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Graduate Research Fellowship: Recipients

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: 3/22/23