Lisa Eshun-Wilson
Class Year: 2014
Current City/State: San Francisco, CA
Major: Biochemistry
Email Address: lisa@genoma.institute
Why I Wanted to Serve on the Alumni Council:
I would love to learn the inner workings of how to best support our future students. Grinnell is world-renowned for connecting and cultivating curious, purpose-driven minds, and I want to be part of that pipeline in a meaningful way. As a Grinnell alumna who went on to earn a PhD and build an interdisciplinary career spanning biotechnology, wellness, and entrepreneurship, I know firsthand how transformative this institution can be. I want to give back by helping prospective and current students see what is possible beyond the conventional path, and to advocate for the kind of bold, self-directed thinking Grinnell instills.
A Quote I Like:
“Yoga is the journey of the self, through the self, to the self”
—Bhagavad Gita
A Little Bit About Me:
Dr. Lisa Eshun-Wilson brings expertise in biochemistry, biophysics, and structural biology to her current role in AI-first protein design. She majored in Biochemistry at Grinnell (Class of 2014) and earned her Ph.D. with Dr. Eva Nogales in the Dept. of Molecular Cell Biology in the Division of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural biology at UC Berkeley in 2020.