Ani Choyang

 Ani Choyang was born in Tibet and escaped to India at age 18. She became a nun in 2003 under the guidance of His Holiness the 14^th Dalai Lama. She received the Rajamma Degree (similar to a Master’s degree) in 2022 after completing a 17-year course of Buddhist studies. She is in the Second year of Geshema program (equivalent to PhD).

Additionally, she is a Tenzin Gyatso Science Scholar and was one of the first Tibetan nuns  to attend a two-year science-training program at Emory University as part of the Emory Tibet Science Initiative. Ani Choyang also participated in a science research internship at Northwestern University in 2022, where she received in-depth training in the theory and methods of neuroscience.

Currently, Ani Choyang serves as the Project director of Center for Buddhist Philosophy and Science at Jan Chub Choeling Nunnery in Mundgod, South India. She also serves as a core committee member of the Tenzin Gyatso Science Association.