NSF Graduate Research Fellows

August 13, 2026

AWARDED

Current Purdue Graduate Students

NAME BACCALAUREATE INSTITUTE CURRENT INSTITUTE FIELD OF STUDY
Abaigeal Aydt University of Nebraska—Lincoln Purdue Mechanical Engineering
Giada Brandes Boise State University Purdue Biomedical Engineering
Marcus Condarcure University of California, Santa Barbara Purdue Chemical Engineering
Wesley Cooke Augusta University Purdue Engineering – Robotics, Control, Automation
Andrew Dahm Rice University Purdue Mechanical Engineering
W. Grant Dierking Purdue Purdue Mechanical Engineering
Harel Dor California Institute of Technology Purdue Computer Vision
Katie Hart Rice University Purdue Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering
Kailey Jones Barnard College Purdue Climate and Large-Scale Atmospheric Dynamics
Jenna Palka Purdue Purdue Civil Engineering
Emilio Pereira University of Central Florida Purdue Mechanical Engineering
Jessica Prakash University of California, Santa Cruz Purdue Biomedical Engineering
Michael Tung University of Florida Purdue Communication and Information Theory
Benjamin Wassgren Purdue Purdue Mechanical Engineering
Yuwei Yang Vanderbilt University Purdue Human Computer Interaction
Ho Martin Yuen Stony Brook University Purdue Chemical Catalysis

Purdue Undergraduate Students at Application

NAME BACCALAUREATE INSTITUTE CURRENT INSTITUTE FIELD OF STUDY
Elena Boughton Purdue Purdue Organismal Biology
Geetika Chitturi Purdue Purdue Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Deniz Eksioglu Purdue Purdue Bioengineering
Aidan Jacobsen Purdue Purdue Quantum Information Engineering
Nathan Petrucci Purdue Purdue Biomedical Engineering
Christina Sowinski Purdue Purdue Geomorphology
Amber Kuo Wang Purdue Purdue Chemical Measurement and Imaging

Undergraduate Alumni

NAME BACCALAUREATE INSTITUTE CURRENT INSTITUTE FIELD OF STUDY
Jade Coxon Purdue University of Colorado Boulder Bioengineering
Thomas Deucher Purdue Massachusetts Institute of Technology Materials Science and Engineering
Giovanna Durante Purdue Dartmouth College Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Emmett Freeman Purdue Georgia Institute of Technology Mechanical Engineering
Joel Laudo Purdue Columbia University Mechanical Engineering
Gabriel Leonard Purdue Economics
Santiago Lopez Purdue Harvard University Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Noelle Naughton Purdue Purdue Cell Biology
Jason Packard Purdue Yale University Materials Science and Engineering
Erek Rzendzian Purdue University of Michigan Mechanical Engineering

HONORABLE MENTION

Current Purdue Graduate Students

NAME BACCALAUREATE INSTITUTE CURRENT INSTITUTE FIELD OF STUDY
Jeremiah Brincken Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Purdue Macromolecular Chemistry
Maison Hardin Ball State University Purdue Chemical Catalysis
Ian P Hoffman University of Alabama Purdue Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Juliana Kelley University of Colorado Boulder Purdue Astronomy and Astrophysics
Emma Kostecki University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Purdue Magnetospheric Physics
Teresa Lee University of Michigan Purdue Chemistry
Wyatt Whitmer Brigham Young University Purdue Mechanical Engineering

Undergraduate Alumni

NAME BACCALAUREATE INSTITUTE CURRENT INSTITUTE FIELD OF STUDY
Anagha Sandeep Gaitonde Purdue Purdue Bioengineering
Lauren Johnson Purdue Purdue Geosciences — Sedimentary Geology

Purdue Alumni

NAME BACCALAUREATE INSTITUTE CURRENT INSTITUTE FIELD OF STUDY
Kathryn Ault Purdue Worcester Polytechnic Institute Chemical Engineering
Ella Chianis Purdue Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science Biochemistry
Luke Dubec Purdue Penn State Cognitive Psychology
Jenna Schoonmaker Purdue Environmental and/or Ecological Engineering