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.