News & Recipients
Alumni Spotlights
- Biomedical Sciences and Health
- Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science
- Environmental Sciences and Biology
- International Relations, Governance, and Law
- Arts and Education
Biomedical sciences and Health
Shahriar Zamani
Amgen Scholars Program, Gates Cambridge Scholarship
Shahriar completed his Medical Science PhD in cancer epidemiology at the University of Cambridge. He is now a post-doctoral research fellow at the National Cancer Institute.
Alexandria Brady-Min茅
Goldwater Scholarship, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, Rhodes Scholarship Finalist
Alex is currently studying mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She focuses on the intersection of biomedical engineering and human rights with plans to work on the development of artificial tissues.
Caitlin Coleman
Goldwater Scholarship, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
Caitlin is a current PhD student in Emory University's Microbiology and Molecular Genetics program. She intends to study emerging viruses and create new strategies toward preparedness challenges in microbial surveillance.
Alexander Mercier
Goldwater Scholar, Marshall Scholarship Finalist, Rhodes Scholarship Finalist
Alex is a PhD student at Hardvard University in the School of Public Health studying population health sciences. He intends to focus on epidemiological network models to understand disease spread.
Jaclyn Dell
Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Jaclyn received her Fulbright to pursue a doctoral program at the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom studying the underlying neural mechanisms of incentive salience to better treat addiction.
Kelli Lynch
Goldwater Scholarship, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
Kelli is a current PhD student in biophysics at Stanford University. Her research focuses on the role of physical interactions in antibiotic mechanisms of action using single cell fluorescence microscopy.
physics, mathematics, and computer science
Cole Gibson
Goldwater Scholarship, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
Cole is a current PhD student in biophysics at Princeton University. His research focuses on the application of statistical mechanics to biological systems like the brain.
Keller Blackwell
Goldwater Scholarship, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, Knight-Hennessy Scholarship
Keller is pursuing a PhD in computer science at the Stanford University School of Engineering. He aspires to advance universal access to private and secure communication through the design of cryptographical tools.
Michael Calzadilla
Goldwater Scholarship, Gates Cambridge Scholarship
Michael received his master's from University of Cambridge and his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in astrophsyics. He is now a NASA Hubble Fellow at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics where he studies galaxy evolution.
Willie McClinton
Goldwater Scholarship, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
Willie is a PhD student and researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. His interests lie in AI, Robotics, Neurology, and Quantitative Finance.