Nikhil Singh

Cell Biology & Neuroscience @ Rutgers University

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

About

Motivated pre-medical student interested in neuroscience, clinical care, teaching, and impact. Always learning, always curious.

Experience

  • Rutgers University (11 mos)
    • Undergraduate Researcher
      Jan 2026 - Present · 7 mos

      Investigating how meningeal lymphatic vessels and cerebrospinal fluid flow maintain brain waste clearance, and how their disruption in conditions like craniosynostosis and aging may contribute to neurodegeneration

    • Physics TA
      Sep 2025 - Present · 11 mos

      Recitation instructor & head exam proctor for General Physics 204. Ranked top 15 of 715 students in Spring 2025

    • Organic Chemistry SI
      Nov 2025 - Present · 9 mos

      Supplemental Organic Chemistry 307/308 instructor for minority and first generation college students. Designed mock exams and held review sessions before midterm and final exams

  • Certified Nursing Assistant at Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System
    Jun 2025 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos

    ACE Department | Geriatrics Steering Committee 2nd Place - 2025 World Alzheimer’s Day poster competition

  • Vice President at TEACH Together Educating All Children In Hospitals
    Oct 2024 - Present · 1 yr 10 mos

  • Children’s Volunteer at Children's Specialized Hospital
    Apr 2025 - Feb 2026 · 11 mos

    Swim instructor for children ages 6-12 with neurological disabilities.

  • Undergraduate Researcher at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
    Nov 2024 - Jan 2026 · 1 yr 3 mos

    Our lab aims to study how deficiencies in brain development have an impact on cognitive function and neural degeneration. Our focus is centered on the conditional knockout of the CC2D1A gene, which when mutated causes a spectrum of neuropsychiatric disorders including severe ID, ASD and seizures.