Splash Biography

MELINNA ANDRADE, Bioengineering PhD Student

Major: Biological Engineering

College/Employer: Cornell

Year of Graduation: G

Brief Biographical Sketch:

I'm a first-year PhD student in Bioengineering. I study and engineer microbes to recycle plastic in space with the goal of creating biotechnologies that can also help address plastic waste on Earth. Outside of research, I enjoy oil painting and spending time with my three dogs.

Past Classes

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P1105: Space Microbiology & Biotechnology in Splash Fall 2025 (Nov. 22, 2025)

How can microbes help us live on the Moon and Mars? Many microbes possess unique abilities that we can use to make food, medicine, energy, and recycle waste. Join us to explore how these tiny life forms could become our greatest allies in building a sustainable life beyond Earth!

P687: Introduction to Cell and Developmental Biology in Splash Spring 2021 (May. 01, 2021)

Ever wondered how proteins manage to do everything in a cell? How cells coordinate complex processes? How we go from one cell to a full organism? All these questions and more will be answered in this class as we dive into cellular biology and discover a whole microscopic world.

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