Thirteen Dartmouth alumni and three current graduate students recently received 2010 Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The award recognizes and supports graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees in the United States and abroad.
“The NSF fellowships are among the most prestigious awards an individual graduate student can receive in science research,” says Dartmouth’s Dean of Graduate Studies Brian Pogue, also a professor of engineering. “The students apply for them early in their graduate study program, and the awards are given out in recognition of high merit and potential. We are fortunate to have the support of Chemistry Professor Joe Belbruno who, in collaboration with the Graduate Studies Office, runs an outstanding workshop and mentors students in writing their applications. It is very encouraging to see so many Dartmouth alumni and students receiving fellowships this year.”
UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI
Katherine Ryan Amato ’09, now studying ecology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Allison Eva Baker ’09, now in the neurosciences program at Harvard University
Matthew Chao ’06, now studying economics at Harvard University
Renee Nicole Cottle ’07, now studying biomedical engineering at the Georgia Tech Research Corporation and the Georgia Institute of Technology
Dylan Grace Gee ’07, now in the cognitive neuroscience program at the University of California-Los Angeles
Kacy Lynn Gordon ’06, now studying the evolution of gene regulation at the University of Chicago
Kristen Louise Lurie ’08, now studying electrical and electronic engineering at Stanford University
Lakshmi Narayan ’06, now in the forestry program at the University of California-Berkeley
Matthew Francois Pech ’07, now studying developmental biology at Stanford University
Sandra Jayne Sidi ’07, now studying political science at Yale University
Alexandra Y. Spielhagen ’06, now in the cultural anthropology program at Duke University
Chelsea L. Wood ’06, now studying marine biology at Stanford University and Hopkins Marine Station
Jimmy Jiajia Zhuang ’08, now in the molecular biology program at Harvard University
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Sean Anthony Guillory, graduate student in cognitive neuroscience at Dartmouth
Maria Noelle Hindt, graduate student in molecular biology at Dartmouth
Eric Andrew Reavis, graduate student in cognitive neuroscience at Dartmouth
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Bridget Alex ’08, now studying archaeology at Harvard University
Katelin A. Bailey ’10, planning to study computer science and engineering at the University of Washington
Jeffrey R. Bate ’07, now studying geography at the University of Colorado at Boulder
Adam Bledsoe ’10, planning to study geography at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Kim Sarah [Ballard-Perrin] Brewitt ’02, now studying fish and wildlife at the University of California-Santa Cruz
Laura Anne DeLorenzo ’10, planning to study at atomic and molecular physics at the University of Arizona
Zebediah Engberg, graduate student in mathematics at Dartmouth
Shara Ilana Feld ’07, now studying civil engineering at the University of Washington
Jill Lauren Harris ’05, now studying marine biology at University of California-San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Nina Lany, graduate student in ecology at Dartmouth
Alexander Aaron Schlegel, beginning graduate studies in cognitive neuroscience at Dartmouth in fall 2010
Steven Joseph Weber ’09, now studying condensed matter physics at the University of California-Berkeley