#  Student Voices 

 



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What is it really like to earn a PhD in BBS? Our students share their own stories: how they found their way to Harvard, what drives their research, and how they’ve built community, found mentors, and grown as scientists along the way. Get to know the people at the heart of our program, in their own words.





 

  [### Nashaley Adorno de Leon

 ](/people/nashaley-adorno-de-leon)PhD Candidate

 

 

 

      ![Nash](/sites/g/files/omnuum5321/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-11/NAdL_headshot.png?itok=pqIXXc_j) 

 

 

 

   [### Justin Bae

 ](/people/justin-bae)PhD Candidate

 

 

 

      ![Justin Bae](/sites/g/files/omnuum5321/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-11/JustinBae.jpg?itok=leRXIDq_) 

 

 

 

   [### Wafa Malik

 ](/people/wafa-malik-0)PhD Candidate

 

 

 

      ![Malik 2](/sites/g/files/omnuum5321/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-11/Malik-1.png?itok=z3Xe2GGi) 

 

 

 

   [### Angela Mermerian

 ](/people/angela-mermerian)PhD Candidate

 

 

 

      ![Angela](/sites/g/files/omnuum5321/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-10/PIC1.jpg?itok=7phmzQsB) 

 

 

 

   [### Noor Radde

 ](/people/noor-radde)PhD Candidate

 

 

 

      ![Noor](/sites/g/files/omnuum5321/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-10/nradde.png?itok=d8G50a81) 

 

 

 

   [### Gabriel Romero Agosto

 ](/people/gabriel-romero-agosto)PhD Candidate

 

 

 

      ![Gabriel](/sites/g/files/omnuum5321/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-10/Unknown-1.png?itok=bRrDQh-9)