NSF Awards Fellowships to Georgia Tech Graduate Students

Twenty Georgia Tech students have been awarded Graduate Research Fellowships (GRF) from the National Science Foundation. The fellowships - valued at $159,000 - include funding for three years of graduate study and tuition. Graduate students pursuing full-time, research-based master's and doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) or STEM education are eligible for the fellowship.

This year's Georgia Tech recipients represent various areas of study, fulfilling the GRF initiative's commitment to ensuring the "quality, vitality, and diversity of the scientific and engineering workforce of the United States."

• Nicole Allen - biomedical engineering

• Christopher E. Bain - bioengineering

• Anna R. Burson - chemical engineering

• Huyun Chen - biomedical engineering

• Jenna Corbin - bioengineering

• Connor M. Davel - photonic materials

• Stephanie Gonzalez - aeronautical and aerospace engineering

• Zachary Steven Grieser - aeronautical and aerospace engineering

• Charles Hong - robotics, control, automation

• Vibha Ramanathan Iyer - biomedical engineering

• Alexey Denisovich Khotimsky - robotics, control, automation

• Samuel Kirschner - mechanical engineering

• Jeffrey Li - chemical engineering

• Jason Marfey - atomic, molecular, and optical physics

• Nolan Price O'Kelly - materials science and engineering

• Nadia Qutob - astronomy and astrophysics

• Ethan Daniel Ray - photonic materials

• Atticus Rex - computational and data-enabled science

• Claire Su - biomedical engineering

• Alessandro Zerbini-Flores - electrical and electronic engineering

Eight additional fellowship recipients completed their undergraduate degrees at Georgia Tech before attending graduate school at other universities.

• Grace Fanson

• Harris Jilani

• Mollie Johnson

• Matthew Liu

• Madeleine M. Pollack

• Aeva Georganne Silverman

• Dima Tretiak

• Ian Yang