Alumni Spotlight: Bina Julian, M.Eng. 2006

Bina Julian

Throughout her tenure at Cornell (B.S. ‘05, M.Eng. ‘06), Bina Julian pursued her passion for hands-on teaching in both physiological engineering and the molecular principles of biomedical engineering. She received her M.Eng. degree in biomedical engineering studying drug-receptor kinetics under Dr. Linda Nowak. Julian then went on to advance drug discovery and precision medicine research at Pfizer Global R&D and the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT. Currently, she is a Ph.D. candidate in the lab of Dr. Alan Kopin of Tufts Medical Center where she develops pharmacological tools to probe receptors involved in inflammatory disease. In addition to her research, she has worked with several organizations and startups including Venture Cafe, XX in Health Boston, Biotech Connection Boston and Archimedes Project. She was recently honored with the 2016 Tufts University Presidential Award for Citizenship and Public Service for her leadership of the Tufts Biomedical Business Club and her work creating professional opportunities for scientists. Julian will be defending this December and relocating to the Bay Area.

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