八位正在或即将攻读生命科学研究生学位的欧洲杯买球app官网校友, psychology, chemistry, engineering, and geoscience have received awards from the 美国国家科学基金会研究生研究奖学金计划(GRFP).

• Laurel Benjamin '21, Psychology – Developmental Psychology
• Gabriel Braun '19, Life Sciences – Biochemistry
• James Dougherty '21, Life Sciences – Environmental Biology
• Grayson Hamrick '21, Engineering – Bioengineering
• Mallory Kastner '21, Geosciences – Chemical Oceanography
• Christina McBride '23, Chemistry – Chemistry of Life Processes
• Sophia Nelson '20, Life Sciences – Immunology
• Jan Estrada Pabon '21，化学-计算密集型研究

23岁的奥斯卡·加勒特和18岁的富兰克林·科斯塔斯获得了荣誉奖.

美国国家科学基金会奖学金计划是美国最古老的奖学金计划，直接支持各种科学的研究生, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. In an average year, NSF funds around 12,000 competitive awards for research, education, and training, and backs nearly 318,000 researchers, entrepreneurs, students and teachers. The NSF fellowship provides a three-year annual stipend of $34,000 and a $12,000 cost-of-education allowance for tuition and fees, 以及国际研究和职业发展的机会.

Laurel Benjamin '21 是欧洲杯买球app官网的指导如何激励学生进行有意义的研究的最好例子.

“到目前为止，我的成功很大程度上归功于我的本科课程，”她说. “我特别感谢我的导师和论文指导老师， Dr. Shu-wen Wang, 他的“文化心理学”课程和实验为理解社会过程中的文化变异性提供了重要的理论基础，并首次揭示了文化敏感性, intersectional approach that informed my NSF proposal."

Benjamin will begin her Ph.D. in clinical psychology at the 加州大学圣地亚哥分校和圣地亚哥州立大学联合博士课程 under the mentorship of Dr. Lauren Brookman-Frazee. 该奖项将帮助资助研究与covid -19相关的学校关闭对儿童社会情感功能的长期影响.

Gabriel Braun '19 他说，他在欧洲杯买球app官网的时光为他的研究生学习奠定了基础, "both through the knowledge gained in my coursework and, more importantly, 通过练习培养独立的批判性思维."

He is grateful to Professor Emeritus of Chemistry Karin Åkerfeldt, who gave him his first experience in laboratory research, 以及其他许多塑造了他的学术和智力轨迹的教授.

After graduating in 2019 with a degree in chemistry, Braun 在瑞典花了一年的时间研究与阿尔茨海默病相关的β-淀粉样肽聚集，获得了富布赖特研究/研究奖然后在宾夕法尼亚大学研究与ALS相关的蛋白质. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. at UCSF 他的研究重点是某些酶的活性是如何通过与富含蛋白质的“生物分子凝聚体”结合而受到影响的."

James Dougherty '21 从他在欧洲杯买球app官网植物园的开始到他在 Wistar Institute 他毕业后的经历和成功为他即将进行的研究铺平了道路 Harvard's Organismic and Evolutionary Biology program.

多尔蒂把他的成功归功于教授们的指导 Jon Wilson and Helen White, particularly during his summer research and thesis experience. 他对植物和自然的热爱在欧洲杯买球app官网成长起来:“植物园为我提供了一个完美的空间，让我拥抱我对植物的热爱和对自然的承诺.”

他现在的重点是植物的水力功能和碳水化合物分配. “With this research,” said Dougherty, 我希望更好地了解植物和生态系统作为一个整体如何随着气候变化而变化, in the near future and over evolutionary time.”

Grayson Hamrick '21 从欧洲杯买球app官网大学到杜克大学，在生物医学工程领域取得了长足的进步. As a chemistry and mathematics double major, 哈姆里克在欧洲杯买球app官网的时光教会了他目前在合成生物学和生物工程方面的工作所必需的技能.

"My research with Dr. Lou Charkoudian 教会了我所有欧洲杯买球app官网化学生物学的奇迹，让我看到了合成生物学领域的现代发展,” he said. “My work with Dr. Casey Londergan 帮助巩固了我对数学和计算建模的兴趣，并将这些技术应用于生物系统."

With the support of the NIH T32 biotechnology training grant, Hamrick is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in biomedical engineering at Duke University在那里，他正在研究用于各种应用的工程合成微生物系统.

Mallory Kastner '21 她称赞欧洲杯买球app官网提供了跨学科的机会，并教会了她社区参与的重要性. After graduation, she joined Dr. Amy Apprill’s lab at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, where she discovered her love for marine science. She conducted a year-long research project through NSF's Research Experience for Post-Baccalaureate Participants, and will now pursue a Ph.D. in biological oceanography through the MIT-WHOI Joint Program in oceanography.

卡斯特纳的研究将集中在了解微小生物如何对脆弱的生态系统和动物的健康做出贡献, especially in the context of climate change.

Said Kastner, "NSF’s GRFP was particularly compelling to me when applying, 因为我的动机非常一致，它强调将强大的科学与研究的更广泛的社区影响联系起来."

Christina McBride '23 是今年毕业班唯一一个获得NSF GRFP的福特. As a chemistry major and biochemistry concentrator, 麦克布莱德将她的成功归功于欧洲杯买球app官网大学STEM教师的支持和指导, especially her research mentors Lou Charkoudian and Eric Miller.

Reflecting on her experience, McBride said, “在一个以本科生为主的院校就读也有它的好处——我是自己研究项目的智力驱动者, 这给了我发展新想法所需的力量和创造力."

The fellowship will support her as she pursues a Ph.D. in chemical biology at the University of Michigan, 她计划加入一个专注于天然产物生物合成的实验室，以更深入地了解自然界固有的复杂有机化学和酶的团队合作.

Alumni Sophia Nelson '20 and Jan Estrada Pabon '21 also received NSF GRFP fellowships. Nelson is currently an immunology Ph.D. student at UCSF. Pabon is currently at Stanford University pursuing a Ph.D. in theoretical chemistry.