical Physical & Structural Biology
Yasmeen Hamed - Development, Disease Models & Therapeutics
Danielle Mendonca - Development, Disease Models & Therapeutics
Edward Pietryk III - Genetics & Genomics
Brooke Horist - Genetics & Genomics
Valeria Melendez Habib - Immunology & Microbiology
Emily Schultz - Immunology & Microbiology
Ashley Hayden - Neuroscience
Gabriel Escobedo - Neuroscience
Catherine Wang - Quantitative & Computational Biosciences
Michaela McCown - Quantitative & Computational Biosciences
Kevin Jiang - Medical Scientist Training Program
Snigdha Srivastava - Medical Scientist Training Program
Britya Ghosh - First-Year Student Representative