NSF Graduate Research Fellows

AWARDED

Current Purdue Graduate Students

Name	Baccalaureate Institute	Current Institute	Field of Study
Mary-Margaret Benware	Southern Illinois University Edwardsville	Purdue	Life Sciences — Ecology
Dominick Dotson	Northern Michigan	Purdue	Chemistry — Chemical Measurement and Imaging
Hebah Goderya	University of Texas at Austin	Purdue	Physics and Astronomy — Quantum Information Science
Matthew Golden	Bellarmine University	Purdue	Physics and Astronomy — Condensed Matter Physics
Lance Hatch	Eastern Oregon	Purdue	Chemistry — Chemical Measurement and Imaging
Patrick Herchenbach	Creighton	Purdue	Chemistry — Chemical Measurement and Imaging
Calle Wilkes Junker	California Institute of Technology	Purdue	Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering
Ishaan Madan	Wheaton College (Mass.)	Purdue	Geosciences — Planetary Surface Processes, Astrobiology
Sonja Nusser	Syracuse	Purdue	Chemistry — Chemical Structure, Dynamics and Mechanism
Shifa Somji	Harvey Mudd College	Purdue	Human Computer Interaction
Jade St. Pierre	Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis	Purdue	Geosciences — Geochemistry
Elizabeth Su	Syracuse	Purdue	Biomedical Engineering

Purdue Undergraduate Students at Application

Name	Baccalaureate Institute	Current Institute	Field of Study
Jaatani Abdi	Purdue	Purdue	Chemical Engineering
Lauren Elizabeth Bell	Purdue	Purdue	Physics and Astronomy — Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Ethan Kessel	Purdue	Purdue	Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering
Shelby Sliger	Purdue	Purdue	Life Sciences — Biochemistry

Undergraduate Alumni (pre-2025)

Name	Baccalaureate Institute	Current Institute	Field of Study
Reagan Bushok	Purdue	Tufts	Biomedical Engineering
Dean Calhoun	Purdue	University of Maryland, College Park	Geosciences — Artificial Intelligence
Sanjay Garimella	Purdue	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Chemical Engineering
Kyle Herron	Purdue Northwest	Dartmouth	Physics and Astronomy — Astronomy and Astrophysics
Sydney Hummel	Purdue	Cambridge	Chemical Engineering
Grace Bethany May	Purdue	Rice University	Bioengineering
Ronald Or	Purdue	University of Maryland, College Park	Social Sciences — Sociology
Abigayle Simpson	Purdue	University of California, Irvine	Life Sciences — Ecology

HONORABLE MENTION

Current Purdue Graduate Students

Name	Baccalaureate Institute	Current Institute	Field of Study
Jordan Alexander	Calvin	Purdue	Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Jonathan Bryan	Purdue	Purdue	Biomedical Engineering
Robert Daigle	California Institute of Technology	Purdue	Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering
Aldan Dye	Haverford College	Purdue	Materials Research — Chemistry of Materials
Nicholas Ellin	Florida	Purdue	Chemistry — Chemical Measurement and Imaging
Trevor Erwin	University of Texas at Austin	Purdue	Physics and Astronomy — Astronomy and Astrophysics
Izaak Gilchrist	Purdue	Purdue	Life Sciences — Evolutionary Biology
Olivia Holmes	Alabama	Purdue	Physics and Astronomy — Physics of Living Systems
Paisley Jeannette	Eckerd College	Purdue	Chemistry — Chemistry of Life Processes
Miranda Pikus	Michigan State	Purdue	Physics and Astronomy — Astronomy and Astrophysics
Jose Torrico Moreno	Montana State	Purdue	Mechanical Engineering

Undergraduate Alumni (2025)

Name	Baccalaureate Institute	Current Institute	Field of Study
Jade Coxon	Purdue	Purdue	Chemical Engineering
Emmett Freeman	Purdue	Purdue	Mechanical Engineering
Joel Laudo	Purdue	Purdue	Mechanical Engineering
Ashley Ortiz	Purdue	Purdue	Physics and Astronomy — Astronomy and Astrophysics
Jason Packard	Purdue	Purdue	Chemical Engineering
Jenna Schoonmaker	Purdue	Purdue	Life Sciences — Microbial Biology

Undergraduate Alumni (pre-2025)

Name	Baccalaureate Institute	Current Institute	Field of Study
Izoduwa Aimiuwu	Purdue	Stanford	Chemical Engineering
Katherine Allen	Purdue	University of California San Diego	Cognitive Psychology
Emma Balevic	Purdue	University of Colorado Boulder	STEM Education and Learning Research — Engineering Education
Shawn Belongia	Purdue	Rice University	Chemical Engineering
Benjamin Binstock	Purdue	Wisconsin	Life Sciences — Genetics
Elliot Cooper	Purdue	Michigan	Chemical Engineering
Dylan Forbes	Purdue	Wisconsin	Chemistry — Chemical Measurement and Imaging
Alec Lucas	Purdue	Northwestern	Materials Science and Engineering
Madeline Mills	Purdue	Northwestern	Chemical Engineering
Thao-Quyen Nguyen	Purdue	Iowa State	Life Sciences — Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Kennedy Outlaw	Purdue	Stanford	Life Sciences — Biophysics
Isabel Panicker	Purdue	Georgia Institute of Technology	Chemical Engineering
Ethan Pinarski	Purdue		Physics and Astronomy — Astronomy and Astrophysics
Matthew Stuber	Purdue	Pennsylvania State	Mechanical Engineering
Sarah Thormann	Purdue	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Bioengineering
Ian Woodhouse	Purdue	University of Chicago	Biomedical Engineering