We are proud of our BSP graduates and want to follow their progress as they take the next steps in their lives and careers. Below is a list of several, but not all, of our alumni. If you are a BSP graduate who would like to be listed below, please contact BSP Coordinator Chris Connelly (chris.connelly@austin.utexas.edu).
Note: While all students below started as biology or biochemistry majors, some changed majors and/or graduated from different colleges.
NAME | HOMETOWN | DEGREE/MAJOR | UT GRADUATION | POST GRAD |
Michael Akaolisa | Dallas | BSA Biochemistry w/English and Sociology minors | May 2021 | University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine |
Alexandra Alvarez | Round Rock | BSA Biology w/Pre-Health Professions Certificate and Psychology field of study | May 2019 |
Gap year: Worked full-time as a medical scribe Fall 2020: Baylor College of Medicine |
Mariangela Arata | Katy | BS Human Biology | May 2013 | UT School of Dentistry in Houston |
Nakia Armendariz | Midland | BSA Biology w/Business Minor | May 2021 | MD/MBA program at UT Houston McGovern Medical School |
John-Paul Bach | Dallas | BSA Biology w/Business Foundations Certificate | May 2017 | UT Houston McGovern Medical School |
Cabrina Becker | Dallas | BSA Biology and BS Psychology w/Forensic Science and Pre-Health Professions certificates | May 2021 | MD/MPH program at UT Houston McGovern Medical School |
Darien Bernard | Dallas | BS Exercise Science w/Pre-Health Professions Certificate | May 2020 | Relocating to Los Angeles, CA to pursue a career in music |
Nick Birk | Austin | BS Mathematics and BSA Biology | May 2019 | Biostatistics M.S. program at Harvard University |
Paola Bojorquez-Ramirez | Albuquerque, NM | BS Public Health | May 2020 | Chronic Disease Epidemiology MPH program at Yale School of Public Health |
Anthony Bruccoliere | Allen | BSA Biology w/Health Communication Minor and Pre-Health Professions Certificate | May 2021 | MD/MBA program at TTUHSC School of Medicine |
Alicia Cano | Fort Worth | BSA Nutrition w/Art History Minor and Pre-Health Professions Certificate | December 2020 | UT Medical Branch at Galveston |
Kinsey Cation | Austin | BSA Biology and BS Public Health w/Pre-Health Professions Certificate | May 2019 |
Summer 2019: McCombs Health Informatics and Health Information Technology Certificate Program (HIHIT) Fall 2019: Working at Reliant Immune Diagnostics |
Myung-Jin Cha | Dallas (originally from Seoul) | BSA Biochemistry w/French Minor and Pre-Health Professions Certificate | May 2020 | UT Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine |
Dennis Chau | Portland, OR | BS Public Health (4+1 Advanced Program) | May 2016 | UT School of Public Health: Austin Campus |
Vandan Chavda | Cedar Park | BSA Biology w/Business Minor | May 2022 | College of Dental Medicine - Illinois |
Kristine Chen | Cedar Park | BSA Biochemistry w/Business Foundations Certificate and Sociology Minor | May 2019 | Texas Tech Health Sciences Center School of Medicine as part of the FMAT (Family Medicine Accelerated Track) program |
Onyinyechi Chidomere | Houston | BS Health Promotion | May 2016 | UT Southwestern Medical School |
Nathaniel Chohrach | Clear Lake | BSA Biology with Business Foundations Certificate | December 2018 | UT Houston McGovern Medical School |
Gracie Chong | Houston | BS Human Biology w/Pre-Health Professions Certificate | May 2020 | UT Houston McGovern Medical School |
Nihal Chowdhury | Atlantic City, NJ | BS Public Health w/Pre-Health Professions Certificate | May 2016 | Texas A&M Baylor College of Dentistry |
Trey Cinclair | Plano | BSA Biology w/Psychology field of study | August 2018 |
Gap year: Worked as a middle school science teacher Fall 2019: UT Southwestern Medical School |
Carolyn Collons | Renton, WA | BS Cell and Molecular Biology w/Government Minor | August 2021 | Gap year / applying to graduate school |
Jesse Doyle Contreras | Eustace | BS Public Health | May 2014 | University of Michigan School of Public Health |
Grace Cooper | Dublin, OH | BS Human Biology and BA Spanish | May 2019 | MD/MPH program at Long School of Medicine at San Antonio |
Santiago Diaz | Reynosa, Mexico | BS Human Biology | May 2014 | University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine |
Anamaria Dragan | Austin | BS Neurobiology | May 2017 | UT Medical Branch at Galveston |
Grace Drew | Austin | BSA Biology w/Women's and Gender Studies Minor and Creative Writing Certificate | May 2022 | Gap year / applying to medical school |
Emmanuella Egbonim | Round Rock | BS Human Biology w/Pre-Health Professions Certificate | May 2016 | UT Southwestern Medical School |
Daniel Enwere | Houston | BS Human Biology | May 2013 | Baylor College of Medicine |
Joe Angel Espinoza Jr. | Brownsville | BSA Biology and BA Philosophy w/Business Foundations Certificate | May 2017 | UT Houston McGovern Medical School |
Karina Galvan | Eagle Pass | BSA Biochemistry w/Pre-Health Professions Certificate | May 2019 | Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine |
Alexandria Garcia | San Antonio | BSA Biology w/Art History Minor | December 2021 | Working and gaining more shadowing experience before applying to physical therapy schools |
Kristie Garza | Houston | BS Psychology | December 2015 | Neuroscience Ph.D. program at Emory University |
Roberto Gonzalez | Waxahachie | BSA Biology w/Social Work Minor | May 2022 | UT Southwestern Medical School |
Jaime R. Guerrero | McAllen | BS Neurobiology | May 2014 | Long School of Medicine at San Antonio |
Savannah Nicole Hampton | San Antonio | BSA Biology w/Business Foundations and Pre-Health Professions certificates | May 2016 | UT Southwestern Medical School |
Spencer Hamrick | Houston | BSA Biochemistry w/Business Minor | May 2020 | Biochemistry and Structural Biology Ph.D. program at Baylor College of Medicine |
Nick Hancock | Conroe | BS Biology (Genetics and Genomics) w/Business Minor | December 2021 | TTUHSC School of Medicine |
Ankit Hanmandlu | Dallas | BSA Biology with Spanish field of study | May 2019 | UT Houston McGovern Medical School |
Juan Herrejon | New Braunfels | BS Human Biology | May 2014 | UT Southwestern Medical School |
Madeline Ho | Waco | BSA Biology w/BDP (Social Inequality, Health & Policy) and Pre-Health Professions certificates | December 2019 | UT Medical Branch at Galveston |
Abigail Hoffpauir | Port Neches | BS Human Biology and BA Sociology w/Pre-Health Professions Certificate | December 2021 | Gap year / applying to medical school |
Seongwoo Jeong | McAllen | BSA Biology w/Elements of Computing Certificate | May 2017 | Long School of Medicine at San Antonio |
Guillermo Jimenez | El Paso | BS Cell and Molecular Biology | May 2015 | Paul L. Foster School of Medicine |
J. Daniel Jimenez | San Antonio | BA Russian and East European Studies, History | May 2013 | Master's program at UT Austin's Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies |
Luryn John-Miller | Houston | BSA Human Ecology w/Health Communication and Women's and Gender Studies minors | May 2022 | Master of Social Work program at University of Houston |
Carley Karam | San Antonio | BSA Biology w/Business Foundations Certificate | May 2016 | Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine |
Caroline Kelly | Houston | BS Public Health and BA Spanish | May 2018 | UT Medical Branch at Galveston |
Tynitress Kimble | Bay City | BS Microbiology and Infectious Diseases w/Forensic Science Certificate | May 2019 | Statistics MS program at Texas A&M University |
Chris Kujalowicz | Chicago, IL | BSA Biology and BA English | May 2020 | Stritch School of Medicine at Loyola University Chicago |
Eric Viet T. Le | Philadelphia, PA | BSA Neuroscience | May 2017 | Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine |
Oliver Lee | Houston | BS Human Biology w/Business Foundations Certificate | May 2014 | UT Medical Branch at Galveston |
Katarina Longoria | Mission | BS Exercise Science | May 2015 | UT Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine |
Stephanie Maldonado | Dripping Springs | BS Human Biology | May 2012 | UT Austin's Alternate-Entry MS in Nursing |
Samir Manjee | Colleyville | BSA Biology w/Pre-Health Professions Certificate | May 2017 | Tufts University School of Dental Medicine |
Daniela Marcano | Katy | BS Human Biology w/BDP Certificate (Social Inequality, Health & Policy) | May 2018 | Baylor College of Medicine |
Lauren Cary Martinez | Mercedes | BSA Biology w/Educational Psychology Minor and Pre-Health Professions Certificate | May 2022 | University of Houston College of Optometry |
Brian Mbah | Euless | BA Biology | May 2014 | UT Medical Branch at Galveston |
Sydney McDaniel | Van Alstyne | BSA Biology w/Spanish for Medical Professions Certificate | May 2022 | Intern at University of North Carolina Department of Neurosurgery; applying to medical school |
Elaine Mensa-Wilmot | Spring | BS Public Health | May 2016 | MPH program at Boston University |
Nicolette Mojica | Houston | BSA Biology w/Sociology Minor | December 2019 | Long School of Medicine at San Antonio |
Brandilyn Monene | Arlington | BS Microbiology | May 2017 | UT Houston McGovern Medical School |
Trenell Mosley | Atlanta, GA | BS Human Biology | May 2015 | Genetics and Molecular Biology Ph.D. program at Emory University |
Bradley Nus | Sugar Land | BSA Biology w/Pre-Health Professions Certificate | May 2020 | UT Medical Branch at Galveston |
Luke Owens | Denton | BSA Biology w/Pre-Health Professions Certificate | December 2021 | Research Assistant at Harvard Medical School |
Geneva Pantoja | Harker Heights | BA French and Health & Society w/Pre-Health Professions Certificate | May 2020 | U.S. Peace Corps - Community Health Educator in Togo (West Africa) |
Kamal Phelps | Southlake | BSA Biology w/Business Foundations, Forensic Science and Pre-Health Professions certificates | May 2019 | UT Houston McGovern Medical School |
Samantha Pliego | Dalhart | BS Human Development & Family Sciences: Families and Personal Relationships w/Communication Studies Minor and Pre-Health Professions Certificate | May 2020 | Marriage and Family Therapy MS program at Texas Woman's University |
Andrew Pliszka | San Antonio | BSA Biology w/Pre-Health Professions Certificate | May 2018 | UT Southwestern Medical School |
Homais Qadri | Houston | BSA Biology w/Business Foundations and Pre-Health Professions certificates | May 2018 | UT School of Dentistry in Houston |
Monica Ramirez | Humble | BS Biology (Ecology, Evolution & Behavior) | August 2013 | Texas Commission on Environmental Quality |
America Revere | Conroe | BS Nutritional Sciences | May 2016 | Paul L. Foster School of Medicine |
Matthew Reyes | Sugar Land | BSA Nutrition w/Educational Psychology Minor and Pre-Health Professions Certificate | May 2022 | Surgical Recovery Specialist at Miracles in Sight |
Monica Palafox Roberts | El Paso | BS Computational Biology | May 2020 | MS Bioinformatics program at Boston University |
Dominick Ruiz | Canutillo | Bachelor of Social Work | May 2014 | UT Medical Branch at Galveston |
Erica Kaitlin Santos | Eagle Pass | BSA Biology w/Pre-Health Professions Certificate | May 2020 | Long School of Medicine at San Antonio |
Dominick Scott | Round Rock | BS Human Biology | May 2015 | UT School of Public Health: Austin Campus |
Jordan Shull | San Antonio | BS Nutritional Sciences | May 2015 | UT Houston McGovern Medical School |
Tyler Ellis Smith | San Antonio | BS Cell and Molecular Biology | May 2012 | UT Southwestern Medical School |
Benjamin Strope | Houston | BS Biochemistry | May 2020 | Diagnostic Genetics M.S. program at MD Anderson |
Serin Thomas | Euless | BSA Biology | May 2016 | Texas A&M Medical School |
Bibiana Toro | Houston | BSA Biology w/History Minor and Pre-Health Professions Certificate | December 2020 | UT Medical Branch at Galveston |
Caroline Vickers | Austin | BS Human Biology | May 2012 | Master's program in Nursing at Vanderbilt University |
Trent Weatherly | Friendswood | BSA Biology w/Business Foundations, Pre-Health Professions, and Forensic Science certificates | May 2019 | UT Medical Branch at Galveston |
Rachel White | Houston | BS Marine Biology | May 2015 | UT School of Public Health: Houston Campus |
David Wu | Plano | BSA Biochemistry w/BDP (Ethics & Leadership in Healthcare), Business of Healthcare, and Pre-Health Professions certificates | May 2021 | Gap year / applying to medical school |
Bing Yi | Allen | BS Public Health w/Pre-Health Professions Certificate | May 2022 | Long School of Medicine at San Antonio |
Joshua Zamora | San Antonio | BS Neurobiology | August 2015 | Research Assistant at UT Health Science Center at San Antonio |