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University of South Florida
Our goal is to increase diversity in STEM disciplines through recruitment of highly qualified minority students to our graduate programs in the College of Engineering and collaborating IGERT and Bridge to the Doctorate graduate programs in the College of ... » Read More
Each year The Compact for Faculty Diversity sponsors the Institute on Teaching and Mentoring, a four-day conference that has become the largest gathering of minority doctoral scholars in the co... » Read More
Northeastern University
"The Nanomedicine IGERT fellows have developed an Introduction to the Nanoworld workshop to teach students and the local community about Nanomedicine and its applications. To date, participants include middle school students from the Bernard Harris Summer... » Read More
University of California, Davis
Our primary challenge in recruiting has been the low numbers of students from underrepresented groups who elect to study ecology and evolution. To offset this, we have worked diligently in recruiting and retaining students from broad backgrounds.
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Applied Mathematics and Earth & Environmental Sciences IGERT
Columbia University
Kobi Abayomi has graduated as a doctoral student in Statistics with a minor in Environmental Engineering. He is a postdoctoral fellow at Duke University. His research interest lies in applying quantitative methods to environmental concepts such as sustai... » Read More
Applied Mathematics and Earth & Environmental Sciences IGERT
Columbia University
Hannah Abend has graduated as a masters student in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. Her primary research interest is in earthquake physics -- specifically, fault dynamics and earthquake simulation -- with a special emphasis on the impac... » Read More
Optical Science and Engineering
University of Colorado, Boulder
Dana Anderson PI, Optical Science and Engineering IGERT, University of Colorado, works on research is directed primarily in three areas: Real-time holographic systems, optical sensing and precision measurement, and atom optics. Real-time holographic syste... » Read More
Engineered Bioactive Interfaces and Devices
University of Kentucky
Kimberly Anderson is the PI for the new Engineered Bioactive Interfaces and Devices IGERT at the University of Kentucky. She is a faculty member in chemical and materials engineering and is the recipient of the 2002 Sarah Bennett Holmes Award from the UK... » Read More
Molecular Engineering of Microdevices IGERT
Ohio State University
Research interests:
My research seeks to develop a framework of control- and diagnostic-oriented models of a Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) in order to optimize fuel cell stack performance through proper flow distribution and pr... » Read More
Assessing Change in Coastal Ecosystems
University of Rhode Island
As a native Rhode Islander, I am happy to be back in the Ocean State after receiving my BA and MA in economics from the University of Montana. I am a PhD student in the environmental and natural resource economic s department and an occasional contributor... » Read More
Integratively Engineered Biointerfaces
Rutgers University
Graduate Program: Ceramic and Materials Engineering; Research Focus: Chemical bonding and structure-function relationships at mineral/organic interfaces in bone, enamel, dentin; development of nanopatterned engineered biomimetic analogs; Seeks to Integrat... » Read More
The Point Where Everything Comes in Play Physics, Chemistry and Philosophy at the NanCardonao-scale
University of California, Los Angeles
How could one piece of paper be a 200-page book? The question sounds a little like a philosophical riddle, and perhaps that's one reason UCLA IGERT Fellow Erika Artukovic - a Southern California native who majored in physics and philosophy at Dartmouth a... » Read More
Terahertz Science and Technology
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Currently I am working with Prof. Ingrid Wilke in the Department of Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy. Our research is focused on the emission of THz radiation from semiconductor surfaces. This topic is important because new applications of THz spect... » Read More
Computational Transportation Science
University of Illinois, Chicago
Josh is a first year PhD student in the College department of Civil and Materials Engineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). His primary research interest is in the field of travel demand modeling, specifically focusing on activity-based... » Read More
Technology Based Learning with Disability
Wright State University
Stephanie received her B.S. in Biomedical Engineering 2007. She has served as chair of the Ad-Hoc Teaching Committee, Student Ambassador for the College of Engineering and Computer Science, President of the WSU Biomedical Engineering society, President o... » Read More
Computational Transportation Science
University of Illinois, Chicago
Daniel is a first year Ph.D. student in the department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). His current research interests include Data Management in Mobile Peer-to-peer networks, Database Systems, and Data Mining. He rece... » Read More
The New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology
City University of New York (CUNY), Graduate Center
Karen is a PhD student in Anthropology at CUNY. She received her BA in 200 from Muhlenberg College and her MA in 2004 from CUNY Hunter College. Her research interests include Paleoanthropology; cranial morphology; geometric morphometrics; evolutionary h... » Read More
GLOBES IGERT
University of Notre Dame
Following graduation from Michigan Technological University with a BS in Biology, Ashley spent two years in northeast China teaching English at the Changchun Institute of Technology. While there, she observed the rapid industrial growth associated with ... » Read More
Macromolecular Interfaces with Life Sciences
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
The goal of my research is to determine an economical method for extracting polyphenolic compounds from peanut byproducts, which have been shown to possess significant antioxidative properties. Industry currently relies on commercial antioxidants such as ... » Read More
Nanomedicine
Georgia Institute of Technology
Gilda Barabino is Associate Chair for Graduate Studies & Professor of Biomedical Engineering andVice Provost for Academic Diversity at Georgia Institute of Technology. She was previously Professor of Chemical Engineering and Co-PI of the Nanomedicine IGE... » Read More
Public Policy and Nuclear Threats IGERT
University of California, San Diego
Joseph P. Bassi, a native New Yorker and Yankees fan, is Ph.D. student in the Department of History at UC Santa Barbara. He is a consultant with the Aerospace Corporation supporting NASA/JPL and recently was a graduate research associate at Pacific Northw... » Read More
Technology Based Learning with Disability
Wright State University
Melissa received her B.S. in Biology/Biomedical Sciences from the University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, 2001. She is currently working on ultrastructural analysis of the central nervous system. Her research involves working with a congenitally deaf mouse ... » Read More
Sensor Science, Engineering and Mathematics
University of Maine
Kate Beard is the primary investigator for the Sensor Science, Engineering and Mathematics IGERT at the University of Maine. She is a professor in the Department of Spatial Information Science Engineering at the University of Maine. She has been a resear... » Read More
NanoBio IGERT Program
Johns Hopkins University
Laura Beasman works on creating surfaces with chemical cues that coax the growth of cancer and stem cells. Beasman, an IGERT* fellow with Johns Hopkins Institute for NanoBioTechnology (INBT’s) and recent recipient of the prestigious National Science Found... » Read More
Sustainable Energy from Solar Hydrogen
University of Delaware
The development of a more sustainable energy system is a unique challenge facing our society. This issue bears a worldwide scope, reflected in the devastating economic, political, and environmental repercussions associated with current dependence on nonre... » Read More
GLOBES IGERT
University of Notre Dame
Adam comes to the GLOBES program with a 2004 BA in Economics and a minor in Mathematics from Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana. Adam’s research interests are rooted in microeconomic theory and financial econometrics and include topics like debt-for-na... » Read More
Institute for Cellular Engineering (ICE) IGERT
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
A Biological Approach to Alternative Energy Samantha graduated with a B.S. in chemistry from the University of Vermont and is currently pursuing a PhD in Chemistry at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in Jeanne Hardy’s research group. Her prima... » Read More
Sensory Knowledge-based Interface Sciences (SKINS)
University of South Florida
Shekar Bhansali is currently the PI of the SKINS IGERT at the University of South Florida. He is a faculty member in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Nanomaterials and Nanomanufacturing Research Center. He received his PhD in Electrical Engine... » Read More
Computational Transportation Science
University of Illinois, Chicago
James is a first year Ph.D. student in the department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). His primary research interest is in artificial intelligence focusing on applications of machine learning, with secondary interests in... » Read More
The New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology
Columbia University
Mary is a PhD student in Anthropology at Columbia University. She received her BA in 2005 from Swarthmore College, and her MA in 2006 from Columbia University. Her research interests include Population genetics; molecular systematics; phylogeography and... » Read More
Adaptive Management: Water, Wetlands and Watersheds IGERT
University of Florida
Susanna graduated from Colgate University with a B.A. in Geology in 2003 and from the University of Florida with a M.S. in Geology in 2006. Susanna's Masters work focused on the utilization of Neodymium isotopes as a tracer of ancient ocean circulation i... » Read More
Adaptive Management: Water, Wetlands and Watersheds IGERT
University of Florida
Becky graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. in Anthropological Sciences in 2002 and from the University of Florida with a M.A. in Anthropology. Becky is an environmental anthropologist in her third year of the AMw3 IGERT. She is interested in t... » Read More
Marine Biodiversity: Understanding Threats & Providing Solutions IGERT
University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Program Graduate
I am a 4th year graduate student in the Marine Biology program at SIO. One of my research goals is to investigate the biodiversity level in deep-sea trench habitats. These environments represent the ocean's deepest habitats and remai... » Read More
Ecosystem Restoration through Interdisciplinary Exchange (ERIE) IGERT
State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo
David M. Blersch, the Director of the Ecosystem Restoration through Interdisciplinary Exchange (ERIE) program, obtained a Ph.D. in Ecological Engineering the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland. Dr. Blersch’s research interests are in underst... » Read More
Ecosystem Restoration through Interdisciplinary Exchange (ERIE) IGERT
State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo
Stacey Sloan Blersch recently joined the ERIE IGERT program to pursue a Ph.D. in environmental engineering and ecosystem restoration. Ms. Blersch has a varied and accomplished background, having an education in mechanical engineering and environmental sci... » Read More
Technology Based Learning with Disability
Wright State University
Jenny received her B.S. in Psychology in 2008 from Wright State University. She is currently working on her M.S. in Human Factors Psychology.
Her research compares different assistive technology devices in relation to efficiency in typing documents. S... » Read More
Assistant Professor, Geography Department
Keene State College
Chris Brehme is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at Keene State College in Keene, New Hampshire.
In 2009, Brehme earned a PhD in Geography with an emphasis in Geographic Information Science from the University at Buffalo, SUNY. Hi... » Read More
Program Coordinator, Sustainable Energy from Solar Hydrogen IGERT
University of Delaware
Morag 'Mo' Bremner is a wonderful advocate for the IGERT trainees at the University of Delaware's Sustainable Engery from Solar Hydrogen IGERT. She is the IGERT Program Coordinator for that program. After completing her Masters in Psychology in South ... » Read More
Non-equilibrium Dynamics Across Space and Time IGERT
University of Minnesota
I received my undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering (Environmental Emphasis) from Virginia Tech (go Hokies!). In addition to a lot of hiking, I assisted a doctoral student in studying the affects of chemical shocking on sludge deflocculation. From the... » Read More
The New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology
City University of New York (CUNY), Graduate Center
Jessica is a PhD student in Anthropology at CUNY. She received her BA in 1998 from Wilfrid Laurier University (Waterloo, Ontario), and her MS in 2000 from the University of Toronto. Her dissertation topic is “Chimpanzee Immunodeficiency virus Co-evoluti... » Read More
Adaptive Management: Water, Wetlands and Watersheds IGERT
University of Florida
Megan graduated from the University of Virginia with a B.A. in Biology in 2002 and from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University with a M.S. in Geosciences in 2004. Megan worked for the Bureau of Land Management assessing riparian and rangeland... » Read More
Ecosystem Restoration through Interdisciplinary Exchange (ERIE) IGERT
State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo
Anne completed a BS in geology from the State University of New York at Potsdam in May, 2008. She's now continuing her education at the University of Buffalo as an ERIE IGERT trainee in the Geology Department working with Dr. Allen-King. Her current res... » Read More
Interdisciplinary Relationship Science Program
University of California, Los Angeles
My research in medical and linguistic anthropology is motivated by a strong interest in the relationship between chronic illness and family dynamics. By examining how illness experience is articulated and organized in family interactions, I consider chron... » Read More
Sustainable Energy from Solar Hydrogen
University of Delaware
In order to sustain our way of life our generation must find a new energy source. Not just because of environmental concerns but because of availability of traditional energy sources. Society must switch to renewable energy sources before we deplete our... » Read More
Biosphere - Atmosphere Research and Training (BART)
Michigan Technological University
I'm a third-year doctoral student in the Forest Resources & Environmental Science Department at Michigan Technological University. My advisor, Rolf Peterson, works mostly on predator-prey relationships and the ecology of wolves and moose. My research (p... » Read More
Inequality & Social Policy IGERT
Harvard University
Traci graduated from Princeton University in 2002, where she majored in Politics and African-American studies. She has conducted several independent research projects on Black Entertainment Television (BET) and symbolic racism, and presented some of her f... » Read More
Applied Mathematics and Earth & Environmental Sciences IGERT
Columbia University
Samuel P. Burns has graduated with a doctoral degree in Applied Mathematics. He is currently a postdoctoral fellow at NYU. His thesis research concerns studying simplified models of equatorial atmospheric dynamics, including the numerical implementation o... » Read More
It's About Communication
Pennsylvania State University
Since NSF IGERT programs promote thinking across the traditional borders of a multitude of disciplines, it makes sense that students often come to them by a variety of interesting paths. For example, the path taken by Heather Buss, now a third-year doctor... » Read More
Technology Based Learning with Disability
Wright State University
Ron received his B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, 2005. Ron has volunteered at the Shiloh House Adult Day Services to understand different disabilities & work with individuals to help them learn and thrive. Ron’s ... » Read More
The New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology
New York University
Joe Califf is a PhD student in Anthropology at NYU. He is a member of the Center for the Study of Human Origins. He received his BS from Rutgers University in 2000 and his MA in 2004 from NYU. His research interests include Behavior, socioendocrinology... » Read More
Inequality & Social Policy IGERT
Harvard University
Before starting graduate studies at the Kennedy School, Naomi worked for several years as a consulting associate at MAP Inc, a small consulting firm specializing in state-level education finance and policy. Originally from Ithaca NY, she went to Bryn Mawr... » Read More
Astrobiology IGERT
University of Washington
I am a first year graduate student in the Earth and Space Sciences Department interested in the topics of habitable planets and the conditions under which such planets form. The Astrobiology Program is ideal for my interdisciplinary interests, which range... » Read More
International Development and Globalization
Columbia University
Shubha Chakravarty is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Economics. Her research interests center on issues of nutrition, food, and agriculture. She has studied and worked in several developing countries, including Chile, Mexico, India, and most recentl... » Read More
Physical & Biomolecular Foundations for Designing Nanoprobes for Biology
Johns Hopkins University
Tania Chan is a first year PhD student in materials science at Johns Hopkins University and member of the NanoBio IGERT with the Institute for NanoBioTechnology.
Working with Michael (Seungju) Yu, associate professor of materials science and engineerin... » Read More
Nanoscale Device Development
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
I received my B.S. in Polymer Science from the Univ. of Southern Mississippi in 2000. In my time there I worked under Prof. Charles Hoyle studying UV-initiated thiol-ene polymerizations. I am currently a 2nd year graduate student in the Dept. of Polymer S... » Read More
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Materials Creation Training Program IGERT
University of California, Los Angeles
Li-Min (Raymond) Chen obtained his BS and MS in Materials Science and Engineering from National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan. His previous research focused on the investigation of nanocrystalline zirconium oxide (ZrO2) to replace silicon dioxide (SiO2)... » Read More
Inequality & Social Policy IGERT
Harvard University
When he's not building social capital, Victor edits Inthefray.com, an online magazine devoted to issues of identity and community, such as gender, class, race, and sexuality. At Harvard, his primary interests are poverty, development, and social movements... » Read More
Sustainable Energy from Solar Hydrogen
University of Delaware
I attended the University of Connecticut for my undergraduate education and received a B.S. in chemical engineering and a B.A. in German studies in May 2008. This unique pairing of language and engineering took me to Frankfurt am Main, Germany to perform ... » Read More
Terahertz Science and Technology
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
I’m currently working with Shivkumar Kalyanaraman and Partha Dutta in the Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering (ECSE) on self-organizing, geography aware wireless mesh networks both in the Radio Frequency (RF), Free Space Optics (FSO)... » Read More
Integratively Engineered Biointerfaces
Rutgers University
Graduate Program: Biomedical Engineering; Research Focus: Albumin-based nanocarriers for trans-dermal drug delivery; Seeks to Integrate: Tissue engineering; nanobiomaterials; pharmaceutics; Background: B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Saint Louis University... » Read More
Biosphere - Atmosphere Research and Training (BART)
University of Arizona
April received her B.S. in Evolution and Ecology from Ohio State University in 2003. While at Ohio State, April worked as a research assistant in the labs of Dr. Lonnie Thompson, Geosciences Department, and Peter Curtis, Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal... » Read More
Ecosystems Restoration through Interdisciplinary Exchange (ERIE) IGERT
State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo
Bernadette Clabeaux is a fourth year graduate student in the Biological Sciences Department at the University at Buffalo (UB), striving for a Doctorate in Plant Physiology. She received a Master’s degree in April 2007 from UB, and her Bachelor’s degree fr... » Read More
GLOBES IGERT
University of Notre Dame
James finished a BS in Bioengineering in 2005, and is in the process of finishing an MS in the same field, both from the University of California, San Diego. His research interests include cellular kinetics, the study of migration, development, and invasi... » Read More
Institute for Cellular Engineering (ICE) IGERT
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Structural Biology of Lysosomal Enzymes Nat Clark is a graduate student in the Molecular and Cellular Biology program at UMass Amherst. His work focuses on understanding human lysosomal storage disorders using structural biology, biochemistry, and cell... » Read More
Applied Mathematics and Earth & Environmental Sciences IGERT
Columbia University
Martin Collier is a doctoral student in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. His background is in chemistry and geophysics; his primary research interest is in combining observational constraints from geochemistry with insights from numeric... » Read More
Nonlinear Systems IGERT
Cornell University
I am interested in understanding and manipulating biological complex systems. In particular, my research focuses in studying the structural and functional interactions that take place between the rRNA and protein components of the ribosome, the synthetic ... » Read More
Co-PI, Nanotechnology for Clean Energy IGERT
Rutgers University
Dr. Cook-Chennault has joined the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Rutgers University as an assistant professor starting fall 2008.
Prior to joining the Department, Dr. Cook-Chennault was an Assistant Professor in mechanical engine... » Read More
The New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology
City University of New York (CUNY), Graduate Center
Siobhan is a PhD student in Anthropology at CUNY. She received her BA in 2002 from Barnard College, Columbia University, and her MPhil in 2007 from CUNY. Her research interests include physical anthropology; paleontology; primate evolution; platyrrhine ... » Read More
Applied Mathematics and Earth & Environmental Sciences IGERT
Columbia University
Ethan Coon is a graduate student in the Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics department. He is interested in mathematical modeling and fluid dynamics, specifically the modeling of geophysical fluid processes of the Earth. Currently he is working on und... » Read More
Reliability and Risk Engineering, Analysis, and Management
Vanderbilt University
Audrey Copeland grew up in Brentwood, TN and earned her BS and MS in Civil Engineering at Tennessee Technological University. She is working towards a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Vanderbilt University where she is part of the NSF IGERT Multidisciplin... » Read More
Ecology of Infectious Disease
University of Montana
I hold a Bachelors in Zoology and a Masters in Computer Science from the University of Montana. Broadly I am interested in modeling natural systems with a computer. My most recent activities involve modeling river basin geometry with an eye to the force... » Read More
Computational Transportation Science
University of Illinois, Chicago
Caitlin is a 2nd year PhD student in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). Her primary research interests are in the impacts of surveillance on traveler behavior and the maintenance of privacy in ... » Read More
Interdisciplinary Relationship Science Program
University of California, Los Angeles
Broadly, my interests are at the intersection of family demography, health, and social stratification. Specifically, I am interested in whether and how relational resources moderate the consequences of major life transitions such as retirement. My current... » Read More
Marine Biodiversity: Understanding Threats & Providing Solutions IGERT
University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
I am a first year Marine Biology graduate student. I have a fervent interest in marine conservation, particularly in marine protected area design and how ecologically destructive land use practices (such as deforestation and agriculture) affect marine coa... » Read More
Technology Based Learning with Disability
Wright State University
Jeannine Marie Crum is a student in the Biomedical Science PhD Program. Jeannine received her M.S. in Physiology and Neuroscience from Wright State University and B.S. in Psychology from The Ohio State University.
She volunteers to assist the Chair of... » Read More
Economics and Environmental Science IGERT
University of California, Santa Barbara
I am currently a 1st year PhD student in the Economics and Environmental Science Training Program, funded by an NSF/IGERT grant jointly administered by the Economics Department and the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management. My research inter... » Read More
Marine Biodiversity: Understanding Threats & Providing Solutions IGERT
University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
I am a third year doctoral student in the Department of Economics at UCSD. My research is focused in the fields of environmental and public economics, with a particular emphasis on the economics of ocean resources. One project that I've been working on in... » Read More
Technology Based Learning with Disability
Wright State University
Maurissa received her B.S. of E. in Biomedical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, 2004. She received her M.S. in Human Factors Engineering from Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, 2006. Maurissa is currently working on... » Read More
Public Policy and Nuclear Threats IGERT
University of California, San Diego
Monti Narayan Datta is currently a third-year graduate student in the Department of Political Science, UC Davis. His academic interests include: the sources of anti-Americanism, Korean unification, human rights, and the nonproliferation of weapons of mass... » Read More
Molecular Engineering of Microdevices IGERT
Ohio State University
Research interests:
The development of nanoparticle reinforced composites is presently one of the most promising areas in materials science and engineering. Carbon nanotubes and other nanoparticles have the potential to greatly enhance the prop... » Read More
GLOBES IGERT
University of Notre Dame
Andy received his BS in Environmental Science from Huxley College of the Environment at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Wash, in 2003. As an undergraduate he worked at the Institute of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry where he modeled s... » Read More
Nanoscale Device Development
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Naomi DeLong completed her undergraduate studies at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH in biomedical engineering with a specialty in polymer biomaterials. While researching at Case she realized the potential polymers had for various applica... » Read More
Biomechanics IGERT
Harvard University
Alumni
Willow Deluzio was a graduate student working in Prof. George Whiteside's group. Willow studied the movement of motile bacteria near surfaces and in microchannels. Her research examined how the roughness, porosity, and viscoelasticity of surfa... » Read More
NanoBio IGERT - Physical & Biomolecular Foundations for Designing Nanoprobes for Biology
Johns Hopkins University
Exploiting the fact that electrical charge moves through organic materials may give new insight into neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease or mad cow disease. Stephen Diegelmann, who is a second year pre-doctoral student studying chemis... » Read More
Applied Mathematics and Earth & Environmental Sciences IGERT
Columbia University
Ben Diehl is a doctoral student in the Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics. His research interests lie in and around fluid dynamics, especially when in the liquid realm of physical oceanography.
He is currently searching for a proj... » Read More
Sustainable Energy from Solar Hydrogen
University of Delaware
I graduated college in May of 2005 with a B.S. in Chemistry and Biology and a minor in Economics. My first job was as a Chemistry and Fish Technician at Australis Aquaculture, a sustainable indoor fish farm. After that I got a job at a small start-up comp... » Read More
"IGERT student" weaves his education through a number of complementary programs
University of Maine
If you're looking for evidence of NSF EPSCoR's impact in Maine, the case of PhD student Andrew Doyle isn't a bad place to start. Doyle is immersed in the growing multi-disciplinary research network which has developed among four institutions - The Univers... » Read More
Ecosystem Restoration through Interdisciplinary Exchange (ERIE) IGERT
State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo
After years of life-guarding on Lake Erie, expanding many horizons in college at SUNY Potsdam and a cross country RV trip, Nate completed his Maters in Urban Planning at the University at Buffalo. He is currently an ERIE IGERT trainee in the University at... » Read More
Sustainable Urban Infrastructure
University of Colorado, Denver
Andrew joined the IGERT program while working toward an MA in Anthropology at the University of Colorado at Denver, having previously earned a BA in Art from the University of Wyoming. He is currently a first year PhD student in Health and Behavioral Scie... » Read More
Biocentric Robotics IGERT
University of Utah
I'm originally from a small secret town in Pennsylvania. After graduating high school, I was fortunate enough to join the Meyerhoff Scholarship Program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), where I earned my B.S. in physics.
As a Brid... » Read More
Ecosystem Restoration through Interdisciplinary Exchange (ERIE) IGERT
State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo
Born and raised in a small town in Iowa, Robert moved to St. Louis in 2002, where he received a BA in Philosophy, a BA in English, and a minor in Classical Studies from the University of Missouri St. Louis. In 2006, he moved to Buffalo to pursue a PhD in ... » Read More
Ecology of Infectious Disease
University of Montana
I received my B.A. from Dartmouth College in 2001 and my M.A. from University of Montana in 2004. My Current Research Interests: Linear and mixed models and classification.
Personal interests include skiing, trail running, and cycling. ... » Read More
Molecular Engineering of Microdevices IGERT
Ohio State University
I am currently enrolled in a combined BS/MS program within the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at The Ohio State University. My academic and research interests involve the application of materials science and related technology to the adva... » Read More
The New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology
City University of New York (CUNY), Graduate Center
Jessica Eng is a student of Anthropology at CUNY. She received her BA in 2005 from Cornell University. Her research interests include hominid functional anatomy and evolution; skeletal morphology; craniofacial morphology and development; bone biology an... » Read More
GLOBES IGERT
University of Notre Dame
Sarah recently earned bachelor degrees in Molecular and Cell Biology and Spanish at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Mass. As an undergraduate, she interned at Boston Scientific Corporation (BSC) in Natick, Mass., conducting several assays an... » Read More
Sustainable Energy from Solar Hydrogen
University of Delaware
When I complete graduate school at the University of Delaware, I want to be involved with society’s transition toward a more sustainable energy system. The vagueness of my career objective is a reflection of my broad interest in this multi-faceted topic, ... » Read More
Integrated Sensing Architechtures IGERT
University of Kentucky
Jessika Feliciano was born in Ponce, the second largest city of the beautiful island of Puerto Rico. She received her B. S. degree in Chemistry (Magna Cum Laude, 1997) from the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico, where she worked with Professor... » Read More
Integratively Engineered Biointerfaces
Rutgers University
Graduate Program: Molecular Biosciences: Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology; Research Focus: Structure-function relationships of neuroproteins (e.g. cypin); microtubule formation and dendrite branching; Seeks to Integrate: In-silico, in-vitro, and in-viv... » Read More
Applied Mathematics and Earth & Environmental Sciences IGERT
Columbia University
Christy Field is a graduate student in the Department of Earth and Environmental Studies. Her research focuses on assessing the usefulness of the cosmogenic isotope beryllium-10 as a proxy for solar irradiance changes. By using the Goddard Institute for ... » Read More
Sustainable Urban Infrastructure
University of Colorado, Denver
Mr. Fisher holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of California at Irvine and an M.S. in Civil Engineering from Stanford University. He has worked on an Infrastructure Master Plan baseline study in Kigali, Rwanda, was a member of the City... » Read More
Technology-Baased Learning with Disability IGERT
Wright State University
In spite of my best judgment and due to some serendipitous events I ended up in graduate school at The Ohio State University working with Rich Jagacinski in 1978. Six years and two kids later, with strong urging from my wife, I finally completed the Ph.D.... » Read More
Integratively Engineered Biointerfaces
Rutgers University
Graduate Program: Biomedical Engineering; Research Focus: Biomaterials and implants for spinal cord regeneration: prevention of post-operative scar-tissue; Seeks to Integrate: Biomaterials design; drug delivery via implantable biomaterials; molecular biol... » Read More
The New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology
City University of New York (CUNY), Graduate Center
Frances Forrest is a student of Anthropology at CUNY. She received her BA in 2006 from CUNY Queens College. Her research interests include paleoanthropology; Plio-Pleistocene hominin evolution; evolution of the genus Homo; paleoecology; taphonomy; Afric... » Read More
Inequality & Social Policy IGERT
Harvard University
Michael Javen Fortner received his BA in Political Science and African-American studies from Emory University in 2001. Currently, Michael is a PhD Student in the Government Department at Harvard University and a doctoral fellow in the Multidisciplinary Pr... » Read More
Inequality & Social Policy IGERT
Harvard University
Cybelle received her BA in History and Economics from UC San Diego in 1997. She worked as a research associate for the Institute for Children and Poverty and for the Urban Justice Center-Human Rights Project, both in New York City, before beginning the Ph... » Read More
Interdisciplinary Relationship Science Program
University of California, Los Angeles
My current research examines the causes, consequences, and mediators of family structure effects on children. I am particularly interested in the underlying psychological and social mechanisms through which family structure affects child wellbeing, and wh... » Read More
Sustainable Futures
Michigan Technological University
Valerie J. Fuchs, EIT, is a doctoral student in environmental engineering at Michigan Technological University. She is a National Science Foundation Integrated Graduate and Education Research (IGERT) Trainee, as well as a Graduate Scholar in the Sustaina... » Read More
Non-equilibrium Dynamics Across Space and Time IGERT
University of Minnesota
Broadly speaking, I am interested in bedrock river systems and their response to changes in steady state conditions. Strath terraces are of particular interest to me because they suggest that on some time scale, lateral erosion was more dominant than vert... » Read More
Learning with Disability Program
Wright State University
Mel received her B.A. in Music and English/American Literature from Washington University in St. Louis in 1993, and her M.A. in Communication Management from the University of Southern California in 1996. She worked for over a decade in the recording and ... » Read More
Technology Based Learning with Disability
Wright State University
Allison received a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Wright State University in 2004; she recieved her Masters in BME in 2007. She is currently working on her Ph.D. and helping to create a powered orthotic device in order to help strengthen the quadrice... » Read More
Physical & Biomolecular Foundations for Designing Nanoprobes for Biology
Johns Hopkins University
On Lake Ontario outside the frozen tundra that is Rochester, New York is Suburbs Webster where I grew up. Attending, The Webster High School I found that I had a deep interest in science. It is from this that I made the faithful decision to attend the Un... » Read More
Interdisciplinary Relationship Science Program
University of California, Los Angeles
I am interested in the evolutionary psychology of close relationships, romantic love, mating strategies, and sexuality; as well as the evolutionary origins of music, humor, gesturing, and of just about anything else. I am currently working on two primary ... » Read More
The New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology
City University of New York (CUNY), Graduate Center
Eva Garrett is a student of Anthropology at CUNY. She received her BA in 2005 from the University of Texas at Austin. Her research interests include sexual dimorphism; primate evolution; and sensory ecology.... » Read More
Adaptive Management: Water, Wetlands and Watersheds IGERT
University of Florida
Andrea graduated Furman University with a B.A. in English in 2003 and from the University of Florida with a M.S. in Geography. Andrea specializes in the study of human-environment interactions. Specifically, her interests are in multi-scalar implications... » Read More
Technology-Based Learning with Disability
Wright State University
Alyssa earned a B.S. in biomedical engineering at Case Western Reserve University in 2008. She is currently doing research through the Wright State University orthopaedic surgery department at Miami Valley Hospital. This research studies mechanical fail... » Read More
Dynamics of Communication in Context
University of Pennsylvania
Benjamin George is a graduate student in Computer and Information Science, and his current interests relate to computational issues in the foundations of natural language semantics and pragmatics. Before coming to Penn, he studied mathematics and linguist... » Read More
Marine Biodiversity: Understanding Threats & Providing Solutions IGERT
University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
I am a second year student in the Biological Oceanography curricular group. Generally, I am interested in fisheries oceanography and conservation. My thesis topic is still in the early stages of development, but I anticipate that it will focus on the rela... » Read More
Adaptive Management: Water, Wetlands and Watersheds IGERT
University of Florida
Robin graduated from Dartmouth College with a B.A. in Environmental Studies in 2002 and from the University of Florida with a M.A. in Religion and Nature in 2008. Robin is interested in the ethics of ecological restoration and how different constructions... » Read More
Nanoscale Engineering and Science
Drexel University
Yuri Gogotsi is the PI for the Drexel and University of Pennsylvania IGERT in Nanoscale Engineering and Science. He holds appointments in the Departments of Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering at Drexel University and serves as Director of the A.J. Drex... » Read More
Nanomaterials in the Environment, Agriculture, and Technology IGERT
University of California, Davis
The NEAT-IGERT's emphasis upon interdisciplinary and collaborative research efforts, as described in the program goals, closely parallels my academic and research experiences. My interests are in materials development and applications. Nanomaterials and t... » Read More
Quantitative Approaches to Neuroscience: From Molecules to Behavior
Brandeis University
I am presently working on my PhD program at Brandeis University, in a lab that studies a small, fairly simple, well-defined circuit of interconnected neurons. Thus far, neuroscientists have described neurons using conventional measures taken when the neur... » Read More
Integratively Engineered Biointerfaces
Rutgers University
Graduate Program: Microbiology and Molecular Genetics; Research Focus: Cell Biology: protein-protein interactions and post-transcriptional modifications; Seeks to Integrate: Cell adhesion studies, living cell fluorescence imaging; Background: B.S., Indust... » Read More
Materials Lifetime Science and Engineering
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
I am a fifth year doctoral student in Materials Science and Engineering advised by Professor Peter Liaw. In 2004, I earned my master's degree in Materials Science and Engineering from The University of Tennessee. My current research interests are biomat... » Read More
Interdisciplinary Relationship Science Program
University of California, Los Angeles
IGERT trainee Kimberly Griffin is a doctoral candidate in Higher Education and Organizational change in the UCLA Department of Education. She will graduate in June 2008. Next year, she will begin her faculty career as an Assistant Professor at the Pennsy... » Read More
Reliability and Risk Engineering, Analysis, and Management
Vanderbilt University
Candice Griffith is a PhD candidate at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. She is an IGERT student in Vanderbilt’s Reliability and Risk Engineering and Management program. She previously received a Master’s Degree (1998) in Mechanical Engineering an... » Read More
Biological Invasions
University of California, Davis
Rick Grosberg was the first PI of the University of California, Davis IGERT on Biological Invasions. His work centers on mechanisms influencing the evolution of genetic, ecological, life-history, and behavioral diversity in marine organisms. He is most i... » Read More
Nonlinear Systems
Cornell University
John Guckenheimer is the PI of the Nonlinear Systems IGERT at Cornell University.
His research is a blend of theoretical investigation, development of computer methods and studies of nonlinear sytems that arise in diverse fields of science and engi... » Read More
Ecosystem Restoration through Interdisciplinary Exchange (ERIE) IGERT
State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo
Mike, a native of Buffalo, NY, graduated from the University at Buffalo in May 2008 with a B.S. in Environmental Studies and a minor in Geography. His major was part of the Interdisciplinary Degree Program at UB, allowing him concentrations in both envir... » Read More
Integratively Engineered Biointerfaces
Rutgers University
Graduate Program: Ceramics & Materials Eng., Biomedical Eng. (joint); Research Focus: Morphological and compositional studies of hydroxyapatite-biopolymer nanocomposites; image analysis and modeling; Seeks to Integrate: Biomimetic materials synthesis; bon... » Read More
The New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology
City University of New York (CUNY), Graduate Center
Lauren Halenar is a student of Anthropology at CUNY. She received her BA in 2000 from NYU. Her research interest is platyrrhine paleontology.... » Read More
Adaptive Management: Water, Wetlands and Watersheds
University of Florida
Hollie graduated from Humboldt State University with a B.S. in Rangeland Resource Management and Wildland Soil Science in 2004 and in 2008 she received her M.S. in Soil and Water Science from the University of Florida. During her Master’s research experi... » Read More
Integratively Engineered Biointerfaces
Rutgers University
Graduate Program: Biomedical Engineering; Research Focus: Developing personalized cancer therapies for malignant brain tumors; Seeks to Integrate: Tumor-Biomaterial Interaction to elucidate mechanisms of tumor invasion; Background: B.S., Biomedical Engine... » Read More
Seeing Around Corners: Ethnocentric Behavior and Altruism
University of Michigan
Ross Hammond became an IDEAS-IGERT Fellow in January 2003 as one of the first recipients of the fellowship. He is a PhD student in the Dept. of Political Science and is collaborating with Prof. Robert Axelrod on a project that models ethnocentric behavior... » Read More
Program for Interdisciplinary Mathematics, Ecology, and Statistics (PRIMES)
Colorado State University
Stacey is currently a PhD student in the Department of Statistics at Colorado State University. She received her Bachelor's degree in mathematics and music from Concordia College in Moorhead, MN, and her Master's degree in statistics at Montana State Univ... » Read More
Non-equilibrium Dynamics Across Space and Time IGERT
University of Minnesota
I am interested in studying how fluid mechanics influence the population dynamics of plankton in wetland zones of aquatic environments. My long term career goal is to work in international water quality protection emphasizing the relationship between huma... » Read More
Marine Biodiversity: Understanding Threats & Providing Solutions IGERT
University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
I am a first year Biological Oceanography student at SIO. My previous research experience includes work on the Rogue River (Oregon) with the Wildlife Conservation Society employing biotelemetry to study the migratory patterns and habitat use of the green ... » Read More
PhD Student, Water in the Urban Environment IGERT
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Research Interests: Studying "hotspots" of denitrification in urban restored watersheds.
I am interested in nutrient cycling in urban restored watersheds, focusing on "hotspots" of denitrification and a host of microbial variables that play a key ro... » Read More
Non-equilibrium Dynamics Across Space and Time IGERT
University of Minnesota
I received my undergraduate degree in Biology from the University of St. Thomas (2006). My research as an undergraduate focused on the effects of fish on aquatic invertebrate communities in Minnesota shallow lakes. The experiences associated with this res... » Read More
International Development and Globalization
Columbia University
Fang He is a third year Ph.D. student in Economics. He is specializing in development and labor economics with a special emphasis on education. He has been collaborating on randomized evaluations of several education programs in India and is also lookin... » Read More
Sensory Knowledge-based Interface Science IGERT Graduate
University of South Florida
Ranko Heindl received his Ph.D. in Applied Physics in December 2006 at the University of South Florida. Working under Dr. Hariharan Srikanth in the Functional Materials Laboratory, the title of his dissertation was “Ferrite-Ferroelectric Thin Films with ... » Read More
Applied Mathematics and Earth & Environmental Sciences IGERT
Columbia University
Deborah Herceg has graduated as a doctoral student in Applied Mathematics. She is currently a postdoctoral fellow at Rutgers University. Her main research interests are the regional climate modeling, atmospheric science and climate change scenarios. She ... » Read More
The New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology
City University of New York (CUNY), Graduate Center
Mauricio is a graduate student in Anthropology at CUNY. He received his B.A. in 2004 from the University of Florida at Gainesville. His research interests include: Physical anthropology; bioarchaeology; human osteology; paleopathology; growth and devel... » Read More
Integrated Sensing Architectures IGERT
University of Kentucky
Robin S. Hickok received her Bachelors degree in Chemistry with ACS accreditation from Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin in May 2001. As a student in the Chemistry Department, she was honored with a departmental fellowship and presented with the Dist... » Read More
Integratively Engineered Biointerfaces
Rutgers University
Graduate Program: Molecular Biosciences; Research Focus: Interfacial structure of pre-mRNA/ribonucleoprotein complexes: sequence specificity, regulation, and modulation; Seeks to Integrate: Bioinformatics and genomics; high-throughput screening; cell-base... » Read More
Biomechanics
Harvard University
Noel Michele Holbrook, current IGERT PI in Biomechanics at Harvard, grew up in a suburb of Washington, D.C., where she somehow conceived an interest in palms. After her sophomore year, an International Palm Society travel grant sent her to Panama for a ye... » Read More
Inequality & Social Policy IGERT
Harvard University
Matissa Hollister is currently in residence at Dartmouth College, where she is a post-doctoral fellow in Sociology and in the Rockefeller Center for Public Policy. Matissa is studying the effect of family background on career paths and how these career pa... » Read More
Materials Creation Training Program
University of California, Los Angeles
I am currently a PhD student in UCLA Electrical Engineering (EE) department. Before joining UCLA as a PhD student in solid state electronics division, I got two masters’ degrees from different schools in seemingly different fields, one from Materials scie... » Read More
Sustainable Energy from Solar Hydrogen
University of Delaware
Christina Honsberg is pictured here with a molecular beam epitaxity (MBE) machine. Work on this device forms the centerpiece of a new laboratory for ultra-high efficiency solar cells. The MBE machine was recently acquired from a Silicon Valley research c... » Read More
Geographic Information Science IGERT
State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo
Jacquie Housel, a PhD candidate in the Department of Geography is in the final stages of her research on ways that place and race are mutually constituted in this highly segregated city. This work has involved observing racial profiling study circles, dir... » Read More
International Development and Globalization
Columbia University
Patrice Howard is a fourth-year student in Political Science. West African Political and Economic Development are her areas of interest. Currently, she is working on her disseration which will explore the impact of "traditional rulers" on political and ec... » Read More
IGERT researcher works with space-age plastics at Tuskegee University
Tuskegee University
Danielle Hudson was well aware of her family connection to Tuskegee University when she enrolled at the institution as an undergraduate in 1993. All three of her aunts had attended the school, tucked away in the small southern Alabama town for which it is... » Read More
Integratively Engineered Biointerfaces
Rutgers University
Graduate Program: Biomedical Engineering; Research Focus: Hepatic Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells; Seeks to Integrate: Cell coculture configurations; Cell adhesion biology & signaling; Molecular biology; Microsystems Bioengineering; Background: B.... » Read More
Macromolecular Interfaces with Life Sciences IGERT
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Rebecca's Research at a Glance
Free radical polymerization is the most widely used mechanism for macromolecular synthesis in the industrial market, producing billions of tons of macromolecules and biopolymers worldwide each year. Despite this widespr... » Read More
The New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology
City University of New York (CUNY), Graduate Center
Rebecca is a graduate student in Anthropology at CUNY. She received her B.A. in 1995 from University of California, Berkeley and her M. Phil. In 2003 from CUNY Graduate School. Her research interests include: African ape evolution and diversity; paleoa... » Read More
Inequality & Social Policy IGERT
Harvard University
Elisabeth aims to utilize the vast array of tools available to social scientists in order to inform and influence policy and politics. Her research interests embrace a wide array of questions addressing the issue of economic security: Do Americans face mo... » Read More
Dynamics of Communication in Context
University of Pennsylvania
Josh Jacobs is a graduate student in Neuroscience working with Mike Kahana. His current research involves using computational and statistical techniques to study neural correlates of human behavior. To accomplish this, he studies intracranial brain record... » Read More
Institute for Cellular Engineering (ICE) IGERT
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Expansion of Adult Hematopoietic Stem Cells Paejonette Jacobs received her undergraduate degree in Biochemistry from Mount Holyoke College, MA. Currently, she is pursuing a graduate degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Massachuse... » Read More
NanoBio IGERT - Physical & Biomolecular Foundations for Designing Nanoprobes for Biology
Johns Hopkins University
Cells that give rise to connective tissue, known as fibroblasts, promote wound healing and repair following injury or disease. Mustapha Jamal, a PhD student in the NanoBio IGERT with the Institute for NanoBioTechnology at Johns Hopkins University, is usin... » Read More
Sustainable Urban Infrastructure
University of Colorado, Denver
I am a first year Ph.D. student in the department of Architecture and Planning. It is so exciting to have been given the opportunity to pursue my interests and strengthen my technical skills in a rigorous, interdisciplinary way! The intersection between b... » Read More
Dynamics of Communication in Context
University of Pennsylvania
David January is in his second year of graduate study at the University of Pennsylvania. He attended Swarthmore College from 1999 to 2003, graduating with High Honors with a major in Linguistics and a concentration in Cognitive Science. In the year betwee... » Read More
Biosphere - Atmosphere Research and Training (BART)
State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook
I am currently a third year PhD student at the Institute of Planetary and Terrestrial Atmospheres in Stony Brook University, NY. The focus of my research is to understand the role of the biosphere in the emission/uptake of oxygenated VOCs with the atmosph... » Read More
Nano Biotechnology IGERT
Johns Hopkins University
Trying to fit complex experimental data gathered by scientists and engineers into predictable mathematical models has proved challenging, if not impossible, for computer engineers and mathematicians. Yet this daunting task has provided an exciting researc... » Read More
Sustainable Futures
Michigan Technological University
I am a 2nd year doctoral candidate in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan studying under the advisement of Dr. David R. Shonnard. As a trainee of the Michigan Tech and Southern University and A... » Read More
The New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology
New York University
Alba is a graduate student in Anthropology at NYU. She is a Member of the Center for the Study of Human Origins. She received her B. Sc. In 2000 from Universidad Nacional de Colombia and her M.Sc. in 2004 from Oxford Brookes University (UK). Her resea... » Read More
Sensory Knowledge-based Interface Sciences (SKINS) IGERT
University of South Florida
Jeffy P. Jimenez has been a Graduate Researcher at the University of South Florida since 2003. She received her M.S. in Chemical Engineering from University of South Florida (USF), Tampa, FL, US in 2005 and a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from Univ... » Read More
Public Policy and Nuclear Threats IGERT
University of California, San Diego
Amanda M. Johnsen is a Ph.D. student in the Nuclear Engineering Department at UC Berkeley. Her current research interest is in radiochemistry. She has been studying neptunium thermodynamics as part of the Stockpile Radiochemistry group at Lawrence Livermo... » Read More
Marine Biodiversity: Understanding Threats & Providing Solutions IGERT
University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
I am interested in the both the science and the policy of effective marine resource management, and am thrilled to be starting a PhD program that doesn't make me choose between the two. While at the School for Field Studies in the Turks and Caicos Islands... » Read More
Technology Based Learning with Disability
Wright State University
Carissa received her B.S. in Computer Engineering from Ohio State University, 1993. She worked as a computer consultant and as a project manager for web and electronic commerce projects. She returned to college to study human computer interaction at Wrigh... » Read More
Interdisciplinary Materials Program to Accelerate the Transition from Student to Scientist
University of Oregon
Dave Johnson’s research group at the Materials Science IGERT, University of Oregon, focuses its efforts on developing kinetically-controlled approaches to the synthesis of new solid-state materials and correlating physical properties with structure and bo... » Read More
Integratively Engineered Biointerfaces
Rutgers University
Graduate Program: Chemistry and Chemical Biology; Research Focus: Design and synthesis of polymer-based drug delivery systems for use in ceramic and polymer-ceramic medical implants; Seeks to Integrate: Surface and interfacial characterization of polymer-... » Read More
Ecology of Infectious Disease
University of Montana
I received my Bachelors in Biology from the University of Mary, and my Masters in Biology from Kansas State University. My thesis work included investigations of the landscape dynamics of sylvatic plague in black-tailed prairie dogs throughout the Great ... » Read More
Associate Dean and Director, Office of Minority Education, Office of the Dean for Undergraduate Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); Institute for Broadening Participation (IBP)
DiOnetta Jones is the Associate Dean and Director of the Office of Minority Education, Office of the Dean for Undergraduate Education at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Prior to this appointment, she was the Director of Diversity Programs for ... » Read More
Integrated Sensing Architechtures IGERT
University of Kentucky
Marlon D. Jones was born in Hawthorne, California in 1970. He received a B. S. degree in Chemistry at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1995. Currently, he is working on his Ph. D. thesis under the supervision of Prof. Arthur Cammers-Goodwin at the U... » Read More
Diversity Post Doctoral Fellow
Cornell University
My name is Wanda Denise Jones. I was born on September 15, 1976 in Selma, Alabama to the late Rosa Lee Jones and the late Roosevelt Watts. As a youngster, I was not into science; I found enjoyment in breaking things as a kid and was fascinated as to how... » Read More
Nanoscale Device Development
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Brian Jordan, the IGERT fellowship recipient, graduated from the University of Michigan with a BS in chemistry in 2001. Under the guidance of Dr. Arthur Ashe, his undergraduate research consisted of developing novel heterocyclic compounds to be used as c... » Read More
Non-equilibrium Dynamics Across Space and Time IGERT
University of Minnesota
I received my undergraduate degree in computer science at Purdue University and continued to work for Eastman Kodak Company in Rochester, NY. While working I pursued my Master of Science in computer science at Rochester Institute of Technology.
I am... » Read More
Terahertz Science and Technology
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
I am currently working with Xi-Cheng Zhang in the department of Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy, in the center for terahertz research. We study the generation and detection of THz radiation and its potential applications.
My research concentrat... » Read More
Integratively Engineered Biointerfaces
Rutgers University
Graduate Program: Molecular Biosciences; Research Focus: Bone biology: Role of asteopontin in cell signaling, differentiation, and biomineralization; Seeks to Integrate: Cell biology; Biomemetic materials engineering; Background: B.S., Molecular Biology, ... » Read More
Technology Based Learning with Disability
Wright State University
Rob earned a B.S. in Mathematics & Computer Science from Lawrence Technological University, and a M.S. in Computer Science from Wright State University.
As a consultant, Rob has worked with start-up companies and Fortune 100 companies to develop softw... » Read More
Technology Based Learning with Disability
Wright State University
John received his B.S. in Psychology from University of South Florida in 2000. He received his M.S. fom Western Kentucky University in 2004. He is currently a Ph. D. student in Human Factors Psychology.
He is interested in accessibility/usability issue... » Read More
Neural Basis of Cognition
Carnegie Mellon University
Ryan Kelly is a 5th year doctoral student in the Computer Science Department. His main interest is in understanding the brain, and he has pursued this goal by joining the Center for Neural Basis of Cognition, a joint program between Carnegie Mellon and th... » Read More
Interactive Digital Multimedia
University of California, Santa Barbara
I am currently finishing my second year of PhD studies in the UC Santa Barbara Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience graduate program in the Department of Psychology. From 2000-2004, I studied Cognitive Science at UC Berkeley for my Bachelor's... » Read More
IGERT researcher goes to the ends of the earth for marine worms
Georgia Institute of Technology
Cynthia Kicklighter has searched the Atlantic and the Pacific, from North Carolina to the tropics, and from sunny shallow coral ecosystems to cold and dark waters 7000 feet down, all in pursuit of...marine worms and snails. Currently a Georgia State Unive... » Read More
Applied Mathematics and Earth & Environmental Sciences IGERT
Columbia University
Gemma Kirkwood is a graduate student in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. She is interested in using paleoenvironmental proxies and mathematical modeling to study a variety of research topics including variability in sea surface temperat... » Read More
Computational Transportation Science
University of Illinois, Chicago
I am a first year Phd student at University of Illinois at Chicago in the department of Computer Science. My primary interests are in the area of theoretical computer science focusing on formal methods and verifications, in particular I looking into how t... » Read More
Marine Biodiversity: Understanding Threats & Providing Solutions IGERT
University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Program Graduate
I am a sixth year graduate student in marine biology working with Nancy Knowlton and Forest Rohwer (S.D.S.U.). My thesis, which I will defend this year, is focused on the effects of anthropogenic stress on coral reefs. During the cour... » Read More
Integratively Engineered Biointerfaces
Rutgers University
Graduate Program: Pharmacology; Research Focus: Cell Biology: Integrin-mediated regulation of cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions; Seeks to Integrate: Cell adhesion studies, computer modeling of protein-protein interactions, bioinformatics; Background:... » Read More
Geographic Information Science IGERT
State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo
I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Geography at the University @ Buffalo and a recipient of one of the original fellowships from the first NSF IGERT grant. I graduated with honors from University of Wyoming with B.S. in Geography and Sociology an... » Read More
Applied Mathematics and Earth & Environmental Sciences IGERT
Columbia University
Kirk Knobelspiesse is a doctoral student in Applied Mathematics. He arrived at Columbia by a rather circuitous route, starting with an undergraduate degree in photography, a master's degree dealing with remote sensing of the earth, and several years worki... » Read More
Terahertz Science and Technology
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
I am currently working with Dr. Partha Dutta in the Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering here at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Our group's main goal is the development and characterization of novel optoelectronic III-V compo... » Read More
Assessing Change in Coastal Ecosystems
University of Rhode Island
I grew up in Massachusetts, just outside of Boston. I was lucky enough to have parents that loved camping, boating and spending time in the outdoors. For as long as I can remember, I have fond memories boating, fishing, digging for clams and camping on is... » Read More
Sustainable Energy from Solar Hydrogen
University of Delaware
Hydrogen has a very critical and somewhat unique potential to bridge the gap between renewable energy sources and zero-emissions energy conversion technologies. Through the Fuel Cell group here in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, I will be resea... » Read More
Marine Biodiversity: Understanding Threats & Providing Solutions IGERT
University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
I am a first year student in the Biological Oceanography curricular group with support from a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship. After receiving my bachelor's degree in Marine Biology from UCLA, I spent a year working for Pacifi... » Read More
Nano Biotechnology IGERT Program
Johns Hopkins University
Blood flow gives life to both normal and cancerous tissues. Cutting off cancer cells from their blood supply through drugs that prevent blood vessel growth can control tumor growth. Jacob Koskimaki is a third year biomedical engineering graduate student w... » Read More
Interdisciplinary Relationship Science Program
University of California, Los Angeles
The main aim of my research is to assist the field of psychology to a greater understanding of emotion and stress in social interaction, particularly in close relationships, and how emotion and stress influence later physical well being. Specifically, I a... » Read More
Applied Mathematics and Earth & Environmental Sciences IGERT
Columbia University
Sam Krevor is a student in the Center for Carbon Management, Professor Klaus Lackner's work group within the Earth and Environmental Engineering Department. Sam is studying the development of an engineered process whereby carbon dioxide from the atmosphe... » Read More
Sustainable Urban Infrastructure
University of Colorado, Denver
I am a second year PhD candidate in the Civil Engineering school at the University of Colorado at Denver, as an IGERT fellow. I graduated from the University of Colorado with a BS in Biology (Chemistry minor) and from the Colorado School of Mines with a ... » Read More
Applied Mathematics and Earth & Environmental Sciences IGERT
Columbia University
Kyle Krouse is a doctoral student in Applied Mathematics. His research interests currently focus primarily on atmospheric science, climate dynamics and geophysical fluid dynamics.
Kyle likes mountain biking, scuba diving, cooking and artichokes.... » Read More
Assessing Change in Coastal Ecosystems
University of Rhode Island
Jason Krumholz is in his second year in the PhD program at URI's Graduate School of Oceanography. He studies biological oceanography with Dr. Candace Oviatt. His research interests include estuarine ecology, and ecology of Marine Protected Areas. Jason gr... » Read More
Adaptive Management: Water, Wetlands and Watersheds IGERT
University of Florida
Marie graduated from The College of William & Mary with a B.S. in Geology in 2007. Her undergraduate research focused on the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to study changes in landscape morphology. In addition she worked to evaluate and prom... » Read More
Learning Something No One's Ever Known Before
Iowa State University
Alain Laederach is really jazzed by the thrill of scientific discovery. He knew from a young age that science was going to be the path for him. ''I was very excited by the discovery of new things - explaining things as they are in the world.'' Currentl... » Read More
Ecology of Infectious Disease
University of Montana
I have a BS in Mathematics and an MS in Atmospheric Science, both from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. My current research involves disease modeling at the landscape level. I propose to develop a theoretical model that integrates the mat... » Read More
Nanomaterials in the Environment, Agriculture, and Technology IGERT
University of California, Davis
As an incoming first-year student, I was attracted to the NEAT-IGERT program by its multidisciplinary character. Current trends in research chemistry require a multidisciplinary background in order to fully understand the scope of any truly interesting p... » Read More
Assessing Change in Coastal Ecosystems
University of Rhode Island
Erika Lentz is returning to her native New England after years away exploring big cities and big sky. Beginning her undergraduate career as a sociology major in New York City, Erika discovered an interest in geology and the environment on an earth semeste... » Read More
Learning with Disabilities Program
Wright State University
Jim received his B.S. in Psychology in 2006 from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA. He is currently working on his M.S. in Human Factors Psychology. The focus of his thesis is brain computer interface devices and their displays and feedback, w... » Read More
Associate Dean of the Graduate School and Director of SPIRE
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Institute for Broadening Participation (IBP)
Leslie S. Lerea is Associate Dean of the Graduate School and Director of the SPIRE Postdoctoral Fellowship Program at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. She received her Ph.D. from the Department of Pharmacology at UNC Chapel Hill. She completed ... » Read More
Inequality & Social Policy IGERT
Harvard University
Therese Leung graduated with her B.A. in mathematics from Wellesley College in 1998. After college, she worked as a management consultant before switching careers and obtaining her Masters in Public Policy from the Kennedy School of Government in 2001. He... » Read More
GLOBES IGERT
University of Notre Dame
Peter received a BA in Biology in 2001 from Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin, along with minors in International Relations and Environmental Science. Instead of immediately entering graduate school, Peter pursued his passion for teaching and us... » Read More
Center for Multiphase Environmental Research IGERT
Washington State University
Forest fires are known to cause physical and chemical changes in soils. These changes include particle size, organic matter content, soil moisture content, pH, and electrical conductivity (Nishita and Haug, 1972). As surface vegetation is burned and the s... » Read More
Outstanding Researcher
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Peter Liaw is the College of Engineering's version of the Energizer Bunny: He just keeps going and going and going...
A professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) and the college's Ivan Racheff Chair of Excellence, Liaw is ... » Read More
Adaptive Management: Water, Wetlands and Watersheds IGERT
University of Florida
I graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a B.S. in Biology and Environmental Studies in 2000, and a thesis exploring land-use and fire patterns in Bolivia. After spending a year volunteering with human rights and environmental NGOs in Israel, ... » Read More
Ecosystem Restoration through Interdisciplinary Exchange (ERIE) IGERT
State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo
Kelly has a BS in Environmental Sciences from SUNY Fredonia and an MS in Geology from the University at Buffalo. As an ERIE IGERT trainee, Kelly studies in the Department of Geology under Dr. Richelle Allen-King. He is interested in the controls (both p... » Read More
Integratively Engineered Biointerfaces
Rutgers University
Graduate Program:Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Research Focus: Biosensing and bioresponsive interfaces: DNA-crosslinked hydrogels with nanoactuable compliance; Seeks to Integrate: Cytomimetic biomaterials synthesis, Cytaskeletal modeling, Tissue e... » Read More
Technology Based Learning with Disability
Wright State University
Katherine received her B.A. in Near Eastern & Judiac Studies & History from Brandeis University, Waltham, MA. She received her M.S. in Human Factors Psychology from Wright State University, 2006. Her dissertation work focuses on complex cognition associ... » Read More
Terahertz Science and Technology
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
I am currently working with Partha Dutta in the ECSE department where our group strives to grow bulk crystals of novel semiconductor alloys (such as GaInSb, GaInAs, and GaInAsSb) for a variety of electronic and optoelectronic applications.
Recently, t... » Read More
Applied Mathematics and Earth & Environmental Sciences IGERT
Columbia University
Brice Loose is a doctoral student in Earth Sciences. He uses tracers and inverse models to study circulation and mixing in the ocean and in groundwater. Geochemical tracers can provide quantitative descriptions of flow and exchange between reservoirs wher... » Read More
Biosphere - Atmosphere Research and Training (BART)
University of Colorado, Boulder
Monica received her B.S. in Biochemistry and Pharmacy (1998) and M.S. in Atmospheric Chemistry (2003) from the National Autonomous University of Mexico. From 2003 through 2005 Monica participated in two field campaigns with the Biosphere-Atmosphere Intera... » Read More
Integratively Engineered Biointerfaces
Rutgers University
Graduate Program: Biomedical Engineering; Research Focus: Tissue engineering: generation of functional hepatocytes by microencapsulation of embryonic stem cells; Seeks to Integrate: Polymer (encapsulant) design; cell-matrix adhesion and cell signaling; bi... » Read More
Interdisciplinary Relationship Science Program
University of California, Los Angeles
My current research focuses on an interesting puzzle in the research literature on social support. One of the most important functions of close relationships is that partners provide support for one another in times of stress (known as social support). Ho... » Read More
Computational Transportation Science
University of Illinois, Chicago
Arun is a PhD candidate in Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He holds an M.S. in Computer Science from DePaul University and a B.S. in Psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His general research interest... » Read More
Sustainable Urban Infrastructure
University of Colorado, Denver
Ms. Manderino holds an M.S. in finance from the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center and an undergraduate degree in business administration and management. She worked for thirteen years as a consultant in environmental policy and fi... » Read More
Geographic Information Science
State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo
David M. Mark is a Professor of Geography at the University at Buffalo, the State University of New York, and is the Director of the Buffalo site of the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA). Mark also is Project Director of the ... » Read More
Adaptive Management: Water, Wetlands and Watersheds IGERT
University of Florida
Melissa graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a B.S. in Environmental Science in 2002. After graduation Melissa accepted an internship through the Student Conservation Association at the USDA-ARS Invasive Plant Research Laboratory in Fort Laud... » Read More
Technology Based Learning with Disability
Wright State University
Julio received his B.A. in Psychology from the Universidad Ponticia de Salamanca, Spain, 2003. He received his M.S. in Human Factors Psychology from Wright State University, 2007. His dissertation work will focus in navigation aids for the blind. Julio... » Read More
"What's Hard?" The Challenges and Rewards of Getting Outside the Box
University of South Florida
Erick Maxwell's doctoral research at the University of South Florida (USF) involves the use of Ultra Wide Band technology in the detection of lymphatic cancer. His achievements are remarkable, and all the more so in light of the fact that his original ... » Read More
Sustainable Energy from Solar Hydrogen
University of Delaware
Being sustainable in an unsustainable world is the overarching goal of our generation. It seems nearly impossible to imagine a future without the heavy use of dirty carbon sources but the fact that people are imagining is a sign of the times to come. The ... » Read More
Marine Biodiversity: Understanding Threats & Providing Solutions IGERT
University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
I am a first year Biological Oceanography graduate student at SIO. My motivation to pursue a PhD degree through the CMBC evolved from my curiosity of the marine environment and my interest in the interplay of human activities and the ocean. My Master's re... » Read More
Assessing Change in Coastal Ecosystems
University of Rhode Island
I grew up on Grand Island New York, which is an island located in the Niagara River. Although surrounded by freshwater for most of my life, it was the annual visits to my Grandparents home in Florida where I fell in love with the ocean! I received a B.S. ... » Read More
Nanoscale Device Development
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Hello, my name is Bing Mei. I received my Bachelor's degree in 2001 from the University of Pennsylvania with a double major in Physics and Economics. After graduation, I worked as an Applications Engineer for two years in Reologica Instruments Inc., a s... » Read More
International Development and Globalization
Columbia University
Ben has been an IGERT International Development and Globalization Fellow through Columbia University's Department of Sociomedical Sciences since 2005. He received his B.A. in Biochemistry from Cornell University, his J.D. from Cornell Law School, and his... » Read More
Chemical Genomics: Forging Complementation at the Interface of Chemistry, Engineering, Computational Sciences and Cell Biology
University of California, Riverside
I received my Bachelors degree in Chemistry from the University of Southern California in 2004 and went on to the University of California-Riverside to pursue a Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry under the guidance of Professors Cynthia Larive of the Chemistry... » Read More
GLOBES IGERT
University of Notre Dame
Jessica enters the GLOBES program with a BA in Anthropology from the University of Kansas (2000) and an MA in Anthropology from the University of Oklahoma (2006). Her research interests have included a variety of topics, with her master’s thesis combining... » Read More
GLOBES IGERT
University of Notre Dame
Becky received a BS in Zoology and recently completed a MS in Molecular Biology at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, studying the phylogeography, population genetics, and phylogenetics of whitefish (Prosopium) in western North America. She states t... » Read More
Technology Based Learning with Disability
Wright State University
Danielle earned a B.S. in biomedical engineering at Michigan Technological University in 2006. She is currently working with the orthopaedic surgery department at Miami Valley Hospital on the biomechanics of orthopaedic implants. Her thesis will focus on ... » Read More
Sustainable Urban Infrastructure
University of Colorado, Denver
I am a first year doctoral student in the Civil Engineering department. I received a Bachelors degree from Boston University in 2004 and since then, have been working as a molecular biologist for the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. My und... » Read More
Geographic Information Science IGERT
State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo
I am studying erosion processes following wildfire. I will be utilizing hydrological models and remote sensing data from MODIS and Landsat. I am currently examining the feasibility of integrating AVHRR and GOES data as well. This is a unique area for the ... » Read More
Geographic Information Science IGERT
State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo
Wendy Miller is in her final stages of her dissertation work. Under co-chairs, David Mark and Chris Larsen, she is focusing on cognitive geography. Specifically, the categories of objects people create while in natural settings. Her research included a... » Read More
Archaeological Science: Human Use of Ancient Landscapes
University of Arizona
Barbara Mills is a member of the Archaeological Sciences IGERT at University of Arizona, Professor of Anthropology and an interdisciplinary faculty member with American Indian Studies. She has been teaching at the University of Arizona since 1991, followi... » Read More
The New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology
City University of New York (CUNY), Graduate Center
Marc is a graduate student in Anthropology at CUNY. He received his B.A. in 1990 from Brandeis University and his M.A. in 1994 from SUNY Stonybrook. His dissertation title is “Assessing Bovid Taxonomy and the Paleobiogeography of the Early Hominini.” H... » Read More
Institute for Cellular Engineering (ICE) IGERT
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Nonenveloped Viral Entry and Release Kristina Moody graduated with a Bachelors of Science in Biochemistry from California Polytechnic State University in 2006. As an undergraduate she studied a malaria kinase believed to regulate the cell cycle called ... » Read More
Optical Science and Engineering
University of Colorado, Boulder
Eric graduated with a B.A. in physics from Lawrenece University (Wisconsin) in 1999. He then went on to earn the M.S. degree in Optics from the University of Rochester in 2001. He then spent three years as an optical engineer working for Luna Technologi... » Read More
Biomechanics IGERT
Harvard University
Carlos Moreno is a 3rd year doctoral student in the Department of Organismic & Evolutionary Biology. Carlos currently works at the Concord Field Station, under the guidance of Prof. Andrew Biewener, where he is developing a portable data logger system for... » Read More
Non-equilibrium Dynamics Across Space and Time IGERT
University of Minnesota
Ecological fluid dynamics holds many possibilities to constructively contribute to society and is a large part of my research interest. I have a high regard for the natural cycles and resources mankind needs and am excited to be involved in IGERT with the... » Read More
Geographic Information Science IGERT
State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo
While many of my IGERT colleagues have their eyes on the future, mine are fixated on the past. As an archaeologist, I am interested in the power of ideology and more specifically, how religious ritual articulates with other social systems. I have chosen t... » Read More
GLOBES IGERT
University of Notre Dame
After receiving her BS in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Saint Louis University, Jill enters her first year in the GLOBES program with the Ecology, Evolution, and Environment cluster in the Department of Biological Sciences. Her primary interests a... » Read More
Biosphere - Atmosphere Research and Training (BART)
University of Michigan
Kim Mueller graduated with her B.S.E. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1998. After college, she was employed as an engineering consultant for 7 years, working on a diverse range of projects that involved flood mode... » Read More
Interdisciplinary Relationship Science Program
University of California, Los Angeles
I study kinship in the Himalayas. I conducted ethnographic research on courtship and marriage patterns in Kathmandu, Nepal, where most marriages are arranged. In Sikkim, India I will continue to work with Himalayan families and address questions about par... » Read More
Non-equilibrium Dynamics Across Space and Time IGERT
University of Minnesota
I received my undergraduate degree in computer science and economics from Augustana College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. During my undergraduate years, I worked in collaboration with the USGS EROS Geological Research Station working on computational remo... » Read More
Ecology of Infectious Disease
University of Montana
I have a Bachelors in Mathematics from Bryn Mawr College, and a Masters in Mathematics with emphasis in Statistics from the University of Montana. My masters project was entitled "Multiple Imputation: An Epidemiological Application." The goal of the proj... » Read More
Risk Analysis for Introduced Species and Genotypes
University of Minnesota
My research interests are in applied and basic aquatic ecology with an emphasis on trophic relations, littoral zones, and streams. I have a wide range of research interests in fisheries ecology and believe a mix of descriptive and manipulative research is... » Read More
Integratively Engineered Biointerfaces
Rutgers University
Graduate Program: Biomedical Engineering; Research Focus: Dendritic polymer--antibody complexes for improved immunotherapeutics by targeting of cell-surface antigens; Seeks to Integrate: Protein engineering, conjugation chemistry, cancer immunology, molec... » Read More
Integratively Engineered Biointerfaces
Rutgers University
Graduate Program: Biomedical Engineering; Research Focus: Tissue Engineering: Generating a Tissue Culture Platform for the Differentiation of ES cells into Functional Hepatocytes; Seeks to Integrate: Stem Cell Biology, Matrix adhesion and cell signaling; ... » Read More
Geographic Information Science IGERT
State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo
I am a Doctoral student in the Computer Science and Engineering department at SUNY Buffalo. My research interests include image processing, biometrics, computational geometry and large-scale databases. I earned a Master's degree in Computer and informatio... » Read More
Nanomedicine
Northeastern University
Mary Jo Ondrechen works in the areas of theoretical and computational chemistry and chemical biology. Her areas of interest include functional genomics – prediction of the functional roles of gene products (proteins), modeling of enzyme-substrate interact... » Read More
Grounded Theory: IGERT student explores the nanoscale with computer simulations
Drexel University
In ideal circumstances, the worlds of theoretical and experimental research are connected by a tight feedback loop, allowing each to be nourished by the products of the other. Their relationship isn't always so efficient in practice, however, since experi... » Read More
Applied Mathematics and Earth & Environmental Sciences IGERT
Columbia University
Braxton Osting is a doctoral student in Applied Mathematics. He is interested in Partial Differential Equations, Dynamical Systems, and Numerical Methods. His academic goal at Columbia is to establish a solid understanding of methods used in Applied Mathe... » Read More
Adaptive Management: Water, Wetlands and Watersheds IGERT
University of Florida
Julie graduated from the University of Rochester with a B.S. in Earth and Environmental Sciences in 2003 and from the University of Florida with a M.S. in Soil and Water Science. Julie’s current research utilizes an interdisciplinary framework to evaluate... » Read More
Geographic Information Science IGERT
State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo
I completed a B.A. in Anthropology in the Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras (2000). Currently, I am Ph.D. Student in the Anthropology Department. My interest include: landscape archaeology, agency, GIS and society, and the Caribbean. In the past I w... » Read More
Institutions, Diversity, Emergence, Adaptation, Structures (IDEAS)
University of Michigan
Shortly after his arrival at Michigan, Page helped secure a National Science Foundation IGERT grant of $3 million, most of which was designated for graduate students in political science, economics and public policy.
In classrooms in both political... » Read More
Community, Economic, and Organizational Development
Institute for Broadening Participation (IBP)
Stefan Pakulski currently Chief Executive Officer for the Kennebec Council of Governments and town of Readfield, has over twenty years of experience as an economic advisor in community, economic, and organizational development in the U.S. and overseas. ... » Read More
International Development and Globalization
Columbia University
Laura Paler is a doctoral student in the Department of Political Science, specializing in comparative politics and the political economy of developing countries. Laura's research builds on the 'resource curse' literature by investigating the relationship ... » Read More
GLOBES IGERT
University of Notre Dame
Derrick received a BS in Animal Sciences in 2006 from Louisiana State University. As an undergraduate he worked in the Veterinary Entomology Lab and engaged in the study of disease transmission and host-parasite-vector complexes. He assisted in several mo... » Read More
International Development and Globalization
Columbia University
Lily Parshall is a fourth year PhD student in Sustainable Development at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs. She has worked on a range of local and global projects that investigate links between environmental resources and development. ... » Read More
Institutions, Diversity, Emergence, Adaptations and Structures (IDEAS) IGERT
Santa Fe Institute; University of Michigan
External Professor, Santa Fe Institute
Associate Professor, University of Michigan, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Center for the Study of Complex
Research Areas
Emergence, Organization & Dynamics of Living Systems
Focus Ar... » Read More
Biomechanics IGERT
Harvard University
Anita Patel is a 2nd year doctoral student in the Harvard School of Public Health. Anita grew up in northwest Ohio and attended Northwestern University in Evanson, Illinois, where she received a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering. Following graduation, she ea... » Read More
Sustainable Urban Infrastructure
University of Colorado, Denver
Andy Pattison received his B.A. in Ecology, Evolution, and Animal Behavior from Skidmore College and went on to work as a conservation biologist for New York State and The Nature Conservancy in both New York and Colorado. He later completed a Master in Pu... » Read More
Integratively Engineered Biointerfaces
Rutgers University
Graduate Program: Biomedical Engineering; Research Focus: Chemically modified peptides as delivery agents for antisense oligonucleotide gene therapy; cell biology; Seeks to Integrate: Molecular bioengineering; synthetic chemistry of biomaterials and biomo... » Read More
Terahertz Science and Technology
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
I am currently working with Professor Toh-Ming Lu in the Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy
My research deals with the experimental and theoretical study of the nano-scale morphological evolution of thin film growth during depositio... » Read More
Inequality & Social Policy IGERT
Harvard University
Sabrina Pendergrass, originally from Lexington, NC, received her A.B. in Sociology and a certificate in African American Studies from Princeton University in 2002. As an undergraduate, she was honored by the Association of Black Sociologists for her resea... » Read More
Inequality & Social Policy IGERT
Harvard University
Melanie Rose Penny hails from Compton, CA, and has arrived at Harvard after spending five years on the Stanford University farm. She received her bachelor's degree in Political Science in 2002, and spent most of 2003 working as a research assistant in Sta... » Read More
Integratively Engineered Biointerfaces
Rutgers University
Graduate Program: Pharmacology; Research Focus: Wound healing: Rational design of RGD containing polymers to accelerate epithelial cell differentiation; Seeks to Integrate: Polymer Chemistry, Cell Biology, Chemical & Materials Engineering, Computational D... » Read More
Non-equilibrium Dynamics Across Space and Time IGERT
University of Minnesota
I received my undergraduate education in Ecology and Evolution at the University of California- Santa Cruz. After graduating, however, I deviated from the laboratory/field science I was trained in and took an environmental policy job at a nonprofit conser... » Read More
Computational Science and Engineering
University of California, Santa Barbara
Linda Petzold is the PI of the Computational Science and Engineering IGERT at the University of California, Santa Barabara. She was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2004. Linda's work has been fundamental in solving algebraic/differentia... » Read More
Adaptive Management: Water, Wetlands and Watersheds IGERT
University of Florida
David is a doctoral student in systems ecology under professor Mark Brown. He completed an undergraduate and master degree in chemistry, and spent several years in the US Air Force doing research and development of energy systems. While researching energ... » Read More
Non-equilibrium Dynamics Across Space and Time IGERT
University of Minnesota
I started my education convinced that I would end up in chemical sales. I got a degree in chemistry and a degree in communications from the University if Minnesota hoping to be the best saleswoman/scientist I could be. The problem was, I wound up feeling ... » Read More
Travels in Electrical Engineering: from the Land of Eternal Spring to IBM
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Robinson Pino received his PhD in January 2005, after being a fellow at the Teraherz Science and Technology IGERT at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Here is his story in his own words:
"I was born in the city of Medellin, Colombia, South America, w... » Read More
Center for Multiphase Environmental Research IGERT
Washington State University
Currently working on a M.S. onto a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at WSU.
B.S. Biological Systems Engineering at WSU in May of 2000 with the emphasis in Soil and Water Engineering.
TRAINING:
Undergraduate research assistant, May-September... » Read More
Integratively Engineered Biointerfaces
Rutgers University
Graduate Program: Chemical and Biochemical Engineering; Research Focus: Cellular bioengineering of nano-scaled carriers of therapeutic macromolecules; studyof cellular and sub-cellular responses; Seeks to Integrate: Selective transport and controlled rele... » Read More
International Development and Globalization
Columbia University
Cuz Potter (MSUP, MIA, Columbia University, 2003) is pursuing his doctorate in urban planning at Columbia. Before returning to school, he worked as an editor and translator for the South Korean Ministries of Environment and Labor in Seoul. In New York, he... » Read More
Interdisciplinary Relationship Science Program
University of California, Los Angeles
I am broadly interested in interpersonal interaction, and how daily communication patterns shape and enact aspects of more lasting relationships between people. To study interaction, I employ conversation analytic, discourse analytic, and ethnographic met... » Read More
Integratively Engineered Biointerfaces
Rutgers University
Graduate Program: Cell & Developmental Biology; Research Focus: Microfabricated in-vitro model to study role of adhesion molecules in hippocampal neuronal outgrowth; Seeks to Integrate: Neurobiology, neurochemisty, physical chemistry, spectroscopy, molecu... » Read More
Ecosystem Restoration
State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo
Alan J. Rabideau is the PI for the University of Buffalo IGERT in Ecosystem Restoration. He is also a faculty member in the department of Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering, and serves as Director of the Environment & Society Institute. Dr.... » Read More
Sustainable Urban Infrastructure
University of Colorado, Denver
Anu Ramaswami is the PI of a newly awarded IGERT in Sustainable Urban Infrastructure at the University of Colorado, Denver. She earned her bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, her master’s and doctoral... » Read More
Ecology of Infectious Disease
University of Montana
I have a BS in Combined Math and Computer Science, and an MS in Computer Science, both from the University of Montana. I have long been interested in harnessing the power of computers to solve problems in other disciplines. Most recently, I have employed... » Read More
Inequality & Social Policy IGERT
Harvard University
Nirmala Ravishankar grew up in New Delhi, India. She received a B.A. in History and Philosophy from Brandeis University in 1999 and a M.Sc. in Comparative Politics from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2000. Before joining the Gover... » Read More
Urban Ecology
Arizona State University
Charles Redman has been committed to interdisciplinary research since as an archaeology graduate student he worked closely in the field with botanists, zoologists, geologists, art historians, and ethnographers. ASU’s IGERT in urban ecology has given Redm... » Read More
The New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology
New York University
Thomas is a graduate student in Anthropology at NYU. He received his B.A. in 2003 from Columbia and his M.A. in 2006 from NYU. His research interests include: Early hominin evolution and paleontology; primate positional behavior; comparative morphology... » Read More
Sensory Knowledge-based Interface Science IGERT
University of South Florida
Jose I. Rey is an NSF IGERT fellow pursuing a PhD in Engineering Sciences in the Department of Chemical Engineering. Under the joint supervision of Drs. Richard Gilbert (Chemical Engineering), Francis Moussy (Chemical Engineering), and Richard Heller (Co... » Read More
Integratively Engineered Biointerfaces
Rutgers University
Graduate Program: Neurosciences; Research Focus: Molecular and genetic basis of nerve regeneration; migration and outgrowth of neural cells in response to 3-D substrate cues; Seeks to Integrate: Stem-cell and tissue engineering for neural scaffolds; video... » Read More
Arts, Sciences and Engineering Research and Education Initiative for Experiential Media
Arizona State University
Thanassis Rikakis is the PI for the IGERT in Arts, Sciences and Engineering at Arizona State. This program focuses on experiential media. He directs the Arts Media and Engineering (AME) Program. His research work and publications are in the areas of comp... » Read More
Nanomaterials in the Environment, Agriculture, and Technology IGERT
University of California, Davis
The IGERT program has been instrumental in forging new boundaries associated with my core research. The interdisciplinary nature of the courses and the program has allowed me to develop an application of quantum dot technology to the geological sciences. ... » Read More
Biotechnology
University of Delaware
Anne Robinson’s laboratory is taking two approaches to increase our understanding and ability to control molecular interactions and cellular functions: 1) Examining proteins in isolation to identify important interactions in folding and assembly in an eff... » Read More
Applied Mathematics and Earth & Environmental Sciences IGERT
Columbia University
Lucy Robinson is a doctoral student in statistics. Her research interests include climate dynamics, hydrology and global change. Her personal interests include watching hockey, helping girls succeed in math and science, and the movement towards a more pea... » Read More
Assessing Change in Coastal Ecosystems
University of Rhode Island
I graduated from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland in 2000 with a degree in Biological Sciences. Since then I have also completed a Masters degree in Tropical Coastal Management at the University of Newcastle. I have been involved in creating project... » Read More
GLOBES IGERT
University of Notre Dame
Sarah holds Bachelor's degrees in Biology and English from Bemidji State University and a Master’s degree in Conservation Biology from the University of Minnesota. Her research experiences have included studies of Eurasian watermilfoil invasions in Minnes... » Read More
Marine Biodiversity: Understanding Threats & Providing Solutions IGERT
University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Some 17 years after deciding I wanted to be marine biologist, I have finally started a PhD program in marine biology (ok, so I was only seven at the time). I am interested in areas of high biodiversity and species interactions with respect to degradation ... » Read More
Inequality & Social Policy IGERT
Harvard University
Wendy Roth received her BA from Yale University (1995) and a Master's degree from Nuffield College, Oxford University (1997), both in Sociology. From 1997-1999, she worked as a Quantitative Researcher at the National Centre for Social Research in London. ... » Read More
GLOBES IGERT
University of Notre Dame
Gilbert graduated from Florida International University (FIU) located in Miami, Florida, where he earned a bachelor of science degree in Biology and a minor in Chemistry. He is a first generation US national. His parents and the majority of his family are... » Read More
Astrobiology IGERT
University of Washington
I've always been interested in the "big questions", and there's no question bigger, in my opinion, than "Are We Alone?" The 21st century is the century that we will finally answer this question that has nagged at humankind for millennia. Astrobiology is a... » Read More
Astrobiology IGERT
University of Washington
One of the most fascinating aspects about Astrobiology to me is that it pushes the frontiers of science, both in a physical and an intellectual sense. The problems that Astrobiology openly confronts - the origins of life, the 'essence' of life, the possib... » Read More
Terahertz Science and Technology
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
I am currently working with Xi-Cheng Zhang and Jing Zhou Xu in the Department of Physics, where we study Terahertz (THz) Technology.
In particular, I am setting up a basic THz time domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) setup. This setup uses an 8W argon laser... » Read More
Sustainable Energy from Solar Hydrogen
University of Delaware
What problem would you devote your life to solving? I came to Delaware because, for me, that problem involves finding a way to live sustainably. Our society's easy access to fossil fuels has brought us a high standard of living, but at a steep environment... » Read More
Ecosystem Restoration through Interdisciplinary Exhange (ERIE) IGERT
State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo
Shannon Seneca is currently an ERIE IGERT Ph.D. candidate in the University at Buffalo’s Department of Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering. After a B.S. in Physics from SUNY Buffalo State, Shannon received her Master of Science in Civil (Env... » Read More
Integratively Engineered Biointerfaces
Rutgers University
Graduate Program: Biomedical Engineering; Research Focus: A tissue engineered model to understand mechanotransduction during acupuncture; Seeks to Integrate: Cell and tissue mechanics, mechanotransduction, spectroscopy, finite element modeling; Background... » Read More
Inequality & Social Policy IGERT
Harvard University
Jasmin Sethi is a second year PhD student in the economics department. She graduated from Harvard College in 2000 with a bachelor’s degree in applied mathematics and economics. During the following year Jasmin studied on a Fulbright scholarship at the Lon... » Read More
Integratively Engineered Biointerfaces
Rutgers University
Graduate Program: Ceramic and Materials Engineering; Research Focus: Biomimetic materials design and development: polymer-ceramic composites for hard-tissue (bone) implants and scaffolds; Seeks to Integrate: Cellular and sub-cellular responses to hydroxya... » Read More
Public Policy and Nuclear Threats IGERT
University of California, San Diego
Akhil Shah is a physics Ph.D. student at UC Los Angeles. After finishing his undergraduate studies in physics and electrical engineering at UC Irvine in 2000, he worked as an engineer in the Wireless Products division of Conexant Systems until 2001, when ... » Read More
Integratively Engineered Biointerfaces
Rutgers University
Graduate Program: Chemical Engineering; Research Focus: Design of dynamic cell-biomaterial interfaces to activate cell motility and promote wound healing; Seeks to Integrate: Polymeric materials design; cell and tissue engineering; Background: B.S. Chemic... » Read More
Applied Mathematics and Earth & Environmental Sciences IGERT
Columbia University
Abby Shaw-Krauss is a graduate student in Applied Mathematics. His interests include nonlinear dynamics, wave propagation, mathematical physics, and applications to the earth and atmosphere.
In his free time, Abby enjoys reading, snowboarding, heari... » Read More
Materials Creation Training Program IGERT
University of California, Los Angeles
Heather Shepherd graduated from Mills College in 1996 with a BA in Chemistry. From there she then worked as an assistant synthetic chemist for Zeneca Ag. Inc. for one and a half years. She then worked in as an apprentice for private paper, painting and ob... » Read More
GLOBES IGERT
University of Notre Dame
Patrick recently completed a J.D. at The Pennsylvania State University’s Dickinson School of Law (2007) with a certificate in environmental and natural resources law. He previously earned a M.S. in Wildlife Science at the New Mexico State University (2004... » Read More
Sustainable Urban Infrastructure
University of Colorado, Denver
I am currently pursuing a PhD in Public Affairs. I have a Bachelors degree in International Political Economy from the University of Puget Sound and a Masters degree in International Development from the University of Denver. My area of interest is wat... » Read More
Ecology of Infectious Disease
University of Montana
I received a Bachelors in Economics from Lafayette College, a Bachelors in Biology from University of Colorado, Boulder, and a Masters in Biology (Ecology) from San Diego State University. I have worked as a marine biologist aboard fishing vessels in Ala... » Read More
GLOBES IGERT
University of Notre Dame
Sheina graduated with a BS in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from the University of California, Irvine. As an undergraduate, she worked on several projects ranging in topics from rapid evolution of flowering time in Brassica rapa to the detection of tr... » Read More
Applied Mathematics and Earth & Environmental Sciences IGERT
Columbia University
Gideon Simpson is a doctoral student in Applied Mathematics. His research interests include fluid dynamics, numerical analysis, and scientific computing.
His personal interests include politics and media, particularly blogs.... » Read More
Integrated Sensing Architechtures IGERT
University of Kentucky
I am from Big Stone Gap, a small town in southwest Virginia. I graduated from Powell Valley High School in 1997. In 2001, I graduated summa cum laude from the University of Virginia's College at Wise with B. S. degrees in chemistry and math. At UVA-Wise, ... » Read More
Technology Based Learning with Disability
Wright State University
Holly Slack slides her wheelchair up to the microscope and, with her thumb and forefinger wrapped around the knob, rotates her wrist to bring a specimen slide into focus. Her master’s thesis research in histology—the study of tissues—focuses on the kidney... » Read More
Physical & Biomolecular Foundations for Designing Nanoprobes for Biology
Johns Hopkins University; Columbia University
To optimize the strength of materials and structures used in biomedical applications, one must apply the principles of mechanics. This can become a challenging task in these multiphysics settings, says Lindsey Smith, a second year doctoral student in civi... » Read More
The New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology
City University of New York (CUNY), Graduate Center
Lindsey is a graduate student in Anthropology at CUNY She received her B.A. in 1999 from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and her M.A. in 2006 from CUNY Hunter College. Her research interests include: Gestural communication in African apes... » Read More
Terahertz Science and Technology
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
I am currently working with Professor Gwo-Ching Wang in the Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy.
Currently I am participating with research in the area of characterization of physical properties of nanostructures using Scanning Tunne... » Read More
Applied Mathematics and Earth & Environmental Sciences IGERT
Columbia University
Tom Socci is a masters student on the doctoral track in Environmental Engineering. His background is in physics and education, and his research interests include carbon management, sequestration techniques, and the modeling of same.
Tom will go to j... » Read More
Reliability and Risk Engineering and Management IGERT
Vanderbilt University
EDUCATION: PhD Candidate, May 2008, Environmental Management, Vanderbilt University; B.S. Systems and Information Engineering, University of Virginia, May 2003; RESEARCH INTERESTS: If nuclear energy is to be a major source of carbon-free, base-load ele... » Read More
Institute for Cellular Engineering (ICE) IGERT
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Honing Bacterial Therapies for Treating Cancer In 2004, Adam received a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Northeastern University. While at Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Adam contributed to many exciting projects that sparked his interest i... » Read More
GLOBES IGERT
University of Notre Dame
Brandy received her BS in Biology and a minor in Philosophy in 2006 at the University of Oregon. As an undergraduate, she had the opportunity to work on research projects examining the developmental genetics of zebrafish (D. rerio) and, in another lab, th... » Read More
Non-equilibrium Dynamics Across Space and Time IGERT
University of Minnesota
I graduated from the University of Chicago in 2002 with a bachelors degree in physics. After graduation, I worked for a year in the molecular biology lab where I had done my undergraduate research on physical manipulation of short DNA molecules. I left th... » Read More
Combining scholarly practices in research, teaching, and outreach
Vanderbilt University; Institute for Broadening Participation (IBP)
Keivan Stassun is Associate Professor of Astronomy at Vanderbilt University, with an adjunct position at Fisk University. Dr. Stassun serves as chair of the American Astronomical Society's Committee on the Status of Minorities in Astronomy. He is also c... » Read More
Integratively Engineered Biointerfaces
Rutgers University
Graduate Program: Chemistry and Chemical Biology; Research Focus: Dynamics of micellar drug delivery systems as probed by femtosecond laser fluorescence spectroscopy; Seeks to Integrate: Physical organic chemistry, pharmacokientics biomaterials engineerin... » Read More
The New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology
City University of New York (CUNY), Graduate Center
Jennifer is a graduate student in Anthropology at CUNY She received her B.A. in 1999 from Purdue University and her M.A. in 2006 from Northern Illinois University. Her research interests include: Paleoanthropology; primate dental morphology; paleobiolo... » Read More
Integratively Engineered Biointerfaces
Rutgers University
Graduate Program: Biomedical Engineering; Research Focus: Bio-sensing interfaces: Organic field-effect transistor for DNA detection; Seeks to Integrate: Organic semiconductors, device physics, structural biochemistry, molecular and cell biology; Backgroun... » Read More
Terahertz Science and Technology
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
I am currently working with Dr. Michael Shur in the Department of Electrical and Computer Systems engineering, studying Terahertz characterization of microelectronic circuits.
More specifically, my research seeks to use Terahertz radiation as a non-co... » Read More
Biological Invasions
University of California, Davis
Sharon Strauss is the PI for the IGERT on Biological Invasions. Sharon’s research interests lie in evolutionary community ecology, from micro- to macroevolutionary perspectives. She is exploring evolution in traits that are subject to selection from a va... » Read More
Dynamics of Communication in Context
University of Pennsylvania
Mike Suarez is a second year graduate student in Psychology. I completed a BS in Biology at Beloit College in Beloit, Wisconsin. I currently study western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) in the Central African Republic, at a site established by... » Read More
Assessing Change in Coastal Ecosystems
University of Rhode Island
After completing my B.A. in Economics at Framingham State College, I lived and worked just outside of Boston, MA, where I was employed as a Quantitative Analyst. As a Quantitative Analyst I created and updated insurance probability models, which were used... » Read More
Computational Neurobiology
University of California, San Diego
Tom Sullivan graduated this summer with a PhD from the University of California, San Diego. His degree, granted from an interdisciplinary program, is in Electrical Engineering and Cognitive Science. His graduate school research involved biologically-pla... » Read More
Integratively Engineered Biointerfaces
Rutgers University
Graduate Program: Biomedical Engineering; Research Focus: Implantable biomaterials for spinal cord regeneration: in-vitro design optimization in 3D via microfluidic arrays; Seeks to Integrate: Fluid mechanics, cell bio-mechanics, neurobiology, Cell-substr... » Read More
Terahertz Science and Technology
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
I am a graduate student in the Chemistry Department. Under the guidance of Professors Saroj Nayak in Physics and Curt Breneman in Chemistry, I have predicted vibration modes of molecules in the terahertz range (THz, 700 cm-1 50 cm-1) using first principle... » Read More
Geographic Information Science IGERT
State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo
I completed my BA in Cognitive Science, with an emphasis in Neuroscience at the University of California, Berkeley in May 2004. I worked in a Cognitive Neuroscience research lab with Professor Rich Ivry where my research interests included the effects of ... » Read More
Non-equilibrium Dynamics Across Space and Time IGERT
University of Minnesota
My background is in chemical engineering (B.S. University of Wisconsin-Madison), but today I am a PhD student in the Civil Engineering department working on the development of reactive barriers for contaminant containment. My project is very ?chemical eng... » Read More
Applied Mathematics and Earth & Environmental Sciences IGERT
Columbia University
Abby Swann is a doctoral student in Earth and Environmental Science. Her research interests revolve around atmospheric and oceanic interactions with climate dynamics, and a desire to "figure out how things work."
Abby also loves to sail, and esp... » Read More
Geographic Information Science IGERT
State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo
I am a PhD student in the Department of Anthropology, where my disciplinary focus is cultural anthropology and my research focus is the intersection of technology and society. I am working with Dr. Charles Frake, and am finishing my fourth year as an IGE... » Read More
Computational Transportation Science
University of Illinois, Chicago
I am a second year PhD student at University of Illinois at Chicago in the Computer Science department. My current research focus is on semantic location awareness and its application to context-aware computing. Additionally, I am interested in developing... » Read More
Astrobiology IGERT
University of Washington
My fascination with Astrobiology began during my sophomore year as an undergraduate student at Tennessee State University. Shortly after my introduction to this new and exciting field, in the form of a research opportunity funded by NASA, I began my journ... » Read More
Terahertz Science and Technology
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
I am a Ph.D. student in the Electrical, Computer, & Systems Engineering Department, and I am currently working with Prof. Toh-Ming Lu in the Department of Physics. We study the evolution of thin film growth on 2-D and 3-D structures, primarily aimed at ne... » Read More
Applied Mathematics and Earth & Environmental Sciences IGERT
Columbia University
Francesca Terenzi is a graduate student in the Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics Department. Her primary research interest is in atmospheric-ocean sciences. After working initially on a phytoplanktonic-ecosystem-biological model for the ocean, she i... » Read More
Technological Innovation: Generating Economic Results (TI:GER)
Georgia Institute of Technology
Marie Thursby is the founding Director of the IGERT graduate certificate program at Georgia Tech and Emory University called Technological Innovation: Generating Economic Results (TI:GER). Designed for doctoral students in science, engineering, and manag... » Read More
The New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology
City University of New York (CUNY), Graduate Center
Nelson is a graduate student in Anthropology at CUNY. He is a member of the NYU Molecular Primatology Lab. He received his B.A. in 1999 from Washington University and his M.A. in 2001 from the University of Missouri. His dissertation title is “Molecula... » Read More
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Physical & Biomolecular Foundations for Designing Nanoprobes for Biology
Johns Hopkins University
The memory of the moment arriving at the US airport eight years ago from China was still so vivid. Brought with me were my dreams and hopes together with my family who give supports all the time. I attended three different high schools in New York due to ... » Read More
Integratively Engineered Biointerfaces
Rutgers University
Graduate Program: Biomedical Engineering (MD/PhD); Research Focus: High-throughput cell-based screening strategies for large combinatorially designed libraries of polymeric biomaterials; Seeks to Integrate: Role of cell-signaling molecules at the cell-bio... » Read More
Macromolecular Interfaces with Life Sciences (MILES) IGERT
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Investigating the effect of diet composition on oxidative stress and inflammation in overweight and obese individuals. The negative consequences of obesity and the health benefits of weight loss are widely reported. Recent research also clarifies that o... » Read More
Ecology of Infectious Disease
University of Montana
I received my Bachelors in Biology from Tel Aviv University and my Masters in Organismal Biology and Ecology from the University of Montana. I am interested in understanding population trajectories and dynamics in the realm of conservation biology. The t... » Read More
Integratively Engineered Biointerfaces
Rutgers University
Graduate Program: Chemistry and Chemical Biology; Research Focus: Using Supercritical CO2 for drug formulation and delivery; Seeks to Integrate: Pharmacy, Medicinal Biology, Polymer and Materials science; Background: B.S., Inorganic Chemistry, SUNY Bingha... » Read More
Institute for Cellular Engineering (ICE) IGERT
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Multiscale Modeling and Analysis of Circadian Rhythm Generation and Synchronization Christina graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. After graduating she spent a year as a resear... » Read More
Terahertz Science and Technology
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
I’m currently working with Prof. M. Shur in the Department of Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy. We study the physics of advanced semiconductor devices.
More specifically, my research involves the design, development, and characterization of tuna... » Read More
Adaptive Management: Water, Wetlands and Watersheds IGERT
University of Florida
Louise graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a B.S. in Wildlife and Chemistry and from Texas Tech University of a M.S. in Environmental Toxicology. Louise’s interests include contaminants and land use as stressors of wildlife populations at the ... » Read More
Nanomaterials in the Environment, Agriculture, and Technology IGERT
University of California, Davis
I am very grateful and excited to have received the IGERT fellowship; it will allow time for me to focus on my research as well as gain a broad understanding of how it and other endeavors I am interested in may be related to other fields. The seminar cou... » Read More
Just a typical day in the microEP program...
Happy Halloween from Ken Vickers! Ken Vickers was instrumental in launching a successful IGERT in Microelectronics-Photonics at the University of Arkansas. The NSF IGERT funding for this program has ended but Professor Vickers has successfully competed ... » Read More
Polar Environmental Change IGERT
Dartmouth College
Ross Virginia is an ecosystem ecologist interested in human influence on biogeochemical cycles in terrestrial systems. His emphasis is on understanding how processes such as desertification and climate change alter plant-soil interactions and the eco... » Read More
Sustainable Energy from Solar Hydrogen
University of Delaware
Energy is what makes the existence of life possible. Human society has long since moved beyond the basic use of energy for survival and in every year that passes the per capita usage of energy increases. The increase in per capita energy coupled with an e... » Read More
Nanomaterials in the Environment, Agriculture, and Technology IGERT
University of California, Davis
Participating in the IGERT program has been an enriching process. Interacting with students in chemistry, physics, materials science, and engineering has definitely broadened my understanding of science in general as an interdisciplinary process. I enjoy ... » Read More
Physical & Biomolecular Foundations for Designing Nanoprobes for Biology
Johns Hopkins University
I graduated from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA in 2006. As an undergraduate I majored in Biology and Math. For most of my undergraduate career, I worked in Diane Shakes' lab, working on characterizing a chromosome segregation mutant... » Read More
Terahertz Science and Technology
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
I am currently working with Professor Shawn Lin of the Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy. My work involves fabrication of photonic crystal devices.
I mainly work in the Microfabrication Clean Room (MCR) in the CII using standard CM... » Read More
The New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology
City University of New York (CUNY), Graduate Center
Steven is a graduate student in Anthropology at CUNY. He is a member of the NYCEP Morphometrics Group. He received his B.A. in 2001 from UCLA and his M.Phil. in 2007 from CUNY. His dissertation is titled: “Testing the Continuity of Middle and Late Ple... » Read More
The New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology
City University of New York (CUNY), Graduate Center
Johanna is a graduate student in Anthropology at CUNY. She received her B.F.A. in 1986 from the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Sciences and her M.Phil. in 2001 from CUNY. Her dissertation is titled: “Primate Bone Microstructural Variability: Relationships... » Read More
Inequality & Social Policy IGERT
Harvard University
Vesla Mae Weaver is a PhD Student in the Government Department at Harvard University and a doctoral fellow in the Multidisciplinary Program in Inequality and Social Policy. She is currently on a year-long fellowship at the Brookings Institution, where she... » Read More
Public Policy and Nuclear Threats IGERT
University of California, San Diego
Jessica Weiss is a 2nd year Ph.D. student in Political Science at UC San Diego, studying international relations and comparative politics with a focus on Chinese politics and East Asian security.
Weiss graduated from Stanford University in 2003 with a... » Read More
Marine Biodiversity: Understanding Threats & Providing Solutions IGERT
University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
I am currently a third year graduate student in the Biological Oceanography curricular group and in Lisa Levin's lab at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. My research focuses on biodiversity of plants and infauna and how this diversity affects the ecolo... » Read More
Computational Transportation Science
University of Illinois, Chicago
Chad is a 2nd year PhD student in the department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). His primary research interest is in artificial intelligence specifically applying machine learning and data mining techniques to practical... » Read More
Macromolecular Interfaces with Life Sciences IGERT
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Sharlene's Research at a Glance
Free radical processes are important in biological mechanisms including disease pathways, aging, and biomedical applications. I will elucidate oxygen-centered free radical processes in various biological systems utiliz... » Read More
Molecular Engineering of Microdevices IGERT
Ohio State University
Research interests: Antibodies are being used in many areas of current research. In particular, antibodies are being examined for targeted drug delivery to bind specifically to a target area or molecule. Antibodies are also being used extensively for dete... » Read More
Integratively Engineered Biointerfaces
Rutgers University
Graduate Program: Biomedical Engineering; Research Focus: Rehabilitation engineering for neural tissue injuries; neural response to stimuli from bioactuatable substrates; Seeks to Integrate: Cellular and molecular neurobiology; response of neuroproteins t... » Read More
International Development and Globalization
Columbia University
Matt Winters is a Ph.D. candidate in the department of political science, studying international political economy and anticipating the defense of his dissertation in the spring of 2008. His dissertation, "The Impact of Domestic Political Constraints on W... » Read More
Interdisciplinary Relationship Science Program
University of California, Los Angeles
My general research interests are in college access and retention for underrepresented students, first generation college students, and parent-child relationships in higher education. I am currently taking a course in survey design where I am developing a... » Read More
Computational Transportation Science
University of Illinois, Chicago
Ouri Wolfson's main research interests are in database systems, distributed systems, and mobile/pervasive computing. He received his B.A. degree in mathematics, and his Ph.D. degree in computer science from Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New ... » Read More
The New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology
New York University
Steven is a graduate student in Anthropology at NYU. He is a member of the Center for the Study of Human Origins and a member of the NYCEP Morphometrics Group. He received his B.A. in 2000 and his M.Sc. in 2002 from the University of Durham (UK), and hi... » Read More
Geographic Information Science IGERT
State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo
My career path changed in one afternoon. Jim Lilly introduced me to GIS with the enthusiasm of an evangelist and the vision of a futurist. Based on what he said, GIS and I were perfect for each other. Here was a profession that offered challenging variety... » Read More
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