April 9, 2025
PSD graduate student Nikki Keramati has been awarded a 2025 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship in the category of Chemistry - Chemical Synthesis.
Honorable mentions were awarded to the following graduate students:
- Christopher Zhu, Comp/IS/Eng - Data Science, Data Mining, Information Retrieval and Databases
- Shilin Zeng, Chemistry - Chemical Synthesis
- Serina Tressler, Chemistry - Chemical Theory, Models, and Computational Methods
- Isaiah Thomas, Life Sciences - Biophysics
- Alexander Roth, Chemistry - Chemical Synthesis
- Michael Rose, Chemistry - Chemical Theory, Models, and Computational Methods
- Isabelle Petrucci, Chemistry - Chemical Synthesis
- Sanjay Pandiri, Chemistry - Chemical Synthesis
- Hailey Main, Chemistry - Chemistry of Life Processes
- Nathan Lopez, Chemistry - Quantum Information Science
- Jacob Linden, Mathematical Sciences - Applied Mathematics
- Alexandra Krupinski, Chemistry - Chemical Catalysis
- Isak Jatoi, Chemistry - Macromolecular (including Polymer Chemistry), Supramolecular, and Na
- Frances Herr, Mathematical Sciences - Topology
Each fellowship provides three years of support during a five-year fellowship period. For each of the three years of support, NSF provides a $37,000 stipend and $16,000 cost of education allowance to the University.
The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees at accredited United States institutions.
Congratulations to these outstanding members of the Division for receiving this honor.