Get to know our board members!

Current Board Member

Naiara Doherty Garcia

Naiara Doherty Garcia

President • Curriculum Team
MCDB
Naiara, or Nai (as most people call her), is currently a second year graduate student in the Niswander Lab in the Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology (MCDB) Department. She graduated from Winona State University in 2017 with a B.Sc. in Cell and Molecular Biology. She moved to the USA in 2014 from Brazil, where she was born, and moved to Boulder in 2018, where she has been working for CU...
Josh

Josh Fandel

Treasurer • Curriculum Team
MCBD
Josh hails from the San Francisco Bay Area, where he grew up, went to school, and worked before moving to Japan for two years to teach English. Now in the Niswander and Knight labs, he is pursuing potential genetic causes of neural tube defects and researching how students encounter mentorship throughout their coursework during undergrad. For fun, he enjoys photography, playing taiko, running, and eating.
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Nathaniel Hamel

Curriculum Coordinator • Curriculum Team
BCHM
Nate is a 4th year graduate student that found his way to CU Boulder from southern Oregon, where he graduated from Southern Oregon University with a B.S. in Chemistry. His undergraduate research focused on identification of anticancer natural products from the Oregon Grape plant. Outside of research Nate also focused on building teaching skills by leading various workshops and working as a tutor. Now at CU Boulder, Nate is working...
Daniel

Daniel Hassell

Events Coordinator
MCDB
Daniel found his passion for science as a high school student through outreach by a research lab at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. Since then, he's worked to inspire the same passion in young scientists through teaching and outreach whenever and wherever he can. He's most interested in the molecular mechanisms of evolution and the origins of life, but he also studied human diseases like sickle cell anemia...
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Sabrina Kropp

Public Relations Coordinator
Sabrina is an undergraduate senior majoring in neuroscience and Integrative Physiology with a certificate in public health. She grew up in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and moved to Colorado for college. She is intensely interested in mental health and healthcare equity, particularly for marginalized communities. During college, Sabrina gained valuable experience in healthcare communications and public policy through internships. Her goal is to impact patient care and access to healthcare services...
Isabella Perrin

Isabella Perrin

Volunteer Coordinator
MCDB
Isabella is an undergraduate student in the Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Department. Through both previous volunteer experiences and from the work done in one of CU’s labs, she has found importance in advocating for science education and teaching in an enjoyable and engaging manner. In her free time, Isabella plays for CU’s orchestra and loves to read!
Ella

Ella Tommer

Current Vice-President • Curriculum Team
BCHM
Ella graduated from Indiana University in 2020 with a B.S. in neuroscience and minors in chemistry and psychology. During her undergraduate studies, she worked in Dr. Ken Mackie’s lab studying the endocannabinoid system in mice. After graduating, worked as an NIH IRTA post-baccalaureate fellow in Dr. Ranjan Sen’s lab studying glial cell transcriptomics in mouse models of neurodegenerative diseases. She is currently a second-year PhD student in the Biochemistry Department...