Student Profiles

We celebrate the accomplishments of all Drexel students who have won prestigious fellowships and scholarships. See below for profiles of some of our student recipients.

Fulbright U.S. Student Program

To learn more about this award, visit the award page.

Abigail Briskin

BA global studies ’23, honors

Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Alternate to Uruguay, 2024-25
Bryan Eichen

BS/MS environmental science ’24

Fulbright Study/Research Grant to Indonesia, 2024-25
Jack Ivie

BS/MS environmental science ’24

Fulbright Study/Research Grant to Iceland, 2024-25
Anthony Lisi

BS chemistry ’24

Fulbright Study/Research Grant Alternate to Italy, 2024-25
Kejsi Ruka

BA global studies ’24, honors

Fulbright Study/Research Grant Alternate to Croatia, 2024-25
Neha Chongtham

BS biological sciences '23

Fulbright English Teaching Assistant to Malta, 2023-24
Emily Herbert

PhD candidate materials science & engineering, BS '19

Fulbright Study/Research Grant to Iceland, 2023-24
Christopher Jang

BS secondary education '23

Fulbright English Teaching Assistant to South Korea, 2023-24
Daouda Njie

BS environmental science '22

Fulbright Study/Research Grant to Fiji, 2023-24
Jesse Stover

BS public health '23

Fulbright Study/Research Grant to South Korea, 2023-24
Nicholas Barber

BS Geoscience '18, Honors

Goldwater Scholar, 2016-18
NOAA Hollings Scholar, 2016-18
Drexel Fellowships Ambassador, 2016-20
Gates Cambridge Scholar, 2018
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention, 2018
Fulbright Study/Research Grant to Indonesia (declined), 2018
ConocoPhillips Scholarship, 2018
Dylan O’Donoghue

MLS '19

Fulbright Study/Research Grant to Taiwan, 2018-19
Boren Fellowship to Taiwan, 2018-19
Adefolaseyi (Seyi) Aderotoye

MD '15

Fulbright Study/Research Grant to Nigeria, 2013-14
Obadiah Baker

EdD candidate Leadership and Management

Fulbright Study/Research Grant to Israel, 2022-23
Nicole Bedoya

BA Global Studies '19

Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Brazil, 2020-21
Isa Betancourt

MS Communication ’19

Fulbright Study/Research Grant to Indonesia, 2020-21
Fulbright-National Geographic Storytelling Fellow, 2020-21
Critical Language Scholarship Alternate to Indonesia, 2020
Andrew Blakely MD, 2010

Medicine

Fulbright Student Scholar to Spain 2008-09
Bradley Boehringer

MS Nursing Education and Faculty Role '14

Fulbright Student Scholar to Finland 2014-15
Drexel Fellowships Ambassador 2014, 2015
Kristy Buzard (Hills) BA, 2001

International Area Studies

Fulbright Student Scholar to Belgium 2001-02
Regina Cagle BS, 2008

Environmental Engineering

Fulbright Student Scholar to Ecuador 2008-09
Wen-kuni Ceant

MPH '16

Fulbright Study/Research Grant to Senegal, 2017-18
Global Health Corps Fellowship (declined), 2017
Drexel Fellowships Ambassador, 2017-18
Akilah Chatman

BS Environmental Science ‘22

Fulbright Study/Research Grant to Cambodia, 2022-23
Jieying Chen

BS/MS Marketing and Elementary Education '20, Honors

Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) Alternate (Taiwan), 2021-22
Ashly Chteh

BA Political Science & Global Studies '22

Alternate, Fulbright ETA to Ecuador
Sheridan Clements

BA Anthropology '19, Honors

Fulbright Study/Research Grant to the UK, 2019-20
Caitlin Costello

BA International Area Studies '10

Fulbright Study/Research Grant to Senegal, 2011-12
Carmen Cronin MPH, '14

Public Health

Fulbright Student Scholar to Uganda 2015-16
DFO Fellowships Ambassador 2015
Matthew D'Arcy

BS Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics '14, Honors

Fulbright Study/Research Grant to South Korea, 2014-15
Critical Language Scholar for Korean, 2014
Drexel Fellowships Ambassador, 2014-15
Candace Davis

BS International Business and Marketing '19

Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Taiwan, 2019-20
Amanda Decker BS/MS, 2014, Honors

Chemical Engineering

Fulbright Student Scholar to Germany 2014-15
David Delaine PhD, 2012

Electrical and Computer Engineering

NSF Bridge to the Doctorate (BTD) Graduate Fellow 2005
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2007-10
Fulbright Young Scholar Award, 2013-14
Liesl Driver

MS Global and International Education '14

Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) to Brazil, 2013-14
Drexel Fellowships Ambassador, 2014-15
Kathlyn Elliott

PhD student Educational Leadership

Fulbright Study/Research Grant to Finland, 2021-22
Lauren Forbes

MPH '13

Fulbright Study/Research Grant to Ethiopia, 2013-14
Jorge Fortin-Mejia

BS Communication '19

Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) to Argentina, 2021-22
Julianna Frangos

BA International Area Studies '16

Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) to Luxembourg, 2016-17
Tim Gorichanaz

PhD student Information Studies

Fulbright U.S. Student Program Alternate (EU), 2016
Drexel Fellowships Ambassador, 2016-17
Kerry Hamilton PhD Candidate

Environmental Engineering

Fulbright Student Scholar to Australia 2014-15
DFO Fellowships Ambassador 2014, 2015
Mary Grace Hodge BSBA, 2005

Business Administration, Marketing concentration, German minor

Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) to Germany 2006-07
Shawn Joshi

MD/PhD student

Peace Corps Volunteer to Lesotho, 2012-14
Fulbright U.S. Student Grant to the United Kingdom, 2017-18
Drexel Fellowships Ambassador, 2017-20
NIH Neuroengineering Course, 2017-18
Shirin Karsan

Project Manager, School of Biomedical Engineering

Fulbright Student Scholar to the United Arab Emirates 2009-10
Critical Language Enhancement Award (CLEA)
Stephanie Katz

MS Arts Administration and Museum Leadership ‘20

Fulbright Study/Research Grant to Spain, 2022-23
KerryLyn Kercher

MA Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling '21

Fulbright Study/Research Grant to Germany, 2021-22
Parisa Khoshnood

BA Global Studies and Modern Languages '20

Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) Alternate (Turkey), 2021-22
Armir Koka BS '11

Film and Video

Fulbright US Student Scholarship Finalist (ETA, Kosovo)
Sarah Kushner

BS Computer Science '16

Fulbright U.S. Student Grant Semi-finalist (France), 2016-17
Sarah Lightfoot Vidal

BS/MS Materials Science and Engineering '13

National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship, 2015-18
NSF Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT), 2013-15
Fulbright Study/Research Grant to Chile, 2013-14
Fulbright Alumni Ambassador, 2017
Sergio Machaca

BS Mechanical Engineering '18, Honors

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship 2019-22
Fulbright Study/Research Grant Alternate to Germany, 2018
Elizabeth (Liesbet) Manders

PhD Creative Arts Therapies '15

Fulbright Study/Research Grant to Germany, 2013-14
Drexel Fellowships Ambassador, 2014-15
Amanda McArthur BA, 2009

English

Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) to Bulgaria 2009-10
Nicholaus Meyers BS/MS, 2013

Mechanical Engineering

Fulbright Student Scholar to Germany 2013-14
Antonis Mikalis

BA Global Studies '17

Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) Alternate (Brazil), 2017-18
Karen Miller BS/MS, 2010

Architectural Engineering; Science, Technology, and Society

Fulbright Student Scholar to Turkey 2010-11
Carli Moorehead

BS/MS Biomedical Engineering/Materials Engineering '17, Honors

Goldwater Scholar, 2016-17
Fulbright Study/Research Grant to Italy, 2017-18
NSF Graduate Research Fellow, 2017-22
Drexel Fellowships Ambassador, 2017-18
Ian Nichols

PhD student, Biology

Fulbright Study/Research Grant to Cameroon, 2018-19
Gregory Niedt

PhD student Communications, Culture, and Media

Fulbright Study/Research Grant to the European Union, 2017-18
Valerie Niemann

BS Chemical Engineering ’18, Honors

Fulbright Study/Research Grant to Switzerland, 2018-19
NSF Graduate Research Fellow, 2018-23
ThinkSwiss Research Scholarship, 2018
Drexel Fellowships Ambassador, 2018-19
Farah Noorani BS/MD, 2014

Biology/DUCOM

Fulbright Student Scholar to India 2012-13
Marissa Olson

BA Global Studies '20

Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Spain, 2020-21
Emily Ostrow

BS/MS Environmental Science ’18, Honors

Goldwater Scholarship Honorable Mention, 2017
Drexel Fellowships Ambassador, 2017-20
Fulbright Study/Research Grant Alternate (Colombia), 2018
NSF Graduate Research Fellow, 2018-23
Matthew Parsons

BS Physics '15, Honors

Goldwater Scholarship Honorable Mention, 2014
Drexel Fellowships Ambassador 2015-19
Fulbright Study/Research Grant to France, 2016-17
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship 2017-22
Dakota Peterson

BA Political Science '18

Fulbright Study/Research Grant to Bosnia and Herzgovina, 2019-20
Drexel Fellowships Ambassador, 2019-20
Paul Phelps MD, 2010

Ophthalmology

Fulbright Student Scholar to India 2008-09
Lauren Pitts

MS Couple and Family Therapy '13; EdD candidate

Fulbright Alumni Ambassador, 2016
Fellowships Ambassador, 2014-16
Fulbright Study/Research Grant to Barbados, 2014-15
Adams Rackes

BS/PhD Architectural Engineering '17, Honors

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2014-17
Fulbright Student Scholar to Brazil 2014-15
Greg Risser

PhD candidate, Biomedical Engineering

Fulbright Study/Research Grant to the Netherlands, 2019-20
IIE-GIRE Fellowship Program Alternate, 2019
Drexel Fellowships Ambassador, 2019-20
Audrey Ryan

BS/MS Architectural Engineering/Civil Engineering ’15, Honors

SOM Foundation Structural Engineering Travel Fellowship, 2015-16
Fulbright Study/Research Grant to Denmark, 2016-17
Aaron Sakulich PhD, 2009

Materials Engineering

Fulbright Student Scholar to Morocco 2007-08
Critical Language Enhancement Award (CLEA)
DFO Fellowships Ambassador 2014, 2015
Keziah Sheldon

BS Physics '19

Fulbright Study/Research Grant to Austria, 2019-20
Vaughn Shirey

BS Environmental Science '17

Fulbright Study/Research Grant to Finland, 2017-18
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2019-2022
Drexel Fellowships Ambassador, 2017-20
Janani Singaravelu MS, 2011

Medical Science

Fulbright Student Scholar to India 2011-2012
Hunter Snyder BS, 2012

Film and Video

Fulbright Student Scholar to Greenland 2014-15
NSF EAGER Grant 2014
National Geographic Young Explorer Award 2014
American-Scandinavian Foundation Fellow 2014
Kara Spiller

PhD Biomedical Engineering '10

Fulbright Alumni Ambassador, 2012
Fulbright Study/Research Grant to Portugal, 2010-11
NSF Graduate Research Fellow, 2007-10
NSF International Research Experiences (IRES) and Doctoral Dissertation Enhancement Project (DDEP) 2009
Chelsea Stone MPH, 2014

Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Peace Corps Volunteer to Cambodia 2014-16
Fulbright US Student Program Finalist 2014
Karen Sullam PhD, 2013

Environmental Science

Fulbright Student Scholar to Switzerland 2011-12
Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research (GIAR) program 2010
DFO Fellowships Ambassador 2015
Reva Swiedler

BA Global Studies '20, Honors

Fulbright English Teaching Assistant, Alternate to Mexico, 2020-21
Nathan Taylor

PhD candidate, Mechanical Engineering

Fulbright Study/Research Grant to South Korea, 2013-14
Drexel Fellowships Ambassador, 2015
Daniel Tedesco

BA International Area Studies '11

Fulbright Study/Research Grant to China 2011-12
Freeman-ASIA Scholarship 2008
Gilman Scholar to China 2008
Kaitlin Thaker

BA Global Studies '17, Honors

Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) Grant to Germany, 2017-18
Drexel Fellowships Ambassador, 2017-18
Kent Troutman BSBA, 2010

Business Administration Finance

Fulbright Student Scholar to China 2010-11