rch Fellows
Pielak Group, Jacob Pawlik - Warren Group, Benjamin Morgan - Sheiko Group, Thomas Kolb - Klotsa Group, Jack Sundberg - Warren Group, Christina Na - Alex-
Group, Anna Fraser - Dingemans Group, Michael McLaughlin - Johnson Group, Madeline Stark - Warren Group, Rachel Bangle - G. Meyer Group, Tayliz Rodriguez
oup, Carolyn Hartley - Dempsey Group, Brittany Huffman - Dempsey Group, Vincent Pistritto - Nicewicz Group, Hannah Starr - Gagne Group, Anton Gudz - Gagne
a Bartges - Hicks Group. Not Pictured: Samantha Ervin - Redinbo Group, Matthew Tierney - Alexanian Group
include numerous Nobel Prize winners, U.S. Secretary of Energy, Steven Chu, Google founder, Sergey Brin and Freako-
nomics co-author, Steven Levitt.
Fellows share in the prestige and opportunities that become available when they are selected. Fellows benefit from a
three-year annual stipend of $34,000 along with a $12,000 cost of education allowance for tuition and fees, paid to
the institution, opportunities for international research and professional development, and the freedom to conduct their
own research at any accredited U.S. institution of graduate education they choose.
NSF Fellows are anticipated to become knowledge experts who can contribute significantly to research, teaching, and
innovations in science and engineering. These individuals are crucial to maintaining and advancing the nation’s techno-
logical infrastructure and national security as well as contributing to the economic well-being of society at large.
Joanna Atkin received the NSF CAREER Award, Frank Leibfarth was named a Beckman Young Investigator by the Arnold and Mabel
Beckman Foundation, and also selected for the Young Investigator Prize from the Army Research Office. Professor Sid Wilker-
son-Hill received the 2019 Thieme Chemistry Journals Award.
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