beast

Hi, we're beast!

We're the graduate student association for the joint UC Berkeley-UCSF Bioengineering Graduate Program. Our organization is dedicated to helping students navigate the graduate school process across half a decade and two sides of the Bay. Our members help plan the interviewee Visit Weekend, create social events for the entire program, and sit on the UCSF-UC Berkeley Bioengineering admissions committee.

Contact Us

For general student-led help with classes, rotations or dealing with lab, please reach out to our Peer Advisors. For administrative and logistics help, visit our FAQs page, or reach out to Rocio and Victoria.

For concerns related to Beast events and affairs, take a look at our member directory below to get your email to the right person quickly, or leave us a general message in the form.

Beast Student Directory

Here, you will find information about current active student organizers of the Bioengineering Association of Students (BEAST). If you have any questions or need to get in touch with a specific student, please feel free to reach out to the program administration or your faculty advisor.

Eze Ukabiala

Beast Co-President

Drew Ramos

Beast Co-President

Yuko Koike

Treasurer

Emilie Kono

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, Admissions Committee, BioE Student Talks Coordinator

Fiona Duong

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee

Yu-Tung Yeh

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee

Devin Schoen

Admissions Committee

Esther Sim

Admissions Committee

Yvonne Rong

Admissions Committee

Jessica Ortiz

Admissions Committee

Kira Buttrey

Admissions Committee

Brenda Ametepe

Admissions Committee

Sarah Wasinger

Admissions Committee

Alvince Pongos

Admissions Committee

Julio A. Rivera de Jesus

Admissions Committee

Jazmin Velazquez

Admissions Committee

Michael Anne Bolene

Retreat Committee, Head Peer Advisor

Luis Sandoval

Retreat Committee

Rajshree Chettiyar

Retreat Committee

Uma Paithankar

Retreat Committee

Samantha Lydon

Retreat Committee

Aditya Behal

Retreat Committee

Lucas Pardo

Visit Weekend Committee

Sam Rubin

Visit Weekend Committee

Corinne Martin

Visit Weekend Committee

Shea Mowry

Visit Weekend Committee

Vi Ha Nguyen

Visit Weekend Committee, Industry & Alumni Liaison

Margaret Zhang

Visit Weekend Committee, Internal Networking Committee

Adriann Brodeth

Visit Weekend Committee, Internal Networking Committee, BMES Liaison

Smiti Mittal

Advocacy, Communications and Outreach Committee, Head Peer Advisor

Teerith Pascricha

Advocacy, Communications and Outreach Committee

Jennifer Tsai

Advocacy, Communications and Outreach Committee, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee

Angelica Bernal

Advocacy, Communications and Outreach Committee, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee

Steven Robles Blasini

Advocacy, Communications and Outreach Committee, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee

Sarah Mia Liu

Internal Networking Committee, Webmaster

Omkar Ghenand

Internal Networking Committee

Teerith Pasricha

Head Peer Advisor

Julia Jamieson

Head Peer Advisor

Liam Bartie

Graduate Assembly Representative

Juliane Bombosch

Graduate Assembly Representative

Uma Paithankar

Industry & Alumni Liaison

Alumni