Biography

Sooraj Achar (CLAS, 2018) majored in Chemistry with a specialization in Biochemistry, and minored in Mathematics. During his time at the University of Virginia (UVA), Sooraj completed a year of research with Dr. Hilinski, studying the regioselectivity of oxidation catalysts, as well as two years of research with Dr. Mura using computational simulations to understand the dynamics of Hfq-RNA interactions. This summer, Sooraj will complete a summer internship at the NIH studying chaperon complex formation, and will spend the following two years at the National Cancer Institute through the National Institutes of Health Post-Baccalaureate Program designing better models for the diverse range of immunological interactions pertinent to T cell therapy. Upon completion of this research, Sooraj will attend medical school.