Nickaan Heidari's Homepage
About Me
Hey, I'm Nickaan. I'm an incoming Molecular and Cell Biology student at UCSD. The purpose of this website is to give you guys a little bit of an insight of what I've been reading, what project's I've been working on, what I'm building towards, and just generally who I am.
Some quick facts:
- Starting at UC San Diego as a Molecular and Cell Biology major.
- Into genetics, cell signaling, and the overlap between biology and computers.
- I read a lot of papers and like jotting down informal notes on them. That will go on my blog.
- I plan to mess around with side projects too and I'll show updates on the projects tab.
Some Things I've Done
A few of my favorites so far
Research & Science
- Summer Intern, GEn1E Lifesciences (Summer 2025). Built scoreexplorer.org, a web platform that aggregates and visualizes 129 clinical scoring systems used to track human health and disease. Created a database so researchers and clinicians can actually compare diagnostic scores across cardiology, neurology, oncology, and more.
- Columbia University Summer Immersion, Neuroscience (Summer 2024). Took a lecture and discussion based college-level neuroscience course at Columbia, covering neural mechanisms and cognitive neuroscience.
Other random stuff
- Helped raise $41,000 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (Student Visionaries).
- Co-founded NMN Media, a small video production company for Bay Area tech and healthcare startups.
- Started Over Defense Elite, a high school basketball program.
- Directed a short documentary on the Bosnian Genocide, filmed on location in Bosnia.
Elsewhere
- GitHub: nickaan-heidari
- Twitter: @nickaanheidari (i cant lie i don't use this though)
- Email: nickaan@heidari.co
- Writing: paper notes and project updates