Marine Corps | Stanford University | Ph.D., Material Science and Engineering — Gregory served as a infantry team leader in the Marine Corps, deploying in 2008 on the USS Tarawa with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit and then in 2009 deploying to Helmand Province, Afghanistan for Operation Khanjar, the largest Marine offensive since the Battle of Fallujah and the biggest offensive airlift…

Fung Fellows teamed up with Civic Design Studio to expand access to green space in for East Oakland students — At the beginning of the Spring 2023 semester, Civic Design Studio pitched their idea to the 2023 cohort of Fung Fellows; they wanted to create an outdoor educational space for students at Castlemont High School that emphasizes East Oakland as a space of innovation, connection, and diversity. …

Fung Fellows teamed up with EFCWest to empower community control of health outcomes — This past January, the Fung Fellows embarked on a semester-long project with the help of an industry partner. Fung Fellows from the Conservation Track formed a team composed of Angel Lee [Public Health & Data Science], Seojin Choi [Landscape Architecture], Sofia Schnurer [Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures], Shreya Aviri [American…

On learning from discomfort, spreading kindness, and figuring it out along the way — Shreya Aviri started off her time at UC Berkeley in a slump. Her first year of college was completely remote, forming a group of friends proved to be difficult, and the competitive nature of campus clubs got the best of her. Like many in her position, Shreya began to lose…

On innovating in healthcare, giving back to the community, and realizing you’re more than your resume — Jenny Lu arrived at UC Berkeley curious about the mechanisms that make life work. To indulge that curiosity, she chose to study integrative biology and creative writing, the latter of which allows her to take a more imaginative approach to science. Her goal? To innovate and conduct research that improves…

On coming back from rejection, learning to lead, and leaving the world better than you found it — Over the course of her academic career, Yessenia has found herself drawn to many different things, English, political science, architecture, art history, but most importantly, design. How to study design in college, however, proved to be a more difficult question. At UC Berkeley, she found the opportunity to explore a…

On getting outdoors, appreciating the world, and taking action to save it — Kira Wiesinger came to UC Berkeley to study environmental science and create change through conservation, after having volunteered at Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo during high school. However, after her study abroad program at the UC Berkeley Gump Station in Moorea, French Polynesia exposed her to biological field research and her…

On the power of encyclopedias, connecting the mind and body, and keeping it simple — When Tavleen arrived at UC Berkeley with three overstuffed suitcases, she was apprehensive about starting her journey here, especially after a year of online classes. She had a heart full of nervous excitement and a dream to be a changemaker in the healthcare industry but worried her lack of technical…

The Fung Fellowship has renamed their signature tracks to Health + Innovation and Conservation + Innovation.