GGEN students at a conference

Interdisciplinary Graduate Program
in Genetics and Genomics

Program Resources

2026 Cohort

PhD Student, Kevin Bolwerk

Kevin Bolwerk

2026 Cohort Texas A&M University
PhD student, Shakshi Desai

Shakshi Desai, M.S.

2026 Cohort Rutgers University
PhD student, Nicholas Griffin

Nicholas Griffin, M.S.

2026 Cohort California State University – Long Beach
PhD student, Eleni Kepler

Eleni Kepler

2026 Cohort University of Mary Washington
PhD student, Piper Magowan

Piper Magowan

2026 Cohort University of Mary Hardin – Baylor
PhD student, Regan Mangham

Regan Mangham, M.S.

2026 Cohort Texas A&M University
PhD student, Raegan Nelson

Raegan Nelson

2026 Cohort Iowa State University
PhD student, Providence Pangira

Providence Pangira

2026 Cohort Bethune-Cookman University
PhD student, Austin Willson

Austin Willson

2026 Cohort Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi
PhD student, Xiang Yin

Xiang Yin, M.S.

2026 Cohort Johns Hopkins University

Blue Genes & Boots Podcast Flyer
Genetics & Genomics Podcast

Blue GENES and Boots

The Blue Genes & Boots Podcast features Genetics & Genomics graduate students hashing it out with people from all sides of the genetics world! We often feature graduate students and professors who are doing great work right here at Texas A&M, but we’ve had all kinds of people on the show, like philanthropists, undergrads, science communicators. Above all, Blue Genes and Boots aims to show the audience how science moves at every step, from teaching, to learning, to research, to spreading the word! (…And that’s us. We’re spreading the word.)