Heat 1 Hosted by: 2024 Finalists Nnaoma Aguw, PhD candidate, The Henry Samueli School of Engineering & Savannah Plaskon, PhD student, School of Social Sciences
David Bojorquez – Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Matthew Heshmatipour – Joe C. Wen School of Population and Public Health
Casey Hudson – School of Medicine
Ali Keramati – School of Education
Rebecca Larkin – Claire Trevor School of the Arts
Nitish Nagesh – Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Science
Adrian Ornelas – The Henry Samueli School of Engineering
Carina Padilla – School of Humanities
Nichole Procter – Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Gulnaz Shalgumbayeva – School of Physical Sciences
Mehdi Zafari – The Henry Samueli School of Engineering
Heat 2 Hosted by: 2025 Finalist Kathryn Jones, PhD candidate, The Henry Samueli School of Engineering
Akshaya Bharadhwa – Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Science
Mahbuba Chowdhury – The Henry Samueli School of Engineering
Mihoka Fukurai – Joe C. Wen School of Population and Public Health
Aria Gaston-Panthaki – School of Education
Jyotsana Kala – School of Social Sciences
Chelsea Nguyen – Center for Complex Biological Systems
Savannah Plaskon – School of Social Sciences
Mahkameh Rasouli – Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing
Zechuan Shi – Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Agustin Sillero – The Henry Samueli School of Engineering
Heat 3 Hosted by: 2025 Finalists Kunlei He, PhD candidate, School of Education & Emily Tom, PhD candidate, School of Medicine
Ashton Brown – School of Physical Sciences
Cameron Geller – Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Claire Illeck – Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Timothy Johnsen – The Henry Samueli School of Engineering
Shakib Kafashan – The Henry Samueli School of Engineering
Jeesoo Kim – The Paul Merage School of Business
Karen Leonor Lopez – The Henry Samueli School of Engineering
Iman Mohammadi – Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Science
Zetong Song – School of Humanities
Prerna Srigyan – School of Social Sciences
Heat 4 Hosted by: 2024 Finalist May Hui, PhD candidate, Medical Resident, Medical Scientist Training Program
Emma Caudill – The Henry Samueli School of Engineering
Jaeyoon Choi – School of Education
Tessa Chou – School of Medicine
Gabriella Colello – School of Social Sciences
Emma Houton – Claire Trevor School of the Arts
Jake Melton – School of Law
Larissa Parra – School of Humanities
Franco Ruffini – The Henry Samueli School of Engineering
Haley Staudmyer – School of Physical Sciences
Heat 5 Hosted by: 2023 Finalist Emani Hicks, PhD candidate, Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Science
Celina Yang – School of Medicine
Fabricio Cavero Farfan – Claire Trevor School of the Arts
Jia Tao The Paul Merage – School of Business
Julie Loritsch – Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Valeria Orozco Saldarriaga – School of Physical Sciences
Zhenyao Cai – School of Education
Kshitij Anand – The Henry Samueli School of Engineering
Deepanshu Tanwar – The Henry Samueli School of Engineering/Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Science
Mohammad Siddiqui School of Social Sciences
Sina Rismanchian School of Education
