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Hello! I’m Surya. Welcome to my personal website.

Who are you?

My name is Surya Sanjay.

I’m a master’s student at the University of Michigan pursuing a career as a cardiovascular surgeon-scientist. I study bioinformatics, and my research uses computational biomechanics tools to model the heart and its many vessels.

In my free time, I also study South Asian historical linguistics with a focus on verbal morphology. On campus, you can catch me going for a run, trying new cuisines and cafés, and browsing through old vinyls at local record stores.

What’s your track record?

I completed my B. S. in Biology, Health, and Society at the University of Michigan with a minor in Linguistics. During college, I was a member of the Michigan Synthetic Biology Team and the Phi Delta Epsilon Pre-Medical Fraternity. I also helped kickstart a cardiac surgery shadowing program for undergraduate students.

Since 2022, I’ve worked with Dr. David Nordsletten to study how simulating fluid and solid mechanics in the aorta can improve surgical decision making. In 2024, I pitched a startup aimed at identifying the optimal endograft to treat aortic aneurysms, which won $5,000 in funding at the Michigan Surgical Innovation Accelerator. Finally, in 2025, I interned at Thubrikar Aortic Valve, where I examined the market and regulatory landscapes of transcatheter aortic valve devices.

Between 2021–2023, I studied historical linguistics under Dr. David McAlpin, with whom I focused on the evolution of tense morphemes in South Dravidian languages. This project is ongoing, but my current work focuses on Old Tulu and Old Kannada, in particular.

You can find my Google Scholar here.

What’s on this website?

Anything that I feel necessary to disseminate without the means of publication. This includes things shorter than a journal article, opinion pieces, and projects which I feel should be open source. Feel free to browse to find more—most entries will be related to the interests I describe on this page.

Last updated on 2026-04-02.