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Undergraduate Thesis Student

Alina Altinbaeva

Alina Altinbaeva

Position: Undergraduate Thesis Student

About: Alina is a fourth-year in the Biomedical Discovery and Commercialization program. She joined the Brown lab in 2025, and her thesis work investigates restoring β-lactam efficacy through inhibition of fatty acid biosynthesis. She is passionate about the overlap between medicine and education, and in her free time you can find her doing martial arts or curling up with her cats.


Cynthia Hang

Cynthia Hang

Position: Undergraduate Thesis Student

About: Cynthia is a fourth-year in the Biomedical Discovery & Commercialization program. She joined the Brown Lab in 2025 and is investigating how modulating the bacterial membrane’s proton motive force influences its physiology and susceptibility to antibiotics. Outside of the lab she enjoys hiking and exploring new cafes.

Harane Maniyalaghan

Harane Maniyalaghan

Position: Undergraduate Thesis Student

About: Harane is a fourth-year in the Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences program. She joined the lab in 2025 and her thesis work involves finding redundancies in vitamin transporters in bacteria to inform nutrient antibiotic discovery. Outside of the lab she enjoys music, movies, and travelling.


Shivum Sawh

Shivum Sawh

Position: Undergraduate Thesis Student

About: Shivum is a fourth-year in the Molecular Biology and Genetics, Co-op program. He joined the Brown Lab in 2025 and is working on a C. elegans behavioural platform to identify neuroactive fungal metabolites. Outside of the lab he enjoys swimming and scuba diving.