Current Ambassadors



Indianapolis

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Elliott Samuel Korentager

ekorenta@purdue.edu

Mission Hills, KS


I love being outdoors exploring and meeting new people.

Project C.U.R.E. young professionals board helping to plan and support fundraisers and charity events including medical device organization. Co-Founder and Treasurer for Car Restoration and Repair Club, secretary for delta sigma phi fraternity, interned over the past 5 summers at research cellular labs, studied abroad in Japan with Purdue on the Global Health in BME program.


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Aliza Soyster

asoyster@purdue.edu

Indianapolis, IN


I love to do stained glass!

GEARE (Minor is global engineering studies), Socail Programming Chair for Biomedical Engineering Society, Team Leader and Team Supervisor for Boiler Gold Rush, Summer Internship with Purdue Orientation Programs, Disability Resource Center Exam Proctor


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Rebecca Renee Holmes

holme141@purdue.edu

Cincinnati, OH


I have been skydiving.

Resident assistant, PiMed pre-professional prep officer, volleyball club locistics officer, biophysics research, pre-med, resident hall club


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David Quan Xing Chin

chin100@purdue.edu

Scottsdale, AZ


Traveled and lived in 7 different places in the US and China.


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Lindsey D. Laine

llaine@purdue.edu

Evansville, IN


I can juggle.

Participated in a study abroad to Ireland studying manufacturing medical devices, Interned over the summer with a food as medicine company through Interns For Indiana, Vice President of Education for Alpha Sigma Alpha, Apart of a research team for imaging kidneys


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Ishita Mukadam

imukadam@purdue.edu

Fairfield, IA


I'm an avid henna artist.

OUR Scholar Research Assistant at QBIS Lab, PiMed President, IUSM Clinical Immersion Program CV Maymester Intern, Office of Admissions Indy Ambassador, College of Engineering Peer Counselor, OPP Teaching Assistant, UR Resident Assistant, Student Life SAB Member, BME Ambassador, ex IFI R&D Intern at Neurava (startup that makes epileptic seizure detection wearables), ex Vice President of EWB-Indy


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Carissa MaryLyn Mollet

cmollet@purdue.edu

Crown Point, IN


I have performed on stage at Carnegie Hall in New York City.

(IN)SCRIBE, Women in Engineering Leadership Team, BME Scandinavia Study Abroad, Boiler Gold Rush Team Leader & Team Supervisor, IUI Alpha Lambda Delta/Phi Eta Sigma Student Advisor, Undergraduate TA


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Jennifer Marie Bowles

bowles13@purdue.edu

Indianapolis, IN


My goal is to try every local coffee shop in Indy before I graduate!

BBML Undergraduate Research Assistant; BME-REU summer internship at WFU; Adjunct Anatomy Lab Instructor (IUI); Undergraduate TA (Purdue); Member of Biomedical Engineering Honors Society (Alpha Eta Mu Beta, 2025-2026), Engineering Honor Society (Tau Beta Pi, 2025-2026), Purdue Society of Women Engineers




West Lafayette

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Bara'ah Mariam Abu-Mulaweh

abumbm01@purdue.edu


I'm Palestinian!

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Owen Jungblut

ojungblu@purdue.edu


I can solve a Rubik's Cube.

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Hallie Spurling

hspurlin@purdue.edu


I love visiting national parks! So far, I've been to 24/63!

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Varshetha Senthilkumar

senthi46@purdue.edu


I love to travel.

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Mary Porter

porte245@purdue.edu


I played tackle football for five years.

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Ridhima Singh Tomar

rtomar@purdue.edu


I am a 3rd degree black belt and have done Tae Kwon Do for almost 11 years.

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Pragathi Arunkumar

parunkum@purdue.edu


I love cliff diving.

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Calvin Bennet Kocal

ckocal@purdue.edu


I've been playing the cello for about 8 years.

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Braelyn Riley Stettler

bstettl@purdue.edu


I'm a big foodie who loves baking, cooking, and experimenting with new flavors, especially when it involves making sweet treats.

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Abby Gaudet

gaudet@purdue.edu

Louisville, CO

Plan to do a fifth year masters


I am an avid skier.

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Abby Sanders

sande302@purdue.edu

Louisville, KY


I saw Taylor Swift this past summer in Munich, Germany!

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Brinna Porat

bporat@purdue.edu

Greenwood, IN

Pre-Med track, Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Certificate Candidate


I have been in robotics for 10 years now, and am still involved by mentoring a local high school team.

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Catherine Gemrich

cgemrich@purdue.edu

Cincinnati, OH

Honor College, GEARE and Undergraduate Research Co-op


I love to travel, read and go to the gym.

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Emanuel Borror

borrore@purdue.edu

Venice, CA

Pre-Med


I don't have an appendix.

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Katherine Doyle

doyle127@purdue.edu

Arlington Heights, IL

BME 4+1 Masters' Program


I have played tennis for over 15 years.

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Khushi Choksi

choksik@purdue.edu

Singapore

Management and AI/ML minors


I have been to 21 countries.

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Lauren Culp

culp25@purdue.edu

Wake Forest, NC

BME 4+1, Management Minor


I love to travel and most recently visited five countries over winter break.

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Lucy Kohl

kohll@purdue.edu

Bemus Point, NY


I am a leftie.

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Mihika Desai

desai179@purdue.edu

Peoria, IL

Biotechnology minor, Entrepreneurship certificate


I've lived in three countries.

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Nathan Petrucci

npetrucc@purdue.edu

Brookfield, WI

Minoring in Mathematics, Global Engineering Studies and Pre-Med


I once beat a turtle in a staring contest.

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Owen Wesling

owesling@purdue.edu

Lombard, IL

GEARE


I got caught in downpour in the Sahara Desert

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Roshni Thakkar

thakka21@purdue.edu

Palatine, IL

Pre-Med


I've survived a volcanic eruption.

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Sanjana Prashanth

sprasha@purdue.edu

Naperville, IL

Plan to do a fifth year masters


I can speak 7 languages.

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Stephanie Gerdt

sgerdt@purdue.edu

Flemington, NJ

Management minor


I would love to visit all 50 states. I am currently at 38!

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Urja Raipancholia

uraipanc@purdue.edu

Dubai, UAE

Minor in Economics and Certificate in Applications of Data Science


I did ballet for 9 years.