Aleena Patel

Postdoctoral Scholar, Developmental Biology

Honors & Awards

Helen Hay Whitney-AGBT Postdoctoral Fellowship, Helen Hay Whitney Foundation & AGBT (2023-2026)
Walter V. and Idun Berry Postdoctoral Fellowship, Stanford School of Medicine (2022-2023)
Dean's Postdoctoral Fellowship, Stanford School of Medicine (2021-2022)
Graduate Research Fellowship, National Science Foundation (2017-2020)

Professional Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University (2021)
Master of Arts, Princeton University (2017)
Bachelor of Science, California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Bioengineering (2015)

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