First SEA-PHAGES Class Graduates from USciences

Published on August 13, 2019

In May, the first class of the SEA-PHAGES (Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science) program graduated.

In 2017, the program was expanded due to its popularity. SEA-PHAGES is a two semester program open to first-year students that focuses on extracting and analyzing viruses from soil samples.

Below is a list of the 2019 graduates and what their future plans are:

• Matthew Marshall Bio’19 – Jefferson Medical School
• Anita Varkey Bio’19 – UPenn vet school
• Sameer Akhtar Bio’19 – VCOM
• Madison Weston Bio’19 – interested in MS program in animal science
• Samantha Donovan BMS’19 – Hofstra Med School
• Rita-Anne Falconio BMS’19 – Temple podiatry school
• Shivsai Gongalla BMS’19 – Cooper Medical School
• Alexis Schirling BMS’19 – NIH (HIV lab)
• Trey Hillard MB’19 – 2nd Lieutenant, Company Training Officer, TRADOC Cadet Command
• Paulina Koyfman MB’19 – interested in microbiology research
• Kirthi Machireddy Bio’19 – VCOM

Categories:  Undergraduate, Proven Everywhere, 2019, Students, Misher College of Arts and Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Biology, Department of Biological Sciences