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Aja Zou

NeURO Fellow 2025
Undergraduate Student, Biology (Neuroscience)
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Aja Zou ('28) is a Biology major at Stanford University, concentrating in Neuroscience. She joined the Institute as a Summer 2025 NeURO Fellow and will be conducting stroke research in the Steinberg Lab, with a focus on understanding Moyamoya disease.

She hopes to become a physician one day, and is passionate about using research to better understand brain disease and improve treatments for patients with neurological disorders.

Outside of the lab, Aja is the goalie for Stanford Women’s Club Lacrosse and volunteers as a Mandarin interpreter for the Cardinal Free Clinics. In her free time, she enjoys playing piano, going to the beach, and traveling.

Faculty Advisor: Gary Steinberg