All 2025 Fellows

We are pleased to announce the 2025 recipients of fellowships and awards administered by the VPGE office.

Supported by endowment and general funds, the following fellowships are designed to attract the most talented students to Stanford's doctoral programs, and to honor and support our most outstanding current doctoral students. Each program has a distinct focus, and while the selection processes vary, all are highly competitive and involve several levels of faculty review.

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• ARCS: Achievement Rewards for College Scientists
• CCSRE: Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity Emerging Scholars Graduate Fellowship
• DARE: Diversifying Academia, Recruiting Excellence
• EDGE: Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education Fellowship
• VPGE Academic Achievement Awards for the Centers for Equity, Community, and Leadership
• Lieberman: Gerald J. Lieberman Fellowship
• RAISE: Research, Action, and Impact, through Strategic Engagement Doctoral Fellowship
• SGF: Stanford Graduate Fellowships in Science & Engineering
• SIGF: Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowship
• Zhang: Shoucheng Zhang Graduate Fellowship

ARCS: Achievement Rewards for College Scientists

The ARCS Scholar Award recognizes outstanding students who have a record of past achievement and who show exceptional promise of making a significant contribution to the scientific and technological strength of the nation. Each year, the Northern California Chapter of the ARCS Foundation allocates an award to Stanford, which VPGE then uses to support as many PhD students as possible through a combination of ARCS and University funds. ARCS scholars can select a two- or three-quarter award configuration, depending upon their academic and tuition needs.

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• Lexie Mae Adams, Chemical Engineering
• Ian Coates, Chemical Engineering
• Johannah Evelyn Farner, Biology
• Will Dirk Hartog, Statistics
• Michael Hasson, Earth & Planetary Sciences
• Emma Kerr, Energy Science & Engineering
• Zachary Zinzan Montgomerie, Materials Science and Engineering
• Christian David Serio, Mathematics
• Adithya Sriram, Physics
• Daniel Evan Troyetsky, Aeronautics and Astronautics

CCSRE: Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity Graduate Fellowships

The Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity Emerging Scholars Graduate Fellowship (CCSRE) awards three-year fellowships to new doctoral students interested in the study of the meanings, processes, and consequences of race, ethnicity, and culture. 

• Luz Tlahui Rodriguez, Political Science
• Naomi Samara Kearney Tilles, Political Science
• Helen Lorraine Jessica Ada Webley-Brown, Sociology

DARE: Diversifying Academia, Recruiting Excellence

The DARE Doctoral Fellowship program awards two-year fellowships to advanced doctoral students who want to investigate and prepare for academic careers and whose presence will help diversify the professoriate. The DARE program aims to better prepare Stanford doctoral students from diverse backgrounds for successful faculty careers, and to contribute to the richness of Stanford’s educational environment.

• Ashton Mackenzie Aleman, Chemical Engineering
• Simi Aluko, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Joshua Arens, Chemistry
• Kristian Ayala, English
• Lydia Burleson, English
• Jennifer Anne Co, Chemistry
• Zaria Contejean, Genetics
• Julian Davis, Philosophy
• Christopher Flowers, Management Science and Engineering
• Norma Gutierrez, Immunology
• Grace Han, Art and Art History
• Paige Ariana Hill, Political Science
• Huzaafa, Anthropology
• Tom Ladendorf, Philosophy
• Weaverly Colleen Co Lee, Biology
• Leslie Patricia Luqueno, Education
• Mae MacDonald, Political Science
• Azalia Martinez Jaimes, Developmental Biology
• Casey Mendoza Decosto, Chemistry
• Javier Omar, Education
• Alexandra Leonor Ramos Figueroa, Chemical Engineering
• Arianna Silva-Torres, Cancer Biology
• Marie Tano, Linguistics
• Diego Uruchurtu Patino, Chemical Engineering

EDGE: Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education Fellowship

Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education (EDGE) fellows are incoming doctoral students with outstanding scholarly promise who have the potential to contribute to the diversity of their academic fields and departments. EDGE serves students in the Graduate Schools of Business and Education, the Doerr School of Sustainability, and the Schools of Engineering, and Humanities & Science.

• Aarabhi Achanta, Earth System Science
• Maria Jose Aguiar Duarte, Materials Science and Engineering
• Wendy Akinyi Alwala, Materials Science and Engineering
• Muhammed Anees T A, Religious Studies
• Ana Paola Aranzola, Mechanical Engineering
• Sarah Arnold, Bioengineering
• Calla Miran Bai, Art and Art History
• Toheedat Aderemi Bakare, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Natascha Barac, Physics
• Corrie Barnes, Materials Science and Engineering
• Clara Bender, Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Greer Bizzell-Hatcher, Education
• Tatiana Mijaela Blanco Quiroga, Environmental Social Sciences
• Sasha Sofie Bronovitskiy, Bioengineering
• Bria Rhontise Brooks, Anthropology
• Jess Joan Brown, Computer Science
• Kayla Brown, Communication
• Ericka Samantha Canon, Education
• Maxine Carlisle, Theater and Performance Studies
• Nikitha Chalgeri, Applied Physics
• Karl Chen, Electrical Engineering
• Ruishi Chen, Education
• Xiaoran Chen, Statistics
• Lyla Choi, Physics
• Soyoun 'Soy' Choi, Mechanical Engineering
• Sophie Dylan Clarke, Bioengineering
• Kelsey Maureen Conroy, Education
• Jadelynn Kim Dao, Computer Science
• Sanjana Das, Mathematics
• Anna Katherine Dawes, Electrical Engineering
• Ashley DeFrates, Earth System Science
• Catherine Deng, Electrical Engineering
• Liu Deng, Mechanical Engineering
• Connor Diaz, Earth System Science
• Jo Chi Ann DiGennaro, Education
• Erinn Alexandra Drage, Environmental Social Sciences
• Thomas Draghetti, Art and Art History
• Anna Carolina Dutra Saraiva, Economics
• Oluwapelumi Elizabeth Egunjobi, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Jara Emtage-Cave, Chemistry
• Mete Erdogan, Electrical Engineering
• Adam Feng, Philosophy
• Hannah Mary Fisher, Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Charles Arsenio Garcia Floyd, Chemistry
• Andy Fong, Chemical Engineering
• Mia Fuentes, Education
• Valerie Garcia, Education
• Leena Zahweh Ghannam, Art and Art History
• Sarah Nicole Glomski, Mechanical Engineering
• Kenny Gu, Statistics
• Sanya Gupta, Physics
• Tessa Karin Joffe Haining, Modern Thought and Literature
• Cheyenne Rose Halverson, Mechanical Engineering
• Anwar Haneef, History
• Sebastian Evander Little Tree Haney, Materials Science and Engineering
• Arjun Pillai Hausner, Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources
• Alexis Nicole Hensley, Geophysics
• Josh Ryan Heupel, Environmental Social Sciences
• Jordaina S Hewitt, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Edem Doe Honu, Materials Science and Engineering
• Huixin Huang, Bioengineering
• Sitan Huang, Mechanical Engineering
• Andrew Michael Huckins-Noss, Education
• Sixtus Chetachi Igbokwe, Theater and Performance Studies
• Dayna Jasmin Jackson, Mechanical Engineering
• Suyeon Jeong, Mechanical Engineering
• Hamin Jung, Mathematics
• Alice Kutsyy, Mechanical Engineering
• Ansley Langham, Business
• Joaquín Lara Midkiff, History
• Casey Marie Lawson, Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Wonkyeong Lee, Electrical Engineering
• Jaeryoung Lee, Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Gayoung Lee, Theater and Performance Studies
• Thalia Marycielo Leyton Reto, Bioengineering
• Michelle Li, Computer Science
• Sunny (Sitao) Li, Mechanical Engineering
• Jessica Li, Business
• Emma Grace Lickey, Applied Physics
• Cassidy Little, Bioengineering
• Jamie Shan-jie Liu, Statistics
• Zi Liu, Bioengineering
• Peter Lu, Bioengineering
• Ludmille Lyvert, Education
• Yuka Machino, Computer Science
• Thomas Ian MacLean, Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Maria Alejandra Martinez Ortiz, Psychology
• Shae Marie Mclaughlin, Bioengineering
• Aramis Josephine Mendoza, Materials Science and Engineering
• Matthew Villar Miranda, Art and Art History
• Blair Moore, Business
• Cecelia Hougard Morrow, Anthropology
• Ebubechi Nwaubani, Chemistry
• Ginny Parparcen, Bioengineering
• Avi Parrack, Applied Physics
• Braden Pate, Earth System Science
• Francielle Cristina Pereira dos Santos, Education
• Karla Esmeralda Perez, Psychology
• Heather Phillips, Electrical Engineering
• Camilla Piana, Classics
• Dominic Pizzarella, Bioengineering
• Diana Maria Popescu, Computer Science
• Maya Provencal, Education
• Hannah Elizabeth Gray Ratcliff, Earth & Planetary Sciences
• Sabrina Reguyal, Electrical Engineering
• Maria Luiza Rocha Bueno, Education
• Andrew Montgomery Rodd, Bioengineering
• Rodriguez, Political Science
• Kimia Guan-Weng Sattary, Mechanical Engineering
• Freya Alethe Schlaefer, Classics
• Gustavo Schlemper, Business
• Fiona Frances Selmi, Theater and Performance Studies
• Michael Senko, Linguistics
• Gaurav Sharma, Mechanical Engineering
• Luísa Shimabucoro, Computer Science
• Stella Song, Music
• Sammie Megan Staudinger, Mechanical Engineering
• Madhumitha Suresh, Bioengineering
• Adem Taiyr, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Laurence Anthony Tan, Education
• Bryan Terrazas, Political Science
• Diana Tiburcio, Chemical Engineering
• Carolina Torres Sanchez, Oceans
• Quito Tsui, Environmental Social Sciences
• Victoria Antoinette Varlack, Education
• RJ Vasquez, Religious Studies
• Ashley Morgan Wang, Energy Science & Engineering
• Grace Wang, Computer Science
• Selina Maria Weber, Electrical Engineering
• Elizabeth Anne Westfall, Mechanical Engineering
• Lauren Wilkes, Statistics
• Michelle E Winham-Gee, Mechanical Engineering
• Elena Wittemyer, Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Ophelia Jane Woodland, English
• Summer Wu, Education
• Tracy Wu, Statistics
• Jiarui Xie, Business
• Elise Yang, Mechanical Engineering
• Grace Yang, Chemical Engineering
• Jiayi Zhang, Political Science
• Jialu Zhao, Education
• Frankie Yaying Zhong, Communication
• Cathy Zhu, Chemistry

VPGE Academic Achievement Awards for the Centers for Equity, Community, and Leadership

These awards honor graduate students affiliated with the ethnic and community centers who demonstrate exceptional academic achievement and serve as role models to undergraduate and graduate students. Each center determines its own selection process and criteria.

• VPGE Academic Achievement Award for the First Generation and/or Low Income Student Success Center: Josh Arens, Chemistry
• VPGE Academic Achievement Award for El Centro Chicano y Latino: Xavi Luis Burgos, Education
• VPGE Graduate Scholar Award for the Native American Cultural Center: Karli Moore, Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources (E-IPER)
• BCSC & VPGE Distinguished Scholar Award for the Black Community Services Center: Favour Nerrise, Electrical Engineering
• VPGE Academic Achievement Award for the Stanford Queer Student Resources Center: Will Avery Paisley, Law
• VPGE Graduate Feminist Scholar Award for the Women’s Community Center: Mekedlawit Tsegaye Setegne, Chemistry
• VPGE Graduate Scholar Award for The Markaz Resource Center: Chris West, Business
• VPGE Research Teaching Award for the Asian American Activities Center: Ada Zhang, Medicine

Gerald J. Lieberman Fellowship

The Gerald J. Lieberman Fellowships were established in 1993 to honor Stanford Professor and Provost Gerald Lieberman for his many years of distinguished service to the University. Designed to support the next generation of academic leaders across a broad array of disciplines, the Lieberman Fellowships are awarded to advanced doctoral students nominated by each school’s Dean. The honorees intend to pursue careers in academia and have demonstrated potential for leadership roles through their research accomplishments, teaching and university service.

• Kristen Nicole Abels, Chemical Engineering
• Madison Bunderson, Education
• Izumi de los Rios Kobara, Immunology
• Anna Maria Gomes, Earth System Science
• Renesmee Chenting Kuo, Electrical Engineering
• Jingjia Liu, Bioengineering
• Renee Louis, Sociology
• Sergio Martinez Rey, Iberian and Latin American Cultures
• Mohamad Sadegh Shirani Faradonbeh, Business
• Raleigh Slyman, Mechanical Engineering
• Namrata Verghese, Modern Thought and Literature
• Alina Xiao, Biology

RAISE: Research, Action, and Impact, through Strategic Engagement Doctoral Fellowship

The RAISE (Research, Action, and Impact through Strategic Engagement) Doctoral Fellowship Program supports doctoral students who are motivated to make positive contributions to their communities and the world through their research and scholarship. In alignment with Stanford’s commitment to purposeful engagement and impact, the RAISE Doctoral Fellowship provides students with funding to support experiential learning opportunities coupled with cohort-based skills training and community building to better connect their research to action and impact.

• Alexander Basaraba, Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources
• Frida Daniela Garcia Ledezma, Earth System Science
• Mahishan Gnanaseharan, History
• Anmol Gupta, Psychology
• Robert Hall, Biology
• Alexandrea Renae Henry, Education
• Khando Langri, Anthropology
• Junjie Lu, Epidemiology and Population Health
• Marina Dewinara Luccioni, Biology
• Rosalilia Martinez Mendoza, Education
• Pauline Mornet, Theater and Performance Studies
• Devesh Narayanan, Management Science and Engineering
• Hunter Olson, Earth & Planetary Sciences
• Jazdil Poupart-Feliciano, Education
• Issah Samori, Bioengineering
• Aatika Singh, Art and Art History
• Mavis Stone, Earth System Science
• Afi Tagnedji, Cancer Biology
• Calvin James Van Zytveld, Music
• Yoshihiro Garcia Yagi, Civil and Environmental Engineering

SGF: Stanford Graduate Fellowships in Science & Engineering

Stanford Graduate Fellowships in Science and Engineering (SGF) is a group of more than 300 endowed fellowships, each named by a donor. Both new and continuing doctoral students are nominated by their departments to receive two-year and three-year awards.

• Maria Jose Aguiar Duarte, Materials Science and Engineering
• Lucy Anderson, Neurosciences
• Ana Paola Aranzola, Mechanical Engineering
• Sarah Arnold, Bioengineering
• Antti Asikainen, Applied Physics
• Ilya Avros, Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Yunbeen Bae, Chemical Engineering
• Tian Bai, Statistics
• Erik Bauer, Computer Science
• Alexander Gustav Bechtold, Materials Science and Engineering
• Quinn Bennett, Energy Science & Engineering
• Misha Bilokur, Applied Physics
• Simon Blanch, Physics
• Sasha Sofie Bronovitskiy, Bioengineering
• Lindsey Canessa, Electrical Engineering
• Langxuan Chen, Physics
• Ziyu Chen, Computer Science
• Joshua Cheung, Mechanical Engineering
• Lyla Choi, Physics
• Soy Choi, Mechanical Engineering
• Francesca Marie Cohn, Developmental Biology
• Chen Dai, Mechanical Engineering
• Eda Deniz Deniz Demirel, Electrical Engineering
• Genevieve Catherine DiBari, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Ria Doshi, Computer Science
• Delia Du, Genetics
• Peter Lars Eckmann, Computer Science
• Ryan Saul Ehrlich, Computer Science
• Helen Elmer, Biochemistry
• Miria Feng, Electrical Engineering
• Hannah Mary Fisher, Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Abigail Fitzgibbon, Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources
• Makenna Fluegel, Neurosciences
• Mia Fuentes, Education
• Parastou Ghazi, Epidemiology and Population Health
• Joshua Colin Gilligan, Bioengineering
• Gracie Johanna Grimsrud, Neurosciences
• Nadia Ruslana Grishanina, Cancer Biology
• Danny Hai Ha, Chemistry
• Cheyenne Rose Halverson, Mechanical Engineering
• Elise Han, Computer Science
• Danny Han, Electrical Engineering
• Sebastian Evander Little Tree Haney, Materials Science and Engineering
• Judy He, Education
• Edem Doe Honu, Materials Science and Engineering
• Joey Huang, Biophysics
• Lynne Irvin, Energy Science & Engineering
• Cooper Jacobus, Physics
• Nicholas John Jennings, Computer Science
• Centaine Shanaii Joseph, Chemical Engineering
• Ved Sachin Karawale, Chemical Engineering
• Sathwik Karnik, Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Jinhyeong Kim, Chemical Engineering
• Martin Nils Georg Kjellberg, Genetics
• George A Lantz, Cancer Biology
• Casey Marie Lawson, Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Kelsey Lee, Electrical Engineering
• Jaeryoung Lee, Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Karen Lei, Physics
• Alicia Li, Chemical and Systems Biology
• Chunge Li, Chemistry
• Elaine Jingyi Liu, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Kelly Liu, Sociology
• Jianche Liu, Immunology
• Nathaniel Rhyn Luis, Chemistry
• Catherine Sara Mailly, Biomedical Data Science
• Meghan Marangola, Physics
• Maria Alejandra Martinez Ortiz, Psychology
• Michael F Megally, Bioengineering
• Ishaan Mishra, Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Himaja Nagireddy, Health Policy
• Ashna Nisal, Genetics
• Caitlyn Elyse Obrero, Materials Science and Engineering
• Soyoon Park, Bioengineering
• Jeffrey Mario Christopher Perera, Immunology
• Ashton Isaac Reid Pihl, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Julia Grace Marie Poel, Education
• Andrew Junei Potts, Mechanical Engineering
• Ivan Qin, Electrical Engineering
• Molly Thomas Radosevich, Biology
• Eliana Hazel Roberts, Chemistry
• Ella Joyce Roelofs, Earth System Science
• Anne Ruperto, Applied Physics
• Tyler Sakamoto, Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine
• Miti Bhavesh Shah, Electrical Engineering
• Gaurav Sharma, Mechanical Engineering
• Selena She, Computer Science
• Jenni Solgaard, Electrical Engineering
• Mahda Soltani, Political Science
• Samuel Tomaras Stout, Mechanical Engineering
• Emily H Tamkin, Microbiology and Immunology
• Catie Thai, Chemistry
• Kaya Unalmis, Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering
• Youssef Wahba, Mechanical Engineering
• Crystal Huayang Wang, Economics
• Dinghan Wang, Mathematics
• Ashley Morgan Wang, Energy Science & Engineering
• Josephine Checkley Warfield, Chemistry
• Hyunjae Woo, Bioengineering
• Ryan Wu, Mechanical Engineering
• Howard Xiao, Electrical Engineering
• Roshie Xing, Economics
• Gerald Jiarong Xu, Applied Physics
• Elise Yang, Mechanical Engineering
• Ray Yip, Biology
• Seongyeon Youn, Physics
• Chester Yu, Biology
• Chong Zeng, Computer Science
• Forrest Lloyd Zepezauer, Biophysics
• Han Zhang, Electrical Engineering
• Frankie Yaying Zhong, Communication

SIGF: Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowship

The Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowship Program is a group of 100 endowed fellowships, each named by a donor. Three-year fellowships are awarded to current doctoral students engaged in interdisciplinary research and the pursuit of questions that cross traditional disciplinary boundaries.

• Sacha Alexandra Alanoca, Communication
• Simi Aluko, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Connie An, SIGF affiliated with Sarafan ChEM-H, Chemical Engineering
• Yotam Berger, Law
• Dixin Chen, Bio-X SIGF, Biomedical Physics
• Yupeng Chen, Management Science and Engineering
• Sarah DiIorio, Bio-X SIGF, Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine
• Changxin Lyla Dong, Materials Science and Engineering
• Yi Yi Du, Bio-X SIGF, Bioengineering
• Dea Fackovic Volcanjk, Chemistry
• Sarah Fendrich, Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources
• Andrea Sofia Flores Perez, Bio-X SIGF, Bioengineering
• Muge Gedik, Comparative Literature
• Alexandrea Renae Henry, Education
• Chiho Im, Bio-X SIGF, Computer Science
• Jessica Karaguesian, Bio-X SIGF, Bioengineering
• Hana Mengyao Liu, Classics
• Huiting Liu, Physics
• Kunlin Ma, Bio-X SIGF, Mechanical Engineering
• Lorenzo Magni, Bio-X SIGF, Bioengineering
• Nicholas Thomas Manfred, SIGF affiliated with the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute, Neurosciences
• Joseph Mernyk, Sociology
• Jared Moore, Computer Science
• Matthew Proefke, Bio-X SIGF, Chemical Engineering
• Michelle Quan, SIGF affiliated with Sarafan ChEM-H, Chemical Engineering
• Crystal Stackhouse, Bio-X SIGF, Biophysics
• Calvin James Van Zytveld, Music
• Pengli Wang, SIGF affiliated with the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute, Chemical Engineering
• Yuxin Wu, Bio-X SIGF, Electrical Engineering
• Xiaomeng Xu, Electrical Engineering
• Alice Xue, Psychology
• Marcia Xiyu Yang, Education
• Jay Yeam, Biology
• Lucy Zhang, Bio-X SIGF, Genetics
• Hongyi Zhang, Chemistry
• Sarah Zou, SIGF affiliated with the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute, Electrical Engineering

Shoucheng Zhang Graduate Fellowship

The Shoucheng Zhang Graduate Fellowship supports outstanding doctoral students who are pursuing innovative, interdisciplinary research in the broad field of quantum science and engineering.

• Dominik Buhl, Electrical Engineering
• Itay Shalit, Computer Science
• Yinyao Shi, Applied Physics