Ashwini Pullur

Interdisciplinary Biological Sciences PhD Student | Northwestern University

San Francisco, California, United States

About

Experience

  • Academic Mentor at ESM Prep
    Oct 2024 - Present · 1 yr 10 mos

    Assisting high school and college students around the United States with Biology and Chemistry classes as well as SAT and ACT test prep.

  • Graduate Student Researcher at Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
    Jul 2024 - May 2025 · 11 mos

    Studying inner ear development and regeneration under Dr. Ksenia Gnedeva. Investigating the potential of in vitro culture of inner ear cells.

  • Undergraduate Researcher at University of California, San Francisco
    May 2022 - Dec 2023 · 1 yr 8 mos

    Visiting Student at Dr.Mustafa Aydogan's lab in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics. Gained experience in fly husbandry, genetics, cell biology, fluorescence microscopy, embryology, and data analysis using Python.

  • University of San Francisco (3 yrs 4 mos)
    • Peer Tutor
      Jan 2022 - Dec 2023 · 2 yrs

      Worked with my peers 1:1 and in small groups to help with understanding concepts in General Biology and General Chemistry

    • Peer Led Team Learning Leader
      Aug 2021 - May 2022 · 10 mos

      I worked with a group of six to seven undergraduate students taking General Chemistry. I led this one credit class and taught review strategies and tutored concepts for two hours once a week. Conducted a research study about creative breaks during long periods of studying and presented a poster at the 2022 Creativity, Activity, and Research Day at USF. Won the Best Peer Led Team Learning Leader Award for the 2021-2022 academic year.

    • Undergraduate Research Assistant
      Sep 2020 - May 2022 · 1 yr 9 mos

      Participated in discussions about creativity and the brain under the guidance of Dr. Indre Viskontas Presented a research paper on brain function in dancers to the lab group Researched relationship between speech fluency and dance Internship with Rubato - researched correlation between stress and music through measurement of heart rate variability