Vaithish is a postdoc and physician-scientist trainee at Stanford where he works jointly with Prof. Wah Chiu and Prof. Michael Lim. Vaithish is interested in understanding membrane protein function using structural biology approaches. Outside of lab, Vaithish loves travelling and singing.

Education

  • Ph.D. in Structural Biology, University of Cambridge and MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, 2022

  • B.S. (Honors) in Microbiology, Kansas State University, 2018

  • B.S. (Honors) in Medical Biochemistry, Kansas State University, 2018

Awards

  • Medical Scholars Innovative Research Grant, Stanford University School of Medicine, 2023

  • Knight-Hennessy Scholarship, Stanford University, 2023

  • Gonville and Caius College Research Fellowship, University of Cambridge, 2022

  • CSAR PhD Student Award for outstanding PhD work with real-world applications, Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR), 2022

  • Max Perutz Student Prize, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, 2021

  • Gates-Cambridge Scholarship, University of Cambridge, 2018

  • H.H. Haymaker most outstanding graduating senior in Biology, Kansas State University, 2018

  • Barry M. Goldwater National Scholarship, United States Congress, 2017

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