Anish Karpurapu was among the 410 students awarded Goldwater Scholarships on March 26 for the 2021-2022 academic year. Karpurapu is a Duke undergraduate student working in Ravi Karra’s lab in the Duke Cardiovascular Research Center (CVRC) to identify and model growth niches in the heart that underlie heart regeneration. In the future, he plans to pursue an MD/PhD and direct his own research program focused on drug discovery through stem cell biology.
Karpurapu is from Vienna, Va., majoring in both biomedical engineering and computer science. He has worked at Duke with Ravi Karra and is currently focused on developing a stem cell model to study the spatial enrichment of endothelial cells in the presence of cardiomyocytes. In the future, Karpurapu plans to pursue an M.D./Ph.D. degree in stem cell biology to one day lead a team that uses in vitro models to provide biological insights into drug discovery and investigate cell-cell interactions.
Duke students and alumni can receive support for opportunities like the Goldwater Scholarship from the Nationally Competitive Scholarships team at the Office of Undergraduate Scholars and Fellows.
For more information on applying to the Goldwater Scholarship, visit the Goldwater Scholars website.