Vienna Thomas is a graduate student researcher and instructor at the University of California, Berkeley, with experience teaching various chemistry courses since 2020. Previous roles include undergraduate researcher in Raines Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and internships at Gilead Sciences and MD Anderson Cancer Center. Vienna also contributed to the iGEM Foundation and has a background in legal internships with JONES DAY® and Medtronic. Vienna holds a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry from Wellesley College and is pursuing a Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, projected to complete in 2025.