DLS Student Ambassador
- Sneha Kumar
- Graduation Year: 2025
- Major: Genetics
- Minor(s): Certificate in Computational Genetics
- Hometown: Middlesex Borough, NJ
- Career Interest: I aspire to become a physician, potentially specializing in endocrinology. My experiences working with patients in healthcare roles and volunteering, coupled with my passion for understanding the complexities of the human body have ignited my interest in this career path.
- Fun Fact: I enjoy playing the piano, reading and traveling!
- What was your favorite class and why?:
My favorite class so far was a genetics lab course called Honors Computational Genetics (01:447:203).
- What other Rutgers activities and extracurricular activities do you participate in?:
I work in Dr. Verzi's lab in the Human Genetics Institute where I received the DLS SURF research fellowship while working in his lab for the past 3 years. I am also the programming coordinator for Alpha Epsilon Delta (AED), the health pre-professional honor society, the secretary for the Association of Undergraduate Geneticists (AUG) club, an executive board member for the School of Arts and Sciences Honors Program (SASHP) Artist Collective and a peer mentor within the SASHP. Outside of Rutgers I work as a medical assistant at Kidz Dreamz Pediatrics in Iselin New Jersey.
