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The Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program (SURF), allows students to participate in a hands-on research in the laboratory of an established APS member for 10 weeks. Fellows have the opportunity to network with other APS Fellows, explore the nature of research and the scientific process, investigate physiology career options, learn about scientific communication and publication ethics, and present their work at the American Physiology Summit annual meeting.

The APS is pleased to announce the 2025 SURF fellows on behalf of the Career Opportunities in Physiology Committee:


2025 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows (SURF)

Meghan Bradley
University of  Arizona  

Hannah Cheeran 
Tulane University  

Joslyn Claypool 
Michigan State University  

Bhavya Jaiswal 
The University of Texas at Dallas  

Fiona Mesfin 
George Washington University  

Frankie Molitor 
University of Illinois at Springfield  

Spencer Pardee 
Taylor University 

Meg Rankin 
Australian National University  

Jonel Reyes 
University of Florida 

Sol Swenson 
Augusta University  

Vina Vedala 
University of Missouri  

Xucheng Zheng 
Bates College 

2024 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows (SURF)

Angela Ajith 
University of Georgia, Athens 

Malaica Ashley 
University of Florida, Gainesville 

Irene John Tomy 
University of Texas at El Paso 

Ryan Krueger 
University of Florida, Jacksonville 

Kate Kurotani 
University of Minnesota, Rochester 

Brian Rhee
University of Minnesota Twin Cities 

Julia Rosenthal 
Ursinus College, Collegeville, Penn

Zubab Syed 
University of Texas at Dallas 

Sara Tewoldemedhin 
Valparaiso University, Indiana 

Alireza Vaziri
York University, Toronto, Ontario Canada 

Matthew Wilson 
The Ohio State University 

Ala Wolfson 
University of Connecticut, Storrs

2023 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows (SURF)

Braden Bond 
University of Missouri, Columbia 

Parker Brecheen 
University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond

Addison Browell 
Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, VA

Zohaib Farroq
Benedictine University, Lisle, Ill

Anika Haski
The George Washington University, Washington, DC

Anna Murphy
Kalamazoo College, Michigan 

Alexandra Naman 
Texas A&M University, College Station 

Kirsten Clerre Rafanan 
Santiago Canyon College, Orange, CA

Kyndall Ransom
University of South Alabama, Mobile 

Mya Sebek 
Michigan State University, East Lansing 

Redeat Wattero 
University of Minnesota -Twin Cities, Minneapolis 

Amanda Zhong
Stony Brook University, New York  

 
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