Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship

2007-2008

A native of Howell, New Jersey, Swarup Swaminathan is majoring in Biochemistry. He seeks to pursue an M.D./Ph.D. with the Ph.D. in Protein Biochemistry/Molecular Biophysics. He is working in the lab of Professor John Hunt, where he studies the role of nucleotide cyclic diguanylate in the virulence pathway of Vibrio cholerae. He is a certified EMT and a member of Columbia EMS. Active in the Hindu Students Organization, Swarup plays the harmonium and is the recipient of a New Jersey Folk Arts Apprenticeship grant for the past two years. He also is a disc jockey on WKCR, hosting an Indian Classical music program and directing the world music department.