Tiffany Chan

Major: Biology and Computational and Integrative Biology
Minor: Chemistry

Favorite RUC Experience: My favorite experience on the RUC campus is to be able to explore the research community and talk to the various faculty around campus. 

Favorite RUC Event: My favorite event to attend each year is Biology Day, where students, faculty, and families come together for a poster presentation and be able to explore and view all of the scientific achievements made by the undergraduates throughout the academic year.

Kamryn (Kami) Sharief

Major: Biology (Pre-Medicine)
Minor: Chemistry

RUC Involvement: Vice President & Social Media Manager of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated – Theta Omicron Chapter, Chair of CCAS/UCC Student Advisory

Favorite RUC Experience: One of my favorite experiences was taking a field trip to the Woodland Pine Barrens for my Ecology class, or when my sorority volunteered at Jumpstart Academy and
got to read to the children!

Favorite RUC Event: My favorite event to attend each year is the Black Excellence Gala hosted by Black Student Union. The event highlights all of the black organizations on campus and holds an award ceremony!

Myo Thinzar Htin Aung

Major: Biology

RUC Involvement: Vice President & Alumni Advisor of the Biology Club, Outreach Coordinator for SAATH-RUC

Aye Thinzar Htin Aung

Major: Biology
Minor: Chemistry

RUC Involvement: President of the American Medical Student Association (AMSA), Secretary of the Biology Club

Favorite RUC Experience: One of my favorite experiences of being part of the Rutgers–Camden community is participating in the Civic Engagement Project, where I volunteered with the Free Book Project. It allowed me to engage with the Camden community and learn so much from my peers.

Favorite RUC Event: My favorite event to attend each year is the Research Retreat hosted by the Biology and Chemistry Clubs, where I enjoy listening to inspiring research presentations.

Zarah Bacchus

Major: Biology and Computational and Integrative Biology
Minor: Chemistry

RUC Involvement: Muslim Students Association; also a part of the Corbett lab and URISE program. 

Favorite RUC Experience: Attending the annual symposium at the UPenn Center for Musculoskeletal Disorders! At the time, I’d just graduated from high school with my associate’s degree, transferred to Rutgers, and suddenly I was a junior who barely knew anyone. When I saw the travel award application, I hesitated because it included funding for both me and a faculty mentor, and I wasn’t sure who to ask. The same professor who had encouraged our whole class to apply kept coming to mind, so I worked up the nerve to ask him, and before I knew it, we were on a train to Philly. That trip was the start of a mentorship that has shaped my time here in ways I’ll always be grateful for.

Favorite RUC Event: Biology Day! I got to present my first-ever scientific poster on my research there! I also met some pretty cool people to talk science with. Most importantly, my lab group picture in front of my poster! Definitely a key memory. 

Flynn Semenuk

Major: Biology

RUC Involvement: Involved in the URISE program and a part of the Klein research lab

Favorite RUC Experience: My favorite experience on the RUC campus would have to be my first Biology Day. My classmates and I worked so hard on our poster, and it was so rewarding to see our semester long effort of research come to fruition for everyone to see.

Favorite RUC Event: My favorite event would have to be Biology Day. Every semester I have participated is very rewarding as the research community comes together and everyone is welcomed to present their hard work. It is always exciting to see what my peers have been working on and learn more about different fields of science.