Research Experience for Peruvian Undergraduates

Training a new generation of Peruvian PROFESSIONALS IN STEM

REPU IN NUMBERS

*Data collected in 2017

OUR MISSION

REPU seeks to build and maintain a community of professionals in STEM who possess a highly collaborative spirit and who are committed to the development of technological and scientific capacity in Peru. Through this community, we complement the education of talented and experienced Peruvian undergraduate students with the same interest as our community by organizing scientific research internships in the best institutions in the world, as well as other activities that promote their professional development.

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OUR VISION

To be a self-sustainable, dynamic, supportive and well-connected community of highly trained Peruvian professionals in STEM around the world, in which its members collaborate to generate and participate in different initiatives aimed at promoting the scientific and technological development of Peru, as well as helping the people from the same community to achieve their professional goals.

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OUR TEAM

Kevin Villegas
CO-DIRECTOR
Princeton University

Brenda D'Acunha 

CO-DIRECTOR

University of British Columbia

Meet the 2021 staff:

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• Admission Committee​

  • Alessandro Bailleti

• Funding Committee

  • Kenyi Saito

  • Edson Bellido​

• Communications Committee​

  • Omar Julca

  • Sergio Cortez

  • Oscar Moreno

• Community Committee​

  • Luz Saavedra​

  • Ximena Alva

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• Program Leaders

  • REPU Biology: Andrés Guill​en

  • REPU Chemistry: Brenda D'Acunha

  • REPU Physics: Víctor Valera

  • nanoREPU: Danae Chipoco

  • ecoREPU: Rossana Maguiña and David Chang

  • REPU CS: Ricardo Gonzales and Gissella Bejarano

Meet our advisory board

Kenyi Saito 

The University

of Georgia

Abel Alcazar 

Universität

Düsseldorf

Sofia Espinoza

McKinsey & Company

Edson Bellido

TechInsights

Paola Moreno

Foldscope

Instruments

Meet our alumni, admissions committee members, mentors, and former members under each program tab!

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