Ronak Desai

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Home Institution
The University of Texas at Austin
Archer Fellow Cohort
Fall 2020 Archer Fellow
D.C. Internship
U.S. Representative Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07)
Biography

Ronak Desai is a junior at The University of Texas at Austin majoring in chemistry and minoring in government. He works as an undergraduate researcher in a lab that seeks to understand a class of molecules called polyketides as well as the chemical machinery that produces them. He is also president of the Texas Business Healthcare Association and a member of UT Austin's Senate of College Councils. Desai hopes to enroll in an MD/PhD program and pursue his interests in medicine, research, and policy.