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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.

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

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

Nicholas DeFilippis

BS mathematics & computer science '22, honors

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Recipient, 2024
Marley Downes

BS/MS materials science and engineering '24, honors

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Recipient, 2024
Goldwater Scholar, 2023-24
Vivian Tian

MA digital media '25

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Recipient, 2024
Ashley Bishop

PhD candidate biomedical engineering, BS/MS ’22, honors

Goldwater Scholar, 2020-21
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Honorable Mention, 2023
Jasjit Kaur

BS chemistry '22, honors

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Recipient, 2023
Jon Merwin

PhD candidate ecology, evolution, & earth systems

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention, 2023
Shanna Samels

PhD candidate neuroscience

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Recipient, 2023
Diana Solano-Oropeza

BS physics '21

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Recipient, 2023
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
Sophie Abber

MS Psychology '21

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention, 2021
Anthony Abel

BS/MS Chemical and Biological Engineering/Materials Science '17, Honors

Goldwater Scholar 2015
Drexel Fellowships Ambassador 2015-16, 2017-18
Hertz Foundation Fellowship Finalist, 2017
NSF Graduate Research Fellow, 2018-23
Abhishek Adhikari

B.S. Computer Engineering '21

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention, 2022
Talaial Alina

BS Chemical Engineering ’20, Honors

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention, 2020
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention, 2022
Joseph Angelo BS, 2010

Physics, Minor in Mathematics

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2011-2014
Alyssa Batula PhD Candidate

Electrical Engineering

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention 2011, 2010
Alyssa Bellingham

BS/PhD Electrical Engineering '17

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2012-15
Magda Bielinski BS/PhD, 2012

Electrical Engineering

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2011-14
Goldwater Scholar (declined) 2011
DAAD Research Internships for Science & Engineering (RISE) Professional Program 2012
Bryan Byles PhD, '18

Materials Engineering

GAANN Biomse Fellowship 2015
NSF GRFP Honorable Mention 2015
Allison Byrne BS, 2013

Environmental Science

Gilman Scholar to Equatorial Guinea 2012
NSF GRFP Honorable Mention 2014
NSF GRFP Recipient 2015
Christian Cabuslay

PhD student Biological Sciences

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship 2019-22
U Kei Cheang PhD Candidate

Mechanical Engineering

NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI) 2012
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2010-13
Drexel/UPENN NSF Integrated Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) 2010
Y. Lisa Chen PhD, 2010

Architectural Engineering

GAANN Fellow 2005
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2006-09
Wajeeha Choudhary PhD Candidate

Communication, Culture and Media

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention 2013
Sam Ciocys BS, 2015, Honors

Physics and mathematics

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP) Honorable Mention 2015
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP) 2016-19
Jared Coyle PhD, 2012

Electrical & Computer Engineering - Electrophysics Focus

National Science Foundation Graduate STEM Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12) 2010
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention 2008-09
Drexel/UPENN NSF Integrated Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) 2008
Drew Cronin PhD, 2013

Environmental Science

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention 2010
Jefferson Cuadra PhD Candidate

Mechanical Engineering

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2012-15
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
David Diaz PhD Candidate

Biomedical Engineering

NSF Bridge to the Doctorate (BTD) Graduate Fellow 2010
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2012-15
Kimberly DiGiovanni PhD, 2012

Environmental Engineering

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2009-12
Mary Doan

BS Biological Sciences ’19

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention, 2020
Brian Dolhansky BS/MS 2012

Electrical Engineering with DSP Concentration, CS Minor

DAAD Research Internships for Science & Engineering (RISE) Program 2011
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2012-15
Amalie Donius PhD, 2012

Material Science and Engineering

NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI) 2011
Drexel/UPENN NSF Integrated Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) 2010-11
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention 2010
GAANN Scholar 2008-09
Jeffrey Dowgala BS/MS, 2010

Civil Engineering

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention 2010
Devon Eichfeld

BS/MS Mechanical Engineering '18, Honors

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention, 2019
Elizabeth Espinal

PhD student Clinical Psychology

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Recipient, 2021
Andrew Feldman BS/MS, 2016

Civil Engineering

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention 2016
Daniel Fitzgerald BS, 2008

Environmental Science

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention 2013
Anna Fox PhD, 2010

Electrical and Computer Engineering

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2008-11
Maxwell Franklin

PhD student Physics

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Recipient, 2021
Leah Friedman

BS Custom-Designed Major - Cognitive Neuroscience '19, Honors

DAAD Research Internships for Science & Engineering (RISE), 2018
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Recipient, 2022
Jeremy Gaison

BS Physics '15, Honors

Goldwater Scholar 2014-15
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention 2016
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship 2017-22
Michael Ghidiu PhD, '18

Materials Science & Chemistry

NSF GRFP 2015
Hasreet Gill

BS Biological Sciences '14

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship 2019-22
Mark Giovinazzi

BS Physics '18, Honors

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship 2019-22
Sarah Gleeson

PhD student Materials Science and Engineering

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention, 2015
National Defense Science & Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship (declined), 2016
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2016-19
Drexel Fellowships Ambassador, 2016-20
Stephanie Goldstein PhD, '18

Psychology

NSF GRFP Honorable Mention 2015
Society of Behavioral Medicine Distinguished Student Travel Scholarship 2016
Society of Behavioral Medicine Innovation Award 2016
James Goodman BS/MS, 2013

Biomedical Engineering

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention 2013
David Grunberg PhD, 2013

Electrical and Computer Engineering

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2010-13
David Hartman

PhD student Mechanical Engineering

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) 2016-19
Sylvia Herbert BS/MS, 2014, Honors

Mechanical Engineering

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2014-17
Department of Defense (DoD) Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Finalist 2014
Bill Hesse BS, 2009

Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics

National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellow 2009-12
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2009-12
Julianne Holloway PhD, 2012

Chemical Engineering

National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellow 2009-12
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention 2009
Amy Honnig

PhD candidate Chemical Engineering

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Recipient, 2021
Jonathan Hubler BS/MS, 2012

Civil Engineering

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2013-16
Mel Jeske BS/MS '15

Environmental Studies & Economics

NSF GRFP Honorable Mention 2015
Kristy Jost

PhD Materials Science and Engineering '14

Graduate Student Award for the Lindau Meeting of Nobel Laureates 2013
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellow 2012-15
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) (declined) 2012
Drexel/UPENN NSF Integrated Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) 2010-11
Kyle Juretus

PhD student, Computer and Electrical Engineering

National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellow 2016-19
DOD Science, Mathematics & Research for Transformation (SMART) 2016 (Declined)
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention 2016
Drexel Fellowships Ambassador, 2018-20
Arvind Kalidindi BS, 2013

Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2013-16
Deborah Kapilow

PhD candidate Mechanical Engineering

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship 2017-22
Lindsey Klinge PhD Candidate

Chemistry

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention 2011
Kevin Knehr BS, 2012

Mechanical Engineering

Goldwater Scholar 2011-12
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2012-15
Chelsea Knittel

BS Sustainable Materials and Design '14, Honors

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2014-17
Jared Langevin PhD, 2014

Architectural Engineering

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2011-14
GAANN Fellow 2009-11
Sophia Lee

PhD student Chemical and Biological Engineering

NSF Graduate Research Fellow, 2018-23
Scott Lerner

PhD student Electrical Engineering

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2015-20
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship (NDSEG) (declined), 2015
Drexel Fellowships Ambassador, 2016-20
Brian Leung

BS Chemistry '11, Honors

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2014-17
Ariana Levitt

PhD candidate, Materials Science & Engineering

Drexel Coulter Fellow, 2015-16
NSF Graduate Research Fellow, 2017-22
Drexel Fellowships Ambassador, 2017-20
Australia–Americas PhD Research Internship Program, 2018
70th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, 2020
Yi-Hsuan (Cindy) Lin PhD Candidate

Physics

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2014-17
Daniel Lofaro PhD, 2012

Electrical and Computer Engineering in Robotics and Control Systems

National Science Foundation’s (NSF) East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute (EAPSI) 2007-08
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention 2009
Kristine Loh

BS/MS Chemical Engineering/Materials Science and Engineering ’20, Honors

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Recipient, 2021
Sergio Machaca

BS Mechanical Engineering '18, Honors

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship 2019-22
Fulbright Study/Research Grant Alternate to Germany, 2018
Rachel Magee PhD Candidate

Information Studies

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2011-14
Rumaan Malhotra

BS Biological Sciences '14

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention, 2019
Sarah Malik

BS Business and Engineering ’20, Honors

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2020
Angela Mastrianni

PhD student Information Science

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Recipient, 2021
Matthew McBride

BS Chemistry '14

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention 2016
Holly McIlwee BS, 2008

Materials Engineering

International Research and Education in Engineering (IREE) Program 2008
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2008-11
Shawn Mengel

BS/MS Chemical Engineering ’20, Honors

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2020
Luke Mitchell PhD '19

Life Science/Neuroscience

NSF GRFP Honorable Mention 2015
Jerome Mlack BS, 2010

Physics

American Institute of Physics SPS Leadership Award 2009
Goldwater Scholarship Honorable Mention 2009
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2012-15
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
Alexander Moseson

PhD Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics '11

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2008-11
Daniel Mox

BS/MS Mechanical Engineering '15, Honors

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship 2019-22
Prineha Narang BS, 2011

Materials Engineering

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2011-14
DAAD Research Internships for Science & Engineering (RISE) Program 2009
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
Stephen Niezgoda PhD, 2009

Materials Science and Engineering

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP)2008-11
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship 2008
Drexel/UPENN NSF Integrated Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) 2007
Ashley Opalka

PhD student Neuroscience

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention, 2020
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
Anjli Patel

BS Chemical Engineering '16

Goldwater Scholar 2015
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention 2016
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship 2017-22
Ben Pelleg PhD, 2013

Electrical Engineering

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention 2010
Joel Pepper

PhD student Computer Science

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Recipient, 2021
Amy Peterson PhD, 2011

Chemical Engineering

Drexel-Penn Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) 2006-07
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2008-11
Liz Plowman PhD Candidate

Electrical Engineering

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2011-2014
Gabriel Plummer

BS/MS Materials Science and Engineering '18, Honors

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention, 2019
Megan Quarmley

BS Psychology '12

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention, 2019
Adams Rackes

BS/PhD Architectural Engineering '17, Honors

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2014-17
Fulbright Student Scholar to Brazil 2014-15
Hined Rafeh MS, 2016

Science, Technology, and Society

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention 2016
Karthik (Paco) Sangaiah

PhD candidate Computer Engineering

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2014-19
Drexel Fellowships Ambassador, 2015-20
Robert Sherbert BS/MS, 2011

Electrical and Computer Engineering

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2010-13
NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI) 2010
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
Matthew Shirley

PhD student, Biomedical Engineering

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship 2019-22
Nathaniel Shoobs

PhD student Environmental Science

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship 2017-22
Tana Siboonruang

PhD student Chemical Engineering

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Recipient, 2021
Nicholas Sica

Electrical Engineering PhD Student, BS Computer Engineering '21

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Recipient, 2022
Derrick Smith PhD Candidate

Material Science and Engineering

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2013-15
Julie Speer BS, 2016

Biomedical Engineering

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention 2016
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
Jesse Starger

PhD student Chemical Engineering

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention, 2021
Jacqueline Tawney

BS Mechanical Engineering '18, Honors

NSF Graduate Research Fellow, 2018-23
Neha Thomas

BS/MS Biomedical Engineering '17

NSF Graduate Research Fellow, 2018-23
Nicholas Trainor

BS/MS Chemical Engineering/Materials Science and Engineering ‘19, Honors

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2020
Goldwater Scholarship, Honorable Mention 2018
Drexel Fellowships Ambassador, 2018-19
Angela Tuckowski

BS Biological Sciences '15

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention, 2021
Paul Ullmann PhD Candidate

Biological Sciences

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2010-13
Edward Waddell PhD student

Biological Sciences

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention 2016
Johannes Wagner

BS Physics ‘20, Honors

Goldwater Scholar, 2019-20
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention, 2020
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Recipient, 2021
Jessica Weaver

PhD student Materials Science and Engineering

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship 2016-19
Drexel Fellowships Ambassador 2016-20
Philip Weigel

BS Physics ’20, Honors

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention, 2020
Goldwater Scholar, 2018-20
Drexel Fellowships Ambassador, 2018-20
Matthew West

BS Materials Science and Engineering '17, Honors

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship 2019-22
Mickey Whitzer

BS Mechanical Engineering '12

DAAD Research Internships for Science & Engineering (RISE) Program, 2011
NSF Graduate Research Fellow, 2013-16
Drexel Fellowships Ambassador, 2014-16
Adria Wilson BS, 2009

Chemistry

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) 2011-2014