Fellowship Year 2020-2021
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation German Chancellor Fellow:
- Arianna Hernandez (Comparative Human Development, 2019)
Astronaut Scholars:
- Lily Liu (Mathematics, Statistics, 2021)
- Samantha Marglous (Chemistry, Biological Chemistry, 2021)
Beinecke Scholar:
- Adriana Gonzales (Anthropology, Comparative Race and Ethnic Studies, 2021)
Boren Scholars:
- Peter Bound (History, 2021), French, Senegal
- Araxie Cass (Creative Writing, 2021), Armenian, Armenia
- Mary Imperiale (East Asian Languages and Civilizations, 2020), Mandarin, Taiwan
- Sedef Ishaque (Political Science, 2020), Urdu, India
- Sophia Kierstead (Political Science, 2020), Urdu, India
- Geoff LaMear (Political Science, 2020), Arabic, Jordan
- Andres Leland (Anthropology, 2020), Arabic, Morocco
- Laura Parker (Environmental and Urban Studies, 2020), Mandarin, China
- Roman Ruiz (Public Policy Studies, 2020), Mandarin, Taiwan
- Reema Saleh (Public Policy Studies, 2020), Arabic, Jordan
Named Alternate:
- Shelby Senger (Global Studies, 2020), Russian, Latvia
Carnegie Endowment James C. Gaither Fellow:
- Katrina Keegan (Russian and East European Studies, English Literature, 2020), Declined
Critical Language Scholars:
- Trent Carson (Common Year, 2021), Swahili, Scholar
- Andres Leland (Anthropology, 2020), Arabic, Scholar
- Armando Pizano (Economics, 2022), Portuguese, Scholar
- Elaine Zhang (Common Year, 2022), Russian, Scholar
Named Alternates:
- John Buterbaugh (Political Science, 2022), Arabic
- Julia Gerdin (History, 2021), Chinese
- Estrella Hernandez (Common Year, 2023), Chinese
- Peter Salgado (Common Year, 2023), Russian
- Anastasia Wood (Common Year, 2022), Russian
DAAD RISE Scholars:
- Daniel Yong (Biological Sciences, 2021), Universität zu Lübeck
- Michelle Nguyen (Biological Chemistry, 2022), Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
- Felipe Martins (Physics, Mathematics, 2021), Technische Universität Berlin
- Viraj Manwadkar (Astrophysics, 2022), Technische Universität Dresden
- Lisa Lin (Physics, 2021), Forschungszentrum Jülich
DAAD Study Scholar
- Benjamin Andrew (Philosophy, 2019), MA in Logic and the Philosophy of Science, LMU-Munich, Declined
Davis Projects for Peace Scholar:
- Anvita Ramachandran (Economics, Statistics, 2021), Project title: “e-KALVI: An Equal Footing Through Computer Education”, India
Emerson National Hunger Fellows:
- Lexie Holden (Political Science, Germanic Studies, 2020)
- Katherine Blankinship (Linguistics, 2019)
- Sara Maillacheruvu (English, South Asian Languages and Civilizations, 2018)
Fulbright Grantees:
- Lena Breda (History, 2020), Italy, Study/Research
- Michelle Chong (Physics, History, 2020), Indonesia, English Teaching Assistantship
- Conor Bulkeley-Crane (Fundamentals, 2020), Austria, Combined Award
- Adelaide Duckett (Political Science, 2020), Estonia, English Teaching Assistantship
- Isabel Garon (Neuroscience, 2020), Austria, Study/Research
- Jake Greenspan (Fundamentals, 2019) Greece, English Teaching Assistantship
- Chloe Hyman (History, 2020), Kosovo, English Teaching Assistantship
- Woorin Jang (Computer Science, 2020), South Korea, English Teaching Assistantship
- Katelyn Kasperian (Russian and East European Studies, History, 2019), Bulgaria, English Teaching Assistantship
- Andres Leland (Anthropology, 2020), Morocco, Study/Research
- Leena Lim (Chemistry, Biological Chemistry, 2020), South Korea, Study/Research
- Yifan Mao (Neuroscience, Biological Sciences, 2020), Nigeria, Study/Research
- Morley Musick (Fundamentals, 2020), Italy, English Teaching Assistantship
- Lauren Pankin (Romance Languages and Literatures, 2020), France, Fulbright Ecole Normale Superieure Paris-Saclay Study Award
- Yvette-Teresa Pribitkin (Public Policy Studies, 2020), Spain, English Teaching Assistantship
- Jessica Psahoulias (Neuroscience, 2020), Belgium, Study/Research
- Elizabeth Smith (Law, Letters, & Society, AB 2019), South Korea, Study/Research
- Natalie Tedards (Comparative Human Development, 2020), Italy, English Teaching Assistantship
- Ann Chandler Tune (Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Psychology, 2020), Mexico, English Teaching Assistantship
- Esther Wang (Biological Sciences, 2020), Taiwan, English Teaching Assistantship
- Benjamin Weinstein (History, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, 2020), Morocco, English Teaching Assistantship
- P.J. Wilkens (Mathematics, Molecular Engineering, 2020), Uzbekistan, English Teaching Assistantship
- Joshua Zakharov (Public Policy Studies, 2020), Uzbekistan, English Teaching Assistantship
Named Alternates:
- Maya de Jonge (History, 2020), Named Alternate, Ecuador, English Teaching Assistantship
- Juliette Hainline (Computer Science, 2020), Named Alternate, Senegal, Study/Research
- Charlotte Hovland (Geophysical Sciences, Biological Sciences, 2020), Named Alternate, UK/Kent, Study/Research
- Katrina Keegan (Russian and East European Studies, English Literature, 2020), Named Alternate, Kyrgyzstan, Study/Research
- Claire Ulmer (Political Science, 2020), Named Alternate, France, English Teaching Assistantship
- Jacob Weiss (Public Policy Studies, 2020), Named Alternate, Sengal, English Teaching Assistantship
- Calvin Wilder (Political Science, 2020), Named Alternate, Jordan, English Teaching Assistantship
Gilman Scholars:
- Alex Bisnath (Physics, 2022), France
- Philomena Burger (Biological Sciences, 2021), Greece
- Ema Calkins (Anthropology, 2022), Israel
- Janet Gao (Economics, 2021), Morocco
- Laura Gutierrez (Biological Sciences, 2020), France
- Brandon Limary (Environmental and Urban Studies, 2022), France
- David Mendieta (Public Policy Studies, 2021), Italy
- Aaliyah Muhammad (Anthropology, 2021), Senegal
- Samantha Plante (Global Studies, 2021), Mexico
Named Alternates:
- Alexandra Fiorentino-Swinton (Sociology, 2022), United Kingdom
- Eren Fitzgerald (History, 2022), Austria
- Andrew Mandelstam (Economics, 2021), France
- Spencer Dembner (Mathematics, 2021)
- Vennela Mannava (Chemistry, 2021)
- Thomas Propson (Physics, 2021)
Humanity in Action Fellows:
- Beth Awano (Sociology, 2021)
- Stacie Reimann (Law, Letters, and Society, 2017)
Lincoln Academy Student Laureate:
- Shriram Chennakesavalu (Biological Chemistry, Computer Science, 2020)
National Institutes of Health Oxford-Cambridge Fellow:
- Emily Beltran (Biological Science, 2017)
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellows:
- Sophie Arnold (Economics, 2018)
- Sylvia Anne Cheever (Anthropology, 2018)
- Albert Chen (Physics, Mathematics, 2020)
- Michelle Chong (Physics, History, 2020)
- Jeronimo Martinez Garcia Cors (Physics, 2019)
- Lindsey Currier (Mathematics, Economics, 2018)
- Samantha Dean (Statistics, 2018)
- Marlin Damar Figgins (Mathematics, AUT19)
- Raymond Han (Mathamtics, Economics, 2018)
- Neeti Jain (Biological Sciences, 2016)
- Justin Philip Lubin (Mathematics, Computer Science, 2020)
- Sidney Mau (Physics, 2020)
- Linsey Marie Nowack (HIPPS, Chemistry, 2019)
- Katherine Reis (Psychology, Neuroscience, 2019)
- Nivedina Sarma (Chemistry, 2020)
- Claire Valva (Mathematics, Geophysical Sciences, 2020)
- Maritha Wang (Chemistry, 2020)
- An additional 11 College/UChicago alum received the NSF GRFP as graduate students at other institutions
Honorable Mentions:
- Ruby An (Mathematics, Biological Sciences, 2017)
- Rachel Brown (Biological Sciences, Chemistry, 2020)
- Jasmine Kalia (Physics, 2020)
- Benjamin Lyo (Physics, 2018)
- Leron Perez (Molecular Engineering, 2020)
- Shalma Wegsman (Mathematics, Physics, 2020)
- Stephanie Williams (Neuroscience, 2018)
- An additional 10 College/UChicago alum were named as NSF Honorable Mentions as graduate students at other institutions
Payne Fellow:
- Zach Wehrli (Political Science, 2018)
Schwarzman Scholar:
- Ozan Beran Akturan (Biological Sciences, 2020)
Think Swiss Scholar
- Ananya Karanam (Physics, 2022)
Truman Scholars:
- Kristen Busch (Economics, 2021)
- Rodrigo Estrada (Political Science, Economics, 2021)
US Teaching Assistantship in Austria Grantee:
- Conor Bulkeley-Crane (Fundamentals, 2020)