Tarini Thiagarajan

Biography

Tarini's childhood was largely spent in the city of Houston before she moved to Austin with her parents during her freshman year of college. Though her initial passion for cancer treatment and research was geared toward medical school, she quickly found that computational medicine was her true calling. In order to pursue this path, Tarini joined the Computational Engineering program here at The University of Texas at Austin, which focused on numerical analysis, engineering, and computational science. During her time as an undergraduate, she worked with Dr. David Hormuth on building patient-specific mathematical models driven by quantitative MRI of glioblastoma progression. As she joins the CSEM program in Fall 2022, she intends to continue building upon her previous research.

Outside of academics, Tarini enjoys playing basketball and ultimate frisbee, writing songs, and spending time with her family and friends.

BS, Computational Engineering Honors, The Univeristy of Texas at Austin