Prasidda received his BA in biology and biochemistry from Carleton College in Northfield, Minn., before joining the BBS PhD program at Harvard University in 2016. He is currently studying the role of PPM1D mutations in the pathogenesis of Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG), mechanisms of therapeutic resistance in Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM), and characterization of the role of TERC in human malignancies.

Response to being asked for a fun fact: “What if one literally doesn’t have any fun fact? Asking for a friend.”

Favorite quote: “The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible—and achieve it, generation after generation.”  –Pearl S. Buck