Awards and fellowships
- 2025 – 2026
- Cancer Biology Fellowship. University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine. A fully funded fellowship covering stipend, tuition and fees.
- Fall 2023
- BIOI Essay Writing Competition. First place, with an Excellence Award certificate.
- 2023
- Graduation with Distinction. Lahore University of Management Sciences.
- 2023
- AIEF National AI Championship. Finalist, one of the top seven.
- May 2023
- National Grassroots ICT Research Initiative Grant. Awarded to fund the senior thesis research on autophagy in colorectal cancer.
- Fall 2022
- Diamond Challenge. Third place overall in the social entrepreneurship competition at the University of Delaware.
- 2020 – 2023
- Dean's Honor List. Lahore University of Management Sciences, seven consecutive semesters.
Teaching
Teaching Assistant, Departments of Life Sciences and Mathematics, Lahore University of Management SciencesLahore, Pakistan · 2021 – 2023
I was a teaching assistant for seven courses over two years. They were Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Introductory Biology, Scientific Writing and Ethics, and Linear Algebra, among others.
In August 2023 I co-organized two Training the Trainers workshops on genetics and DNA basics, for educators rather than students. That meant writing the curriculum as well as running the sessions.
Department service
Cancer Biology Social Committee, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa2024 – present
I help run the social program for the Cancer Biology graduate program, organize the annual retreat, and invite and host speakers for department seminars.
Certifications
CITI is the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative, the standard research ethics and compliance training used by US universities. IRB is the Institutional Review Board, which approves research on people. IACUC is the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, which approves research on animals.