The Team
 

Gautham Venugopalan - President and Education Program Mastermind

Gautham has experience with product and process development in the biomedical, and automotive industries. He has also designed instrumentation used for biophysical research. In addition to running Future Scientist trips, Gautham has taught design methodology using both traditional and human-centered approaches at the university level and teaches lessons to elementary school students through the Bay Area Scientists in Schools program.

Richard Novak - Secretary/Treasurer and Science Enthusiast

Richard Novak is a graduate student in Bioengineering at UCSF and UC Berkeley working in the Mathies Group on making microfluidic devices and research instrumentation for single cell analysis. He has worked on various genetics and ecology research projects, mentors undergraduate research students, and has taught human-centered product design.

Frances Bell - Engineer in Residence

Frances Bell graduated from Smith College in Massachusetts with a B.S. in Engineering Science. After a few years in the San Francisco Bay area working as an electrical engineer at Bechtel Corp. in Oakland, CA, she is now at Tufts University working on her Master's degree in Electrical Engineering. Frances is an active member of Engineers Without Borders Appropriate Technologies Design Team and is pursuing sustainable design education as a career. 

Tyson Kim - Medical Coordinator Par Excellence

Tyson Kim graduated from the UCSF/UCB Bioengineering PhD program and is now a medical student at UCSF. He worked in the Rong Wang Group growing blood vessels. He received a B.S. in Physics from UCSD and has worked with Habitat for Humanity, the UCSD Student-Run Free Clinic, and UCSF REMEDY - a student organization dedicated to bridging health disparities abroad. Tyson is a geek and likes good causes. 

Amudha Venugopalan - Multimedia and Designer Extraordinaire

Amudha Venugopalan graduated from Lake Forest College, where she received a degree in Music with a minor in Film Studies.  She is now working in Hollywood, hanging out with the music stars.

 

the panama team

Colleen Lynch - Panama Coordinator

Colleen is a recent UC Berkeley School of Public Health graduate, where she received her MPH in Public Health Nutrition. Colleen has previous experience in managing volunteers for educational programs in New York City and the San Francisco Bay area and has also participated in a number of local food and nutrition community projects. She is currently working with the UN Development Programme in Panama City. 

Amador Goodridge - Program Consultant

Amador has experience working in hospitals, clinics, and health centers within Panama. Also, he worked with international and local research institutes and collaborated with governmental organizations and NGO's on scientific capacity building. Additionally, he had taught microbiology and molecular diagnosis courses in public and private universities nationwide.  He is currently a researcher at INDICASAT and works closely with communities in the Colon province.