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executive board

2025 Calendar Year

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Katie Qu

Katie is a junior double majoring in Biology, Health, and Society (BHS) and Economics. She is from Troy, Michigan, and she is a proud member of the Upsilon pledge class! Outside of PhiDE, Katie is involved in the Chinese Student Association on campus and serves as an advisor for the club, where she helps organize events that promote Chinese culture and community. She is also an undergraduate research assistant in the Bo Duan lab, where she studies the neural and immune pathways that contribute to chronic itch mechanisms. Additionally, Katie is a part of Camp Kesem, a nonprofit organization that raises money to support children impacted by a parent's cancer. For work, Katie is currently a Physics 250 study group facilitator at the Science Learning Center (SLC) on campus as well as a licensed EMT. In her free time, Katie enjoys making matcha, cooking, swimming, and trying new restaurants with friends!

President
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Andrew Yu
Vice President of Programming

Andrew is a junior majoring in Biomedical Engineering. He is from Scotch Plains, New Jersey, and is a proud member of the Upsilon pledge class! Outside of PhiDE, Andrew is a research assistant at the Merajver Lab, where he studies tumor immunology and is working on optimizing 3D light sheet fluorescent imaging for non-small cell lung cancer spheroids to observe spacially how immune cells can penetrate tumors. Andrew also serves as the Vice President of Operations for Blueprints for Pangaea, a nonprofit organization that reallocates excess, unused medical supplies to places in need, both locally and internationally. He is also part of a biomedical innovation club called MedLaunch, where he is currently working on a project to create a usable syringe for people with severe vision impairment. For work, Andrew is an EMT for the Huron Valley Ambulance. In his free time, Andrew enjoys playing golf, watching K-Dramas, playing poker, and eating out with friends! 

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Abhi Sastry
Vice President of Recruitment

Abhi is a junior double majoring in Biochemistry and Latin Language & Literature. He is from Vienna, Virginia and is a proud member of the Upsilon pledge class! Outside of PhiDE, Abhi is a research assistant in the Singer Lab where he is working on understanding the differences in the obesity-induced inflammation and adipogenesis between males and females. He is also the Vice President of Professional Development for Blueprints for Pangaea, a student nonprofit organization on campus dedicated to reallocating excess unused medical supplies to free and low-income clinics around the country and worldwide. Abhi works as an SLC tutor for Chem 210 and also a tutor for the Latin department. He is also a licensed EMT. Outside of UofM, Abhi is a referral and front desk volunteer at Hope Clinic in Ypsilanti, a clinic providing free healthcare to uninsured people in the Detroit Metro Area. Abhi also enjoys dancing in cultural club events such as the Indian American Student Association show and Pakistani Student Association’s Mock Mehndi. Outside of school Abhi enjoys cooking, watching movies (shoutout to Bollywood), rewatching Modern Family and Parks and Rec, and going to restaurants (shoutout Taco Bell and Fire Sauce) with friends!

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Matthew White
Vice President of Finance

Matt is a junior majoring in Biomedical Engineering and minoring in Music. He is originally from Warren, MI, and is a very proud member of the Chi Pledge Class. Outside of PhiDE, Matt is a research assistant in the Gallagher Lab where he looks at epigenetic alterations in immune and structural cells and their applications in cardiovascular diseases and tissue regeneration. Matt also works as a science learning center study group facilitator for Physics 150 and is a member and rank leader in the clarinet section of the Michigan Marching Band (MMB). In the MMB he also works as a content creator helping manage the bands social media pages/platforms. Matt is a member of Kappa Kappa Psi, where he is on the correspondence committee and has also held the role of social media liaison. He is also a dancer for DMUM, a member of the external communications committee for UNICEF, and has been in both the basketball and hockey bands. Matt volunteers with two local high school robotics teams where he assists students with marketing and finance for the teams’ season and outlook purposes. He also volunteers with Michigan Medicine at Mott’s where he assists patients and families as they wait for treatment in the children’s emergency room. In his free time, Matt enjoys eating out (shoutout Taco Bell and Chipotle), binging insane amounts of tv/movies, baking, gaming, building legos, listening to music, euchre, and pickleball!

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Emma Kim
Secretary/Risk Management Officer

Emma is a junior majoring in Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology and minoring in Medical Anthropology. Originally from Rochester Hills, Michigan, she joined PhiDE with the Upsilon class in Winter 2023. She volunteers at the Frankel Cardiovascular Center where she assists in leading families to patient rooms and creates patient files to be used by the staff, and she is a student volunteer editor for the Michigan Review of Prisoner Creative Writing where she helps to publish writing pieces sent to PCAP by incarcerated people in Michigan. On campus, she is a research assistant in the Ming Li lab, and her research focuses on assessing key protein regulators of the M6P pathway to understand the development of Mucolipidosis Type V disease. Combining her interests in research and global health, she is also a research assistant in the HaEun Lee lab where she aids in projects that focus on family planning in Uganda and Zambia. Outside of PhiDE, she serves as the current secretary of KSEA, where she supports and connects with the Korean-American STEM community through professional and social events. She also enjoys her hobbies of photography and videography through the documentation team at her church. In her spare time, she enjoys running, baking, going to concerts, and crocheting. She is also the co-creator/co-host of the ctrl + z podcast, where it addresses the stress of leading a successful college journey as a Wolverine and provides resources to find one’s passion in college (check them out on Spotify!).

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