Alexander Eapen

Alex is originally from the DC-Baltimore area and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2024 with coursework in health policy and chemistry, where he was also an SNF Paideia fellow. As an Amgen Scholar at the National Institutes of Health, he became fascinated with cancer immunotherapy and now works as a research assistant in the Theo Roth and Zina Good labs in the Division of Immunology at the Stanford University School of Medicine. When not designing CAR-T cells, Alex enjoys exploring San Francisco bakeries, hiking, and going to live concerts.