Jeremy Meyers

Jeremy was raised in Dallas, Texas, surrounded by family. From a very young age, he became interested in the sciences, with the goal of becoming a paleontologist. However, trajectories change, and Jeremy became interested in biomedical engineering when he studied at Texas A&M. After four years of hard work and meeting many new friends, Jeremy was not entirely in love with the thought of being an engineer. Luckily, Jeremy had a family member that offered him the trip of a lifetime to study marine organisms at the Bodega Bay Ecological Institute. While there, Jeremy found his true passion, designing experiments and uncovering the mysteries of the biological systems that surround us and within ourselves. Jeremy was living in northern California and working at a Target when he decided to apply to graduate school in 2020. Covid-19 was sweeping the nation and was on everyone’s mind, including Jeremy's. The University of Arizona accepted Jeremy and he pursued his master’s in Genetics under Dr. George Sutphin studying aging in a nematode model. After successfully defending his master’s thesis, Jeremy joined the ABBS program at the University of Arizona. This program allowed Jeremy to expand his horizons and he landed a spot in Deepta Bhattacharya’s lab which studies immune memory. In his free time, Jeremy likes to go hiking around the Tucson area, walk his dog, and play basketball.