EDGE Doctoral Fellowship Program

Three PhD candidates took top honors at this year’s event, translating years of research into presentations everyone in the room could understand.

Co-author of the study, Marigold Malinao, is a 2022 EDGE Fellow.

Lead author of the study, Maya Provencal, is a 2025 EDGE Fellow.

Lead author of the study, Artem A. Trotsyuk, is a 2018 EDGE Fellow.

Co-editor of the journal, Ericka Samantha Canon, is a 2025 EDGE Fellow.

Study lead author, Monique Santoso, is a 2023 EDGE Fellow. October 24, 2025

Co-author of the study, Kenneth Brinson, is a 2019 EDGE-STEM Fellow.

The study's lead author, Orisa Coombs, is a 2021 EDGE Fellow and 2023 RAISE Fellow.

Lead author of the study, Nava Haghighi, is a 2020 SGF Fellow, and EDGE student mentor.

Co-researcher of the study, Pauline Liang, is an EDGE mentor.

Second Place winner, Frida D. Garcia Ledezma, is a 2024 EDGE Fellow.

Bianca Santos, a co-author of the study, is a 2019 SGF Fellow, and Catherine 'Cathy' Anya Lee Hing, another co-author, is a 2022 EDGE Fellow.

In this video, meet Paige Hill (she/her), a PhD candidate in Stanford's Department of Political Science, a VPGE RAISE Fellow, and a former EDGE Fellow.

Co-researcher of the study, Abraham Oshotse, is a 2017 EDGE Fellow and 2021 DARE Fellow.

Co-author of this study, Ethan C. Darwin, is a 2022 EDGE Fellow.

Brandi Cannon, a 2021 EDGE Fellow, is the teaching assistant for the Stanford Teacher Education Program’s science education class.

Co-designer of the tool, Anna Broome, is a 2018 EDGE-STEM Fellow.

GSE doctoral student Marcos Rojas bridges education, medicine, and computer science with a platform that simulates patient-physician interactions.

Co-author's of the study, Olivia M. Saouaf, is a 2021 SGF Fellow, and John Klich, is a 2020 EDGE Fellow.

Lead researcher of the study, Zach Robertson, is a 2022 EDGE Fellow.