Science & Technology

Kendall Curtis and Ivy Bookout

Dynamic Duo: The White Chicks

Couple Name: Idol

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Kendall Curtis

Major: Neuroscience 

Minor: Chemistry, Biology, and Psychology 

Hometown: Enterprise, AL

Student Organizations: Undergraduate Research

Assistant, Women in STEM, SciTech Study Group

Leader, SciTech Recruitment Committee, Student

Affiliates of the American Chemical Society,

Undergraduate Neuroscience Society  

Likes: French fries, coffee, A’s, Brooklyn Nine-

Nine, my wife(s) and children

Dislikes: People who don’t use a turn signal, the TV

show Friends, bad tippers, David Gahan

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Ivy Bookout

Major: Neuroscience and Spanish

Minor: Chemistry 

Hometown: Collierville, TN 

Student Organizations: Women in STEM, Dare to

Diagnose, Palomitas, Undergraduate Neuroscience

Society, SciTech Recruitment Committee

Likes: Netflix, sushi, books, makeup, music, the

beach, travelling, coffee.

Dislikes: Long lines, being put on hold, dealing with

insurance, early mornings, ads, hospitals

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Juhee Agrawal and Amy Jasani

Dynamic Duo: Bad & Boujee

Couple Name: Jamy (pronounced jay-mee)

 

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Juhee Agrawal

M/M: Neuroscience and Spanish Major, Chemistry

and Biology Minor

Hometown: Hoover, AL

Student organizations: Active Minds, STH

Executive Council, UAB Wellness Promotion

Likes: chocolate covered pretzels, kettle corn, cute

doggos and puppers, hammocking, nerdy puns/pick

up lines, fluffy things, chocolate croissants, MUSIC,

running, Grey's Anatomy, memes, Cameron, my

wife Amy, my ex-wife Skye

Dislikes: when people tell me what to do, when

people say my puns are lame, when food takes too

long to make, beets, mean people, pointless

activities, Grey's Anatomy, when Cameron dabs

 

Amy Jasani

M/M: Neuroscience Major, Chemistry, Spanish, and

Biology Minor, Fast-Track Masters in Public Health

Hometown: Lawrenceville, GA

Student organizations: USGA Executive Council,

STH Executive Council, Crisis Center Volunteer

Likes: Traveling, coffee, Maroon 5, Beyoncé,

SciTech

Dislikes: Arrogant people, the smell of fish, country

music

 

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Aakansha Gosain and Cameron McPhail

Dynamic Duo: Hot Chocolate and Marshmellows

Couple Name: Aakameron

 

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Cameron

Majors: Anthropology and Biology

Minor: Chemistry

Hometown: Mobile

Likes: Kayaking, photography, climbing, apple pie,

my gf Juhee, wifey Aakansha, the beach, basically

all animals, woodworking projects, the walking

dead, the last ship, fishing, running, camping,

reading, hammocks, nature documentaries, frozen

yogurt, smoothies, rivers, fish (to eat), peanut butter,

and propel.

Dislikes: Fake people, mayo, the den, Voldemort,

pickles, fake news, alt-right, chihuahuas, math that

isn't geometry, traffic, reality shows about

celebrities, parties, and carbonated drinks.

 

Aakansha

Majors/minors: Biomedical Engineering major,

Psychology Minor

Hometown: Decatur, Al

Student organizations: Biomedical Engineering

Society, American Association of University

Women at UAB, Creative Writing Club, Free Food

for Thought, Love Your Melon

Likes: Donuts, slightly burnt popcorn, people who

get excited when they see dogs, the mute button on

GroupMe, sleeping

Dislikes: Missing movie previews, people who don’t

tip, when my laptop decides to starts updating when

I’m in the middle of something, white chocolate,

squash

 

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David Gahan and Nick Southern

Dynamic Duo: JD and Turk

Couple Name: Dack

 

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David Gahan

Majors/minors: Biomedical Sciences and Neuroscience

and Chemistry minor

Hometown: Collierville, Tennessee (Memphis)

Student Organizations: Dare to Diagnose, SciTech Peer

Mentor Committee, SciTech Executive Council, and

Greater Birmingham Humane Society Foster

Likes: Cooking, working out, eating, Jesus, video games,

football, people (jk), Nick, doggos!, medical things, the

brain

Dislikes: Nick…, people who drive slowly, cats, bananas,

people, people who spend 3 years on one machine at the

gym, maths, know-it-alls, arrogant people, fish

 

Nick Southern

Major: Neuroscience and Chemistry

Hometown: Madison, Alabama

Student Organizations: Dare to Diagnose, Theta

Chi, Undergraduate Neuroscience Society, and

SciTech social committee

Likes: David, annoying David, old-school rap, dad rock,

the brain, politics, history, geography, linguistics, genetics,

video games, table-top board games, hiking, spelunking,

exploring, dried cranberries, fuji apples, word play, varied

shenanigans, learning new things, (especially people who

laugh at my jokes as much as I do), free food, t-shirts,

tiramisu

Dislikes: Not having money, having money (according to

my wallet), being dirty, broccoli, the ever-present reality

that I will someday die, job interviews, jerks, lame people,

inconsiderate and condescending people, mosquitos

 

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Abbi Long and Madelyn Hoffmann

Dynamic Duo: Leslie Knope and Ben Wyatt

Couple name: Madbi

 

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Abbi Long

Year: Sophomore

Major: Biology

Hometown: Athens, AL

Organizations: SciTech Peer Mentoring Committee

and Southern Diabetic Retrievers

Likes: Almost all puns*, cheese, that one painting

where the cat has a human nose, grilled cheese,

wobbegong

Dislikes: Bee puns*, being self conscious of the speed

of my windshield wipers, the word yeehaw, old memes

being used unironically, Ben Raybuck

 

Madelyn Hoffmann

Year: Sophomore

Major: Neuroscience

Hometown: Decatur, AL

Organizations: SciTech Recruitment and Fundraising

Committees and Languages without Barriers

Likes: Baking, NPR, collecting house plants that I don’t

have room for, dogs, blanket cocoons, musicals, Thai

food, books, traveling, fanny packs, and that content

feeling when you’re with your best friends

Dislikes: sweet tea (don’t come for me), mushrooms

and seafood, Arie from the bachelor, cold weather that

lasts for more than a week, high heels, when the

protagonist dies, and waking up early

 

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Zena Banker and Katie Dietz

Dynamic Duo:​ Lilo and Stitch

Couple Name:​ Zatie

 

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Zena Banker

Majors/minors:​ Biomedical Engineering with Tissue

Engineering concentration

Hometown: ​Wetumpka, AL

Student Organizations:​ Society of Women Engineers,

Biomedical Engineering Society, Children’s of Alabama

Volunteer, American Association of University Women,

Southern Diabetic Retrievers Puppy Raising Club, Women

in STEM and Love Your Melon Campus Crew at UAB

Likes: hikes and other nature stuff + existing in pretty/cozy

places (i.e. coffee/boba/donut/book shops, gardens, etc.) +

lookin like a fake sk8r when I longboard + poppin tags at

tha thrift stores + basically anything a grandma or child

would like

Dislikes: the gender pay gap + lack of male contraceptives

+ THAT McFRICKIN FAKE POCKET NONSENSE

 

Katie Dietz

Majors/minors: ​Biomedical Engineering with a

Mathematics minor

Hometown:​ Sardis City, AL

Student organizations: ​SciTech Recruitment Committee,

Middle School Math Tournament Committee

Likes: coffee, plants, chicken nuggets, the 80s, that fake

strawberry flavor, the skip intro button on Netflix (its

inventor deserves a humanitarian award), concerts and

animals

Dislikes: bugs especially spiders, pickles, most physical

activity, tea, concept maps (sorry they useful but still), cold

weather and when people are rude to an employee who’s

just trying to do their job

 

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Shreya Malhotra and Shriya Meesala

Dynamic Duo: Beauty and The Beast

Couple Name: Shreiya

 

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Shreya Malhotra

Major: Neuroscience and Fast-Track MPH

Minor: Chemistry

Hometown: Hoover, AL

Student organizations: Women in STEM, Alabama

Apsara, International Mentors, Social Justice Advocacy

Council, Honors Ambassadors, Undergraduate Research

Ambassadors, Caring Hands

Likes: Dancing, reading, chocolate, coffee

Dislikes: Bugs, snakes, me when I’m lazy

 

Shriya Meesala

Major: Neuroscience

Minor: Chemistry and Anthropology

Hometown: Hoover, AL

Student organizations: Alabama Apsara, STEM

Excellence Program, Undergraduate Student Government

Association (USGA), Southern Diabetic Retrievers, Scitech

Recruitment Committee

Likes: Making my brother angry, understanding chemistry,

pandas, blue, Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello, watching

drunk people at parties, messing with Natalie, Netflix,

sleep, documentaries, food network, interior design and

cool architecture, history (not American though, that's

boring), crime TV shows, memes of Queen Elizabeth II,

making my roommate laugh because her lungs are messed

up so she always has a coughing fit, stereotypes, tea,

hoodies, and FUZZY SOCKS

Dislikes: inefficiency, snakes or anything that looks like

one, people who don't sleep with the fan on, baths (showers

are the way to go), people who post the entire concert on

snapchat, and waiting for hair to grow out after a bad

haircut

 

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Ben Raybuck and Cosby Burnett

Dynamic Duo: Kronk and Yzma

Couple Name: Bensby

 

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Ben

Majors/Minors: Chemistry, Biochemistry

Concentration, MBA

Hometown: Boston MA, Saint Augustine FL

Activities/organizations: Chemistry Scholars,

Scitech, Peer Mentoring, Souperbowl Fundriaser

Likes: Mozzarella sticks, stormy nights, cooking,

sleeping in, a good (or bad) pun, Abbi Long

Dislikes: Pre-meds, English classes, Mornings, the

phrase “bless his/her heart”

 

Cosby

Major/minor: Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry

Minor

Hometowns: Raymond MS

Activities/organizations: Pen and Paper

Organization, Peer Mentoring Council, Scitech

Likes: Board/Video Games, music, listing things

that I like, setting fires, Frollo from The Hunchback

of Notre Dame, and abstract mathematics

Dislikes: Being offered pastries, being associated

with Bill

 

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Micah Armstrong and Skye Opsteen

Dynamic Duo: Jesse and James

Couple Name: M’kyecah

 

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Micah Armstrong

Major: Materials Engineering (gross)

Minor: Physics (the one with math, not seeing into

the future)

Hometown: Pell City, AL

Extracurricular Activities: Recruitment Chair of

STH EC, Research, Active Minds Programming

Chair

Likes: Pizza, Anime, Video Games, Books, Coke

Dislikes: Cargo shorts, open toed shoes, vegetables

 

Skye Opsteen 

Major: Biology (bc I'm a basic pre-med)

Minor: Chemistry (refer to above message)

Hometown: Muscle Shoals, AL

Extracurricular Activities: Program Meetings

Chair of STH EC, Volunteer at Children's Hospital,

Research in HIV/AIDS lab under Dr. Heath,

Treasurer of Dare to Diagnose, Army ROTC

Likes: Working out, Netflix, grey’s anatomy, vine

compilations, dogs

Dislikes: People

 

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Amanda Lawrence and Ote Staton

Dynamic Duo: Lady and the Tramp

Couple Name: Amandote

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Ote Staton

Major: Neuroscience

Minor: Creative Writing

Hometown: Counsel Hill, Oklahoma

Organizations: Peer Mentoring Committee,

Undergraduate Research Ambassador, Campus

House, Souper Bowl

Likes: Extended metaphors, hanging curveballs, and

Ian Thompson

Dislikes: Large crowds, romcoms, and green,

healthy foods

 

Amanda Lawrence

Majors: Chemistry and Neuroscience

Minors: Entrepreneurship and Biology

Track: (MBA) Master of Business Administration

Hometown: Florence, Alabama

Organizations: Science Olympiad, Student

Affiliates of the American Chemical Society

Likes: Cop/medical drama shows, working out,

opening up cans of whoop ass

Dislikes: People who don’t like dogs, and when

people talk on speaker phone in public

 

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Riddhi Patel and Adam Aldaher

Dynamic duo name: Sheldon and Raj

Couple name: Riddam

 

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Riddhi Patel

Major: Genetics/Genomic Sciences

Minor: Spanish

Hometown: Decatur, AL

Student organizations: Rangeela Bollywood Fusion

Dance Team, Indian Cultural Association, Caring

Hands, Science Olympiad, Peer Mentoring

Committee

Likes: Netflix, the outdoors, pomegranates, Oreos,

almost everything

Dislikes: Arrogant people, dressing up, the color

yellow, bugs

 

Adam Aldaher

Major: Biology

Hometown: Birmingham, AL

Student organization: GGUAB, Smash club, Chess

club

Likes: Video Games, chess, magic tricks, rock

climbing, building legos, really bad memes, bowling,

spaghetti related jokes

Dislikes: spaghetti, sleep, paying attention to

important information, the color yellow,

neuroscience

 

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EJ Aloria and Leanna Crafford

Dynamic Duo: Sun and Moon

Couple Name: Leejanna

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ej

Major/minor: Biology, with minor in chemistry

Hometown: Wetumpka, AL

Activities/Organizations: Student Affiliates of the

American Chemical Society (SAACS), Science

Olympiad, Love Your Melon, Filipino Society

Association

Likes: Food, the outdoors, movies, sleeping, the

indoors, country music (the old kind, not this top 40

trash)

Dislikes: Cleaning and adulting

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Leanna

Major/minor: Biology

Hometowns: Alpharetta, GA

Activities/Organizations: Intramural Volleyball,

Undergraduate Research Assistant at the Department

of Microbiology, Coins for Cancer, National Society

for Collegiate Honors (NSCS)

Likes: Cooking, cats and dogs, Haagen Daaz (even

though I’m lactose intolerant), and Marvel movies

Dislikes: Horses and mangoes

 

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Jessica Graham and Annabel King

Dynamic Duo: Cookies and Cream

Couple Name: Jessabel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jessica

Majors/minors: Biology major and Chemistry

minor

Hometown: Moulton, AL

Student organizations: Dare to Diagnose, Science

Olympiad

Likes: ice cream, sleeping, cats, the beach, brooklyn

nine nine, chris hemsworth, panic! at the disco

Dislikes: spiders, people who are rude to waiters,

super long snapchat stories

 

Annabel

Majors/minors: Biomedical Science major and

Chemistry minor 

Hometown: Madison, AL

Student organizations: UAB DM, Alpha Gamma

Delta, the 1917 clinic volunteer

Likes: puppies, grey's anatomy, Sonic, listening to

music turned all the way up in the car, cuties (like

the tiny oranges), the smell of laundry, apple juice,

my bed

Dislikes: confrontations, excessive PDA, sushi,

being a broke boi, waking up early, cold

temperatures

 

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Lauren Buchan and Michael Casper

Dynamic Duo: Fiesta and Siesta

Couple Name: Laurael

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Lauren Buchan

Major: Chemistry

Minors: Biology and Business

Hometown: Headland, AL

Organizations: SAACS, Science Olympiad, Pre-

Dental Society, Books without Borders

Likes: Reading, watching movies/TV, sleeping,

sports

Dislikes: Waking up early, annoying bugs, rude

people

 

Michael Casper

Major: Anthropology

Minors: Biology, Chemistry, Forensic Science

Hometown: Mobile, Al

Organizations: SciTech lolz

Likes: Beyoncé, Singing badly, Mangoes, Game of

Thrones, Air Conditioning, Pho, Snakes, Snapchat

streaks, Hammocking, Drawing, Glee, Instagram

photo shoots, Antique shopping, and Henry Cavill

Dislikes: Cucumbers, Facebook memes that are just

pictures but they put a faint video over the pic so it

can get ads and bring that Facebook page money,

Sweet tea, Hot weather, the shutter sound phone

cameras make when people leave their phone

volumes up, and dark chocolate

 

 

Sureena and Ian

Dynamic Duo: Mulan and Mushu

Couple Name: Surian

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Sureena

Majors: Chemistry and Neuroscience

Hometown: Madison, AL

Student organizations: UAB Band, Tau Beta

Sigma, Alpha Gamma Delta, Science Olympiad,

SAACS, Research, Chemistry TA, VMASC Tutor

Likes: cheese, metal, snapchat, dragons, hugs, dank

memes, putting milk in the bowl before cereal, Barry

Allen

Dislikes: pineapple on pizza, people (especially Ian

Thompson), iPhones, the ending of Dexter, pencils

bc pens are superior

 

Ian

Major: Neuroscience

Minor: Chemistry and Biology

Hometown: Huntsville, AL

Student organizations: SciTech Executive Council,

SAACS, Science Olympiad, Chemistry TA

Likes: Staying up unreasonably late, step aerobics,

game shows, writing sassy emails, video games

Dislikes: Coffee, people who don't wash their hands

after using the restroom, football, flat-Earthers,

dangling participles

 

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Natalie Simpkins and Ashish Kaushik

Dynamic Duo: Tic & Tac

Couple Name: Ashatalie

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Ashish

Majors: Neuroscience and Philosophy

Minors: Chemistry and Peace, Justice, & Ecology

Hometown: Montgomery, AL

Student organizations: Beyond Measures a

Cappella

Anything else fun: I’ve participated in Model

United Nations since my freshman year of high

school, and I now help run the largest MUN

conference in the world! I also can fit an entire

orange in my mouth--feel free to stalk my twitter

(@shikaush) for photographic evidence!​

 

Natalie

Majors: Neuroscience

Minors: Chemistry and Sociology

Hometown: Opelika, Al

Student organizations: SciTech EC

Anything else fun: I’m a huge foodie and probably

have an unhealthy relationship with some restaurants

in BHam. Unlike my partner, I cannot fit an orange

in my mouth but follow me on IG anyway

@nataliesimpkins99 so I can bless your news feed. \

Likes: *moderate* exercise, movies, Netflix,

medical things, chocolate, memes, only bougie fruits

aka pineapple, strawberries, peaches. Spicy foods.

Dislikes: Vegetables, long distance anything, cold,

insects, anything faster than a brisk walk, extremely

sour things, people who post whole concerts on

facebook

 

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Karly Casey and Pratheek Bobba

Dynamic Duo: Rock Lee and Guy Sensei

Couple Name: Parly

 

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Karly Casey: the Annoying One™

Major: Biomedical Engineering

Minors: Math and Electrical Engineering(?)

Hometown: Navarre, FL

Student Organizations: Biomedical Engineering

Society (BMES), SciTech Executive Council,

Creative Writing Club, Society of Women

Engineers, Inspire

Other Extracurriculars: Engineering Co-op at

Biohorizons Implant Systems, Language without

Barrier (sign language), undergraduate research,

crying

Likes: zendaya, my dogs (stormy and shylo) and my

cats (starbursts and skittles), poetry, girls who are

tall, the colors purple and yellow but never together,

coffee but not actually coffee just a shit ton of

creamer, eating and sleeping, BROWN EYES, space

is pretty cool I guess

Dislikes: small children, people who wear chubbies,

the number 1 in any repeated sequence like 11 or

111, people who don't think cats make good pets,

androids but also my insane sense of pride in

iphones, those who think alcoholic drinks are

assigned to specific genders (fruity drinks=a good

time no matter who you are), red pants, taylor swift,

people who think gmos are bad, people with a really

good metabolism, my dad who refuses to turn on the

air conditioning even though it is 90 degrees in my

house this isn't even an exaggeration please save me

I hate florida, MARVEL MOVIES (pls I don't know

anything about the universe everyone dies tho),

carpets

 

Pratheek Bobba: Easily the Cool One™

Major: Biomedical Engineering

Minors: Biology and Chemistry

Hometown: Madison, AL

Student Organizations: USGA, UAB Ambassador

Other Extracurriculars: Children’s volunteer,

undergraduate research, VMASC tutor, going along

with whatever crazy thing Karly comes up with

Likes: Watching TV, exercising, Parks and Rec,

Flossing

Dislikes: Fruit, DC comics movies, Thai food, grits

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