Phu Dang
More about me
Honors and Awards
USS PACE Fellow Scholarship ($6,000) (Fall 2022 - Present)
- Professional & personal development fellowship under the direct guidance and mentorship from a professor of student’s choosing
- Work: Viral epidemics and genomics data science trainee in Professor Niema Moshiri’s lab
Member of Roosevelt College Honors Program at UC San Diego
Silver Creek High School Valedictorian (2021)
English Department Award (2021)
- Single award recipient selected by the English department of Silver Creek High School in the graduating Class of 2021
Rachel Carson Award (2019 Science Fair)
- Award recipient selected by evaluations from four examiners
- Science project: The Effect of Water Density On Boat Movement
Activities and Hobbies
- Active member: Newman Catholic Community at UCSD, Intramural Volleyball and Basketball
- Media Coordinator and Player on UCSD Men’s Club Water Polo Team (Fall 2021 - present)
- Follow us on IG at ucsdmcwp :)
- Watersports (swimming and water polo; surfing potentially)
- Motorsports (Car enthusiast, Formula 1 and MotoGP)
- Astronomy
- Traveling
- What is Star Wars?? I only know Star Trek
- Watching and discussing football - “What the rest of the world call football”
Phu Dang