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May 12, 2022
43 UCI Graduate Scholars Earn NSF-GRFP Honors
43 UCI scholars earn NSF-GRFP honors

A total of 43 UCI graduate scholars received honors from the National Science Foundation (NSF). 22 of those students received earned a Graduate Research Fellowship from the Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP), while 21 were recognized with honorable mention.

The Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in STEM disciplines across the U.S. Students awarded the fellowship receive a three-year annual stipend of $34,000, as well as $12,000 paid directly to the university to cover tuition and fees. The GRFP has a history of selecting recipients who go on to achieve high levels of success. Past fellows include numerous Nobel Prize winners, former U.S. Secretary of Energy, Steven Chu, Google founder, Sergey Brin and Freakonomics co-author, Steven Levitt.

This year’s UCI recipients are listed below:

NSF-GRP Award Winners

Araneta, Erin Joy EsposoChemistry – Sustainable Chemistry
Bakis, AthanasiosMathematical Sciences – Computational Statistics
Bautista Garcia, EstebanChemistry – Macromolecular, Supramolecular, and Nanochemistry
Castillo, Andrea LidiaSTEM Education and Learning Research – Engineering Education
Dohl, JacobLife Sciences – Cell Biology
Hernandez Santacruz, JasminPsychology – Cognitive Psychology
Huynh, AmyEngineering – Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering
Issa, Mariam AliEngineering – Artificial Intelligence
Liu, Christopher PantayatiwongEngineering – Chemical Engineering
Lopez, John Louis-StrakesSTEM Education and Learning Research – Science Education
Martinez, Maricela XochilLife Sciences – Neurosciences
Mendoza, Guadalupe AileenPsychology – Cognitive Psychology
Muthukumar, PratyushComp/IS/Eng – Artificial Intelligence
Nguyen, HannahChemistry – Chemical Synthesis
Ramirez, FabianMathematical Sciences – Algebra, Number Theory, and Combinatorics
Saleh, SamerEngineering – Chemical Engineering
Samuels, CamilleSocial Sciences – Cultural Anthropology
Schulte Bisping, Marie CelestineLife Sciences – Neurosciences
Showalter, Samuel RComp/IS/Eng – Machine Learning
Sousa, Rachel SylviaMathematical Sciences – Mathematical Biology
Vasquez, Alexander MichaelPhysics and Astronomy – Other (specify) – Chemical, Applied, and Materials Physi
Yang, Lucy LChemistry – Chemistry of Life Processes

Honorable mentions

Allison, StevenMaterials Research – Chemistry of Materials
Bautista, MaliaLife Sciences – Neurosciences
Beshai, Ryan AmirLife Sciences – Ecology
Bonadonna, Christine CarmellaLife Sciences – Other (specify) – Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Cenkner, David PatrickPsychology – Developmental Psychology
Cheng, JiangningEngineering – Biomedical Engineering
Cypcar, Andrew DavidChemistry – Sustainable Chemistry
Daniels, Brian SullivanChemistry – Chemical Synthesis
de Carvalho, Gregory BeloLife Sciences – Neurosciences
Fortin, BridgetLife Sciences – Biochemistry
Freedman, HaydenComp/IS/Eng – Software Engineering
Granger-Jones, Jessica AnnChemistry – Sustainable Chemistry
Heid, LesliePhysics and Astronomy – Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Khazindar, YezzenGeosciences – Arctic-Antarctic
Nishida, MikaelaMathematical Sciences – Statistics
Pahl, Bryant LabajoGeosciences – Paleoclimate
Pina, Dolores AlejandraSocial Sciences – Other (specify) – Global Studies
Ramirez, CuauhtemocLife Sciences – Physiology
Silvester, Joseph MaxwellPhysics and Astronomy – Quantum Information Science
Spitz, ShiriPsychology – Social Psychology
Urrutia Avila, Ashley NoemiEngineering – Biomedical Engineering
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