Meet Our Peer Leaders
Peer Leaders are undergraduate students who support their peers in WISCIENCE programs and courses while learning valuable leadership skills.
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STEM Engagement Peer Leaders
These students help support academic engagement as well as programs and events at STEM Commons.
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Are you interested in doing research as an undergrad, but aren’t sure how? Hear from Peer Leaders and learn to find the best research experience—and mentor—for you.
Brock Peyton
Pronouns: He/him
Major: Biochemistry
Hometown: Orono, MN
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Celeste Qin
Pronouns: She/her
Major: Computer Science/Data Science
Hometown: Shanghai, China
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Samik Vanavasam
Pronouns: He/him
Major: Biology (BS’26)—active alum
Hometown: Woodbury, MN
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Suki Lin
Pronouns: She/her
Major: Biology
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
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Mary Scott
Pronouns: She/her
Major: Neurobiology
Hometown: Elm Grove, WI
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Bhanu Lakshmi Harikumar
Pronouns: She/her
Major: Neurobiology and Psychology (with a certificate in German)
Hometown: UAE
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Rian Engeldinger
Pronouns: She/her
Major: Neurobiology
Hometown: Prescott, WI
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Sara Dennis
Pronouns: She/her
Major: Neurobiology and Genetics & Genomics
Hometown: Rockford, IL
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Kyra Harrison
Pronouns: She/her
Major: Neurobiology and Global Health
Hometown: Willowbrook, IL
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Sunil Baherawala
Pronouns: He/him
Major: Information Science and International Studies
Hometown: Appleton, WI
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Tanner Thoms
Pronouns: He/him
Major: Biology
Hometown: Maplewood, MN
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Jarrett Cohn
Pronouns: He/him
INTEGSCI 100: Exploring Biology Peer Leaders
Farheen Chowdhury
Pronouns: She/her
Major: Neurobiology and Psychology
Hometown: Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Marcie Wait
Pronouns: She/her
Major: Neurobiology and Psychology
Hometown: Stillwater, MN
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Simone Gabriel
Pronouns: She/her
Major: Health Promotion & Health Equity, Pre-Medical Track; Leadership Certificate, Health & the Humanities Certificate
Hometown: Hudson Valley, NY
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Trisha Tewari
Pronouns: She/her
Major: Biology
Hometown: Springfield, MO
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Kaela Reuter
Pronouns: She/her
Major: Biology
Hometown: Kenosha, WI
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Nikki Tashian
Pronouns: She/her
Major: Global Health
Hometown: Ann Arbor, MI
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Katelyn Thiele
Major: Biology
Hometown: Lodi, WI
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Erin Borchardt
Pronouns: She/her
Major: Elementary Education, Mathematics Minor
Hometown: Burlington, WI
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Timothy Cornette
Pronouns: He/him
Major: Biology
Hometown: Little Suamico, WI
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Leeyan Nasrallah
Pronouns: She/her/hers
Major: Biology; on the Pre-Medical track
Hometown: Madison, WI
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Kate McCann
Pronouns: She/her
Major: Biology
Hometown: Lake Geneva, WI
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Anya Kaehny
Pronouns: She/her
Major: Global Health
Hometown: West Bend, WI
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Sohraya Keltner
Pronouns: She/her
Major: Biochemistry
Hometown: Milwaukee, WI
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Prisha Singh
Pronouns: She/her
Major: Biology
Hometown: Delhi (NCR), India
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Davante Kieya
Jordyn Richter
INTEGSCI 140: Exploring Service in STEM Peer Leaders
Priya Oshan
Pronouns: She/her
Major: Neurobiology and Psychology with certificates in Global Health and Leadership
Hometown: La Crosse, WI
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Teagan Lear
Pronouns: She/her
Major: Biochemistry
Hometown: Boulder, CO
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Rebecca Pitluk
Minka Tolksdorf
INTEGSCI 240: Service with Youth in STEM Peer Leaders
Joey Lewis
Pronouns: He/him
Major: Biochemistry
Hometown: McFarland, WI
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Lexi Kloth
Pronouns: She/her
Major: Molecular & Cell Biology
Hometown: Wausau, WI
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