Allie Hayman, PhD
CU-Boulder Site Director;
Associate Professor in Aerospace Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences

Arian Anderson, MD, MS
CU-Anschutz Site Director; Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine

Katya Arquilla, PhD
Assistant Professor in Aerospace Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences

Miranda Mesloh, MD, MS
Instructor of Emergency Medicine
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Aerospace Engineering (Bioastronautics)

Benjamin Easter, MD, MBA, MS
Space X Flight Surgeon, Adjunct Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine

Jay Lemery, MD
Section Chief, Wilderness Medicine; Professor, Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine; Former Element Scientist, Exploration Medical Capability, NASA Human Research Program

Students

Henry Wang

Raj Selagamsetty

Maxwell Conolly

Where I’m from: Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Undergrad: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 
Medical specialty of interest: Undecided 
Why this dual degree program: to have a multidisciplinary career combining both medicine and engineering. 
Hobbies: basketball, weightlifting, trivia games, and playing whatever sport is in season
Ask me about: the best YouTube videos to watch, cats, or history

Patrick Pagano

Where I’m from: North Haven, Connecticut
Undergrad: University of Connecticut
Medical specialty of interest: Emergency Medicine, Space Medicine, Rural Family Medicine
Why this dual degree program: I aspire to work in the human spaceflight program; this program gives me the tools to understand both human health and the mechanical systems in place to support it!
Hobbies:  skiing, calisthenics, amateur mycology, hiking, camping, trail running
Ask me about: mycorrhizal networks, kickboxing, social insects, mountaineering, global health

Puja Nakkala

Where I’m from: Apex, North Carolina
Undergrad: UNC Chapel Hill
Medical specialty of interest: Neurology, Family Medicine, Gastroenterology, Anesthesiology
Why this dual degree program: I've been fascinated by space ever since I was young and always dreamed of becoming an astronaut. This is the ideal intersection of exploration, innovation, and human health, preparing me to care for people in the most extreme environments.
Hobbies: Painting and modeling, playing board games, reading, crocheting, working out, and hanging out with my friends and family
Ask me about: Where I've traveled, my nail business

Ryan Dumais

Where I’m from: Charlotte, North Carolina
Undergrad: UNC Chapel Hill
Medical specialty of interest: Cardiology, Critical Care, Emergency Medicine
Why bioastronautics: My interest in space flight began while watching Chris Hadfield play guitar on the ISS, and after hearing about all of the incredible advances and opportunities centered around the intersection of medicine and aerospace engineering, it was a no-brainer!
Hobbies: Guitar, Pickleball, Skiing, Card games
Ask me about: Hans Zimmer scores, Silent discos, Kurzgesagt videos

Elena De Schutter

Where I’m from: Antwerp, Belgium

Undergrad: UCLA

Medical Specialty of Interest: Anesthesiology, Emergency Medicine, Interventional Radiology, OB-GYN

Why bioastronautics: I loved looking at the stars and reading books about space when I was a kid. Now having the opportunity to combine my passion for medicine and the exciting challenges of aerospace engineering is a dream come true!

Hobbies: baking, spending time with family and friends, scrapbooking, arts and crafts

Ask me about: Formula 1 and Belgian food

Jack Drummond

Where I’m from: Pleasanton, CA
Undergrad: Boston University
Medical specialty of interest: Oncology, Emergency Medicine, and Cardiology
Why bioastronautics: I decided to study bioastronautics because it is a new and emerging field of medicine involving pushing the limits of human space flight and exploration
Hobbies: Freediving, backpacking and hanging out with good friends!
Ask me about: My love for the Lord of the Rings, and dry turkey sandwiches

Jack Duryea

Where I’m from: Crested Butte, CO

Undergrad: Rice University

Medical specialty of interest: Radiation Oncology

Why bioastronautics: I love technology, innovation, and rural medicine; space is the perfect (and coolest) place to combine all of these!

Hobbies: Photography, Catan, running, hiking with friends, skiing, piano

Ask me about: Elite Mario Kart strategies, 14ers, rural medicine, F1, and how to tell me and the other Jack apart

Kori Baker

Where I’m from: Bakersfield, CA/Castle Rock, CO
Undergrad: University of Colorado Denver
Medical specialty of interest: OB-GYN
Why bioastronautics: I wanted to be an astronaut when I was little...space is COOL!
Hobbies: soccer, working out, camping, watching sports, hanging out with friends/family
Ask me about: sports, women in STEM, diversity initiatives

Alumni

Linde Bischak

Residency: Emergency Medicine, University of Washington
Where I’m from: Indiana
Undergrad: Mary Baldwin University
Medical specialty of interest: Emergency Medicine
Why bioastronautics: It’s another facet of my interest in austere medicine and I hope innovations developed for space exploration will be applied to medical challenges faced by resource-limited settings on Earth.
Hobbies: Hiking, backpacking, paddleboarding, yoga, reading, plants, being bossed around by my two cats
Ask me about: why I love Colorado, austere/wilderness medicine, choosing medicine as a second career, statistics and data science, apartment gardening, hiking trail recommendations

Eric Sallinger

Residency: Psychiatry, Rush 
Where I’m from: Golden, CO 
Undergrad: Washington University in St. Louis 
Medical specialty of interest: psychiatry 
Why bioastronautics: to see what medicine can learn from space travel and vice versa
Hobbies: cooking, soccer, piano 
Ask me about: my favorite season of Survivor