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Graduate Research Fellowship: Recipients

2024-2025

  • Sangeetha Balasubramaniam – Biochemistry, School of Medicine 
  • Fei Chang – Neuroscience, School of Medicine
  • Emily Cunningham – Geology, College of Science
  • Robyn Kilshaw – Psychology, College of Social & Behavioral Science
  • Lauren Naatz – Molecular Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy 
  • Mackaully Parada – Social Work, College of Social Work 
  • Yunan Qin – Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering 
  • Omar Shennib – Neurobiology & Anatomy, School of Medicine 
  • Ainsley Temudo – Health & Kinesiology, College of Health
  • Ying Zhang – Linguistics, College of Humanities

2023-2024

  • Jamie Smith – English
  • Amber Thompson – Sociology
  • Tanya Chhibber – Molecular Pharmaceutics
  • Teryn Holeman – Population Health Science
  • Mitali Tyagi – Neurobiology
  • Lingyao Xie – Mathematics
  • Jing Liu – Chemical Engineering
  • Ethan Griswold – Biomedical Engineering
  • Scott Mourtgos – Political Science
  • Anke van Roy – Health & Kinesiology
  • Tessa Washburn – Human Development
  • Sua Kim – City & Metropolitan Planning
  • Amaka Nwagbo – Pharmacology
  • Kyle Kittelberger – Biology
  • Xinyao Zhang – Educational Psychology 

2022-2023

  • Kimberley Johnson – Psychology 
  • Amy McDonnell – Psychology
  • Dimitri Kokoromytis – Political Science 
  • Mokbel Karam – Chemical Engineering 
  • Wei Jia – Electrical Engineering 
  • Kylee North – Biomedical Engineering 
  • Liza Flum – English
  • Shertok Lama – English
  • Erin Buttars – Educational Psychology 
  • Georgia Morgan – Medicinal Chemistry
  • Aditi Kharat – Pharmaceutical Outcomes 
  • Stephanie Garcia – Modern Dance
  • Nick Kreter – Health & Kinesiology 
  • Sam Lopez – Geology 
  • Dylan Klure – Biology 
  • Sanghoon Kwak – Mathematics 
  • Wookjae Yang – City & Metropolitan Planning

2021-2022

  • Jenna Alley – Psychology
  • Hunter Strathman – Biomedical Engineering
  • Ji-Young Lee – Chemical Engineering
  • A N M Taufiq Elahi – Mechanical Engineering
  • Meagan Ricks – Parks, Recreation and Tourism
  • Ryan Kor – Communication
  • Maria Alberto – English
  • Tianyao Xiao – Biochemistry
  • Stephanie Kravitz – Human Genetics
  • Paula Florez Salcedo – Neurobiology
  • Margaret Wolf – Geology
  • Crystal Su – Biology
  • Margaret Doolin – Biology
  • Antoine Dumont Neira – Physics
  • Jake Bergquist – Biomedical Engineering
  • Jason Grunberger – Pharmacy
  • Natalie Blanton – Sociology
  • Nalei Chen – Philosophy

2020-2021

  • Shawna Sisler – Nursing 
  • Lucybel Mendez – Psychology 
  • Julian Tu – Medicinal Chemistry
  • Yu Feng – Writing & Rhetoric
  • Casey Hughes – Biochemistry
  • Dong-ah Choi – Metropolitan Planning, Policy & Design
  • Brianna Wellen – Psychology
  • Carolina Himbert – Population Health Sciences
  • Praneeth Ranga – Electrical & Computing Engineering
  • Devon Cantwell – Political Science (Spring 2021 only)
  • Ipsita Saha – Physics
  • Derek Machalek – Chemical Engineering
  • Kevin Greenberg – Educational Psychology
  • Peter Yaworsky – Anthropology
  • Hannah Fischer – Modern Dance
  • Hanna Morzenti – Social Work 
  • Dongwoon Shin – Mechanical Engineering
  • Austin Green – Biology

2019-2020

  • Sarah Reese – Social Work
  • Keith Arlotta – Biomedical Engineering
  • Milinda Shayamal Fernando – Computing
  • Jordan Herman – Biology
  • Monte Neate-Clegg – Biology
  • Sin-Mei Wu – Geophysics
  • Chelsea Bush – Communication
  • Gaoyang (Bridget) Fan – Mathematics
  • Christina Soma – Educational Psychology
  • Emily Scott – Psychology
  • Noam Dorr – English
  • Vahid Hatamipourdehnow – Mechanical Engineering
  • Durban Keeler – Geography
  • Ashkan Fakhrtabatabaie – Music
  • Phong Lu – Pharmaceutics & Pharmaceutical Chemistry
  • Patrick Erickson – Biochemistry
  • Haruka Pinegar – Metallurgical Engineering

2018-2019

  • Ashish Chanana – Electrical Engineering
  • Peng Wang – Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
  • Annie Putnam – Geology and Geophysics
  • Alla Chernenko – Sociology
  • Mohammad Ghashami – Mechanical Engineering
  • Brendan Ostlund – Psychology
  • Kui Wu – Computer Science
  • Emily Nicolosi – Geography
  • Niloofar Farhang – Bioengineering
  • Stefano Filipazzi – Mathematics
  • Max-Hinderk Schuler – Biochemistry
  • Jae Min Cho – Nutrition and Integrative Physiology
  • Lisa Meerts – Health, Kinesiology and Recreation
  • Erica Lehman – Educational Psychology
  • Alexandria Waltz – History

2017-2018

  • Min Du – Computer Science
  • John DeSutter – Mechanical Engineering
  • Priscilla Elizondo – Mathematics
  • Tyler Huth – Geology
  • Djin Lai – Nursing
  • Sabrina McNew – Biology
  • Lace Padilla – Psychology
  • Ryan Siemers – English
  • Ian Summers – Communication
  • Pratyush Suryavanshi – Neuroscience
  • Chris Zajchowski – Kinesiology
  • Peng Zhao – Pharmaceutics & Pharmaceutical Chemistry
  • Nicole Torosin – Anthropology

2016-2017

  • Ali Shafiee Ardestani – School of Computing
  • Joshua Barnett – Communication
  • Jose Barrales – Economics
  • Sarah Davies – Educational Psychology
  • Dale Enggass – English
  • Meredith Gibbons – Pharmacology & Toxicology
  • Wei-Chao Huang – Neurobiology & Anatomy
  • Kyle Jenks – Neuroscience
  • Anita Juarez – Education Culture & Society
  • Marzieh Kavand – Physics
  • Shelley MacNeil – Oncological Sciences
  • Olivia Miller – Geology & Geophysics
  • Anna Miller – Mathematics
  • Kyl Myers – Sociology
  • Tram Nguyen – Chemical Engineering
  • Nick Perry – Psychology
  • Arthur Quast – Chemistry
  • Robin Rothfeder – City & Metropolitan Planning

2015-2016

  • Jason Albright – Mathematics
  • Mohammad Javad Ameli Renani – Civil & Environmental Engineering
  • Jared Akram – Metallurgical Engineering
  • Benjamin Bruno – Pharmaceutics
  • Elizabeth Grace Ivkovich – Modern Dance
  • Anshul Joshi – Computer Science
  • Alexander Keefe – Human Genetics
  • Patrice Kurnath – Biology
  • Erica Larson – Pharmacology & Toxicology
  • Nathan Miller – Mechanical Engineering
  • Julia Mulhern – Geology
  • Shashank Pandey – Electrical & Computer Engineering
  • Gregory Remigio – Neuroscience
  • John Schell – Chemistry
  • Graham Slater – Education Culture & Society
  • Tammy Stump – Psychology
  • Jennifer Tabler – Sociology
  • Guang Tian – City & Metropolitan Planning

2014-2015

  • Jin Bi – Linguistics
  • Johanna Varner – Biology
  • Matthew Rossman – Exercise & Sport Science
  • Te-Wei Chu – Pharmaceutical Chemistry
  • Xiaoyu Zhuo – Human Genetics
  • Shira (Yoshi) Maezumi – Geography
  • Colin Eichinger – Bioengineering
  • Lam Nguyen – Mechanical Engineering
  • Manjunath Shevgoor – Computing
  • Megan Prestgard – Materials Science & Engineering
  • Leonardo Parra – Neuroscience
  • Emilie Franchow – Psychology
  • Devin Maxwell – Music
  • Jinqi Wang – Electrical & Computer Engineering
  • Kenneth Jeffries – Mathematics
  • Kristin Moore – Biology
  • Paula Brock – Pharmacology & Toxicology

2013-2014

  • Holly Rau – Psychology
  • Kevin Breen – Neuroscience
  • Lisa Benko – Neurobiology & Anatomy
  • Shuchang Liu – Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Yu-Chan Chen – Biochemistry
  • Yan Zhou – Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
  • Windy Tanner – Family & Preventative Medicine
  • Dallas Shi – Human Genetics
  • Gregory Rice – Mathematics
  • Vasiliy Chernyshev – Chemical Engineering
  • Alexander Thiessen – Physics & Astronomy
  • Daman Bareiss – Mechanical Engineering
  • Diksha Arora – Economics
  • Ryan Burns – Exercise & Sport Science
  • Sarah Knutie – Biology
  • York Smith – Metallurgical Engineering

2012-2013

  • Riddhita Chakraborty – Biology
  • Jason Cooperrider – Psychiatry
  • Marta Fay – Oncological Sciences
  • Marie Gardett – English
  • Francois Giraud-Carrier – Operations and Information Systems.
  • Joseph Halford – Finance
  • Kaid Harper – Chemistry
  • Hao Huang – Geography
  • Virginia LeBaron – Nursing
  • James Lehane – Geology and Geophysics
  • Mehran Mazinani – Middle East Center
  • Allyson Merrell – Human Genetics
  • Mingming Qiu – Finance
  • Nekehia Quashie – Sociology
  • Andrea Schwager – Physiology
  • Vimal Swarup – Bioengineering
  • David Woessner – Pharmacology and Toxicology
  • Brett Wolfe – Biology

2011-2010

  • Spencer Kellis – Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Jennifer Larson – Psychology
  • Avishek Saha – Computing
  • Giridhar Thiagarajan – Bioengineering
  • Jose Crespo – Biology
  • Cornelia Horndli – Neurobiology and Anatomy
  • Seth Lilavivat – Chemistry
  • Seth McDonald – Biochemistry
  • Emily Stone – Anthropology
  • Aniruddha Udipi – Computing
  • Anna Astashkina – Pharmaceutics and Pharm.Chemistry
  • Mavis Irwin – Physiology
  • Jelena Markovic – Linguistics
  • Shraddha Sadekar – Pharmaceutics and Pharm.Chemistry
  • Megan Wrona – Educational Psychology
  • Ching-Jui Lai – Mathematics

2010-2011

  • Issam Al Diri – Neurobiology and Anatomy
  • Gregory Carling – Geology and Geophysics
  • Lindsey Corum – Bioengineering
  • Andrew Dixon – Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
  • Annie Hanshew – History
  • Jinsuk Kang – Pathology
  • Ann Lambert – Psychology
  • Zachery Lundeen – Geography
  • Suraj Musuvathy – Computing
  • Miguel Olivas–Martinez – Metallurgical Engineering
  • Hongbo Pang – Biochemistry
  • Kari Smith – Biology
  • Mary Snow – Family and Preventative Medicine
  • Kevin Uno – Geology and Geophysics
  • Jessica Waite – Biology
  • Jennifer Yim – Political Science

2009-2010

  • Amlan Ghosh – Electrical Engineering
  • Nathan Hansen – Mechanical Engineering
  • Nathan Hauke – English
  • Jin-Mi Heo – Biochemistry
  • Matthew Heumann – Geology and Geophysics
  • Robin Hill – History
  • Masaki Kakizaki – Political Science
  • Daniel Kopinke – Human Genetics
  • Blerta Shtylla – Mathematics
  • Michael Sygnatowicz – Material Science
  • Zuzana Tomas – Linguistics
  • Emily Traupman – Psychology
  • Sarvani Vakkalanka – Computer Science
  • Yaorong Zheng – Chemistry

2008-2009

  • James Anderson – Neuroscience
  • Megan Bestwick – Biochemistry
  • Monica Campbell – Modern Dance
  • Catherine Dy – Biology
  • Jeremy Galusha – Chemistry
  • Josh Holt – Physics
  • Scott Hynek – Geology and Geophysics
  • Julie Jay – Pharmaceutical Chemistry
  • Nadja Makki – Human Genetics
  • Ben Mangum – Physics
  • Alf Seegert – English
  • Kiumars Shahrokh – Pharmacology and Toxicology
  • Hui Shao – Bioengineering
  • Lyubima Simeonova – Mathematics
  • Wilson De Lima Silva – Linguistics

2007-2008

  • Steven Callahan – Computing
  • Ximena Diaz – Geology and Geophysics
  • Lindsay Drury – Modern Dance
  • Katherine Fortenberry – Psychology
  • Rebecca Gill – Communication
  • Emine Hosoglu Dogan – Middle East Center
  • Angela Katsuyama – Biochemistry
  • Eirik Lang Harris – Philosophy
  • Karthik Ramani – Computing
  • Taegong Ryu – Engineering
  • Yu Shi – Biochemistry
  • Gueorgui Todorov – Mathematics
  • William Wai-lung Shum – Chemistry
  • Lei Wang – Chemistry
  • Joshua Wayment – Chemistry

2006-2007

  • Amit Agrawal – Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Christopher Fox – Bioengineering
  • Melissa Goldsmith – Political Science
  • Susan Goslee – English
  • Minde Hanson – Neurobiology and Anatomy
  • Ivaliha Kalcheva – School of Business
  • Gwen Latendresse – Nursing
  • Sali Li – School of Business
  • Jael Malenke – Biology
  • Sterling Paramore – Chemistry
  • Anna Sivatchenko – Human Genetics
  • Zuzanna Smolarkiewicz – Art and Art History
  • Christine Turnbull – Biology
  • Jeffrey Adam VanLooy – Geography
  • Julie Willis – Geology and Geophysics
  • Lindsay Zanno – Geology and Geophysics
Last Updated: 5/21/24