NeURO Undergraduate Alumni

I am originally from Boston, MA, and I hope to major in Bioengineering. My interests for neuroscience sparked after arriving at Stanford and discovering the fascinating research going on here, and I look forward to exploring it hands on as a NeURO fellow. As of now, I hope to pursue surgical oncology as a career, and if it’s in my cards, I want to open a free clinic to serve underinsured communities. I will be studying stroke models in mice as a NeURO fellow, and test if focused ultrasound can clear toxic waste post-stroke and improve outcomes.

My name is Andres Michel, and I am a junior majoring in bioengineering. My favorite school subjects are biology and chemistry, and I am especially interested in the field of neuroscience. I am also a premed student. My dream is to become a neurosurgeon and be able to practice medicine and conduct research in this field. My hobbies are playing soccer, guitar, and hanging out on the weekends with my friends. One of my favorite topics to talk about is sports. I will most likely know everything about results and upcoming matches of soccer and American football. 

I am currently a freshman studying bioengineering and earth systems. My parents are refugees from Vietnam and I grew up in a single-parent household with my mom. My dad suffered with substance addictions which sparked my involvement in mental healthcare activism. I look forward to participating in research under Dr. Sudhof's Lab, investigating treatments for mental illnesses like autism and schizophrenia.

Audrey Nguyen-Hoang (‘25) is a freshman at Stanford who is planning to major in Biology and Psychology. Her passion and curiosity for medicine and neuroscience are at the heart of her aspiration to become a physician. As a NeURO fellow, she will be conducting research in the Maduke Lab, investigating the molecular mechanisms of CLC-2, the most broadly expressed voltage-gated chloride-selective channel in the brain.

Amelia Spring (’24) is a sophomore majoring in psychology with an enthusiastic interest in neuroscience. Through the NeURO fellowship, they will be working in the Ricci lab investigating the mechanisms of hearing and hearing loss. In the future, they are interested in pursuing a career in psychiatry or clinical psychology. They are also passionate about issues of equity and justice, and serve on the Health Advocacy Committee of the Stanford Pre-Health Association (SPA) to spread education about health disparities in the local community.

My name is Isabel CaballeroTeixeira (25), I am currently a Sophomore at DeAnza majoring in Biology. I am extremely excited to be participating in this fellowship and help jump start my education into the research side of the sciences. From a young age I have always been interested in the sciences and learning how things communicate and work together. After my schooling I plan to become a microbiologist to contribute to understanding and solving the viruses and diseases that plague our society.

Lour Drick Valsote (‘24) is a sophomore at Stanford planning on studying human biology with a focus on neuroscience. Initially interested in the neural mechanisms behind language acquisition, he has since become eager to seek a better understanding of how the human brain works (and sometimes does not work!). As a NeURO Fellow, he plans to work with the Knowles Lab to research difficult to treat forms of pediatric epilepsy, such as Lennox Gastaut Syndrome. Beyond the lab, Lour Drick is also interested in studying foreign languages like Korean and Japanese.

Hi, my name is Claudia Zimmerman and I am currently a junior majoring in bioengineering. I am also on the pre-med tract and I love conducting research. I look forward to continuing my research this summer in the Chen lab, where I will be looking at underlying neural circuits that facilitate the social transfer of pain.