Ivan graduated Magna Cum Laude with highest honors from Harvard University. He was the Harvard Program for Research in Science and Engineering Fellow.

Ivan investigated the development of corticostriatal projection neurons, which are involved in the pathophysiology of neurological disorders such as Huntington’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and cerebral palsy.

His thesis was evaluated with Summa Cum Laude and is in preparation for Journal of Neuroscience.

Among other awards, Ivan received the Thomas T. Hoopes Prize for Outstanding Senior Thesis Project.

Ivan is the founding president of the Harvard Undergraduate Global Health Forum – 100-member-strong group dedicated to raising awareness of global health issues from a holistic perspective, to engaging faculty experts at Harvard in providing students with a realistic perspective on confronting global health challenges and connecting students with volunteer opportunities in the field.

This year Ivan and his colleagues set a milestone by organizing and securing funding for a team of Harvard students and professors to travel to Tanzania and perform gap analysis of health care needs in local hospitals in Dar es Salaam and Lindi, subsequently returning to the United States to work with pharmaceutical, informatics, education, and venture capital businesses to develop solutions that will close these gaps.

Ivan plans to further student engagement in FPCD projects, especially health care oriented efforts in Timor-Leste in addition to Africa.

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