2021 UCI NSF GRFP Grant Winners
UCI Graduate Division is honored to congratulate and recognize the 26 graduate and undergraduate students who received an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Grant along with 27 students who earned an honorable mention. The GRFP is one of the most preeminent honors that a young scholar can receive. In addition to the distinction, the GRFP provides research security and freedom by providing graduate students with $138,000 over three years.
Congrats to these fine scholars!
Elizabeth A Ankrah
Comp/IS/Eng – Human Computer Interaction
Adam Birnbaum
Mathematical Sciences – Statistics
Socorro Cambero
STEM Education and Learning Research – Science Education
Keiland Wade Cooper
Life Sciences – Neurosciences
Riley Elizabeth Cooper
Chemistry – Chemical Catalysis
Pieter Derdeyn
Life Sciences – Artificial Intelligence
Rakia Dhaoui
Chemistry – Sustainable Chemistry
Tri Ngoc Dong
Life Sciences – Neurosciences
Nicholas Duong
Physics and Astronomy – Astronomy and Astrophysics
Thuytien Duong
Life Sciences – Microbial Biology
Salma El-Azab
Materials Research – Metallic Materials
Max Hennessy Fieg
Physics and Astronomy – Particle Physics
Natalia Candelaria Gonzalez
Social Sciences – Sociology
Alexis Danielle Guerra
Geosciences – Biological Oceanography
Jinhyuk Elisha Kim
Geosciences – Artificial Intelligence
Lauren Jenna Merlino
Life Sciences – Physiology
Luis Adrian Ramirez
Engineering – Mechanical Engineering
Heather Carmen Romero Mercieca
Engineering – Bioengineering
Cesar M. Rosales
Social Sciences – Linguistics
Amelia Roskin-Frazee
Social Sciences – Sociology
Bryan Ivan Ruiz
Life Sciences – Cell Biology
Hannah Stober Slocumb
Chemistry – Chemical Catalysis
Andrew Sum
Engineering – Biomedical Engineering
Marixza Torres
STEM Education and Learning Research – Other (specify) – Socioemotional skill le
Valery Celeste Vigil
STEM Education and Learning Research – Artificial Intelligence
Ali Tareq Younis
Chemistry – Other (specify) – Bioinorganic
Honorable Mentions
Anne-Katherine Burns
Physics and Astronomy – Artificial Intelligence
Emily Marie Castro
Life Sciences – Neurosciences
Jordan Anthony Castro
Chemistry – Sustainable Chemistry
Thomas Joshua Cross
Chemistry – Computationally Intensive Research
Isaac Goldstein
Mathematical Sciences – Statistics
Weilin Guan
Engineering – Mechanical Engineering
Nadia Hirbawi
Chemistry – Chemical Catalysis
Christine Ji-Young Kim
Social Sciences – Anthropology, other (specify) – Sociocultural Anthropology
Mahek Suresh Logantha
Physics and Astronomy – Plasma Physics
Zane Gregory Long
Chemistry – Chemistry of Life Processes
Justin Thomas Mulvey
Engineering – Materials Engineering
Nellie Estelle Nelson
Life Sciences – Neurosciences
Phan Nam Phu
Chemistry – Chemical Structure, Dynamics, and Mechanism
Megan Alma Rocha
Chemistry – Chemistry of Life Processes
Isaryhia Maya Rodriguez
Life Sciences – Other (specify) – Molecular Biology
Jonathan Dennis Rodriguez
Mathematical Sciences – Mathematical Biology
Peter Joseph Santiago
Materials Research – Chemistry of Materials
Andrew Schmidt
Engineering – Biomedical Engineering
Allison Taylor Silverman
Social Sciences – Medical Anthropology
Maya Sophia Silverman
Physics and Astronomy – Astronomy and Astrophysics
Diana Sarah Suder
Life Sciences – Structural Biology
Katherine Townsend
Chemistry – Chemistry of Life Processes
Kylie Shizu Uyeda
Chemistry – Chemistry of Life Processes
JoAnne Villagrana
Life Sciences – Genetics
Karla Marlene Viramontes
Life Sciences – Other (specify) – Immunology
Amy Xiuting Wu
Physics and Astronomy – Condensed Matter Physics
Nuodi Zang
Chemistry – Chemical Theory, Models and Computational Methods