The National Science Foundation has awarded scholarships to seven students and alumni as part of the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program, with 19 others receiving honorable mentions.
The program, which began in 1952, provides three years of financial and other support for the graduate education of individuals who have demonstrated potential for significant achievements in the STEM disciplines.
“The recognition of Dartmouth students and alumni by the NSF highlights the strength of their preparation and the promise of their research,” says F. Jon Kull ’88, dean of the Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies. “We’re pleased to see their talent and commitment acknowledged through this highly competitive program.”
Recipients of NSF Graduate Research Fellowships and Their Research Interests
- Alexander Clarke ’25, paleontology and paleobiology
- Thomas Fyda ’22, organismal biology
- Carolina Guerrero ’23, biochemistry
- Kai Herron, Guarini, physics, astronomy and astrophysics
- Nathalie Korhonen Cuestas ’23, astronomy and astrophysics
- Claire McMahon ’22, economics
- Alan Sun ’24, machine learning
Honorable Mentions
- Krystal Bagnaschi, Guarini, ecology
- Jessica Brantez ’23, sociology
- Ashley Brown ’22, mechanical engineering
- Junior Burks, Guarini, ecology
- Alexis Cameron, Guarini, social psychology
- Grace Carey, Guarini, cell biology
- Jacob Chalif ’21, Guarini, paleoclimate
- Erin Dickert ’21, cell biology
- Anne George ’22, neurosciences
- Tunmay Gerg ’25, quantum information science
- Tyler Lee ’21, plant biology
- Brook Leigh ’22, energy and power engineering
- Emily Lukas ’24, mechanical engineering
- Sophia Micale, Guarini, cell biology
- Samuel Neff ’21, bioinformatics and computational biology
- Christopher Picard ’23, sea ice
- Matthew Radosevich ’20, algebra, number theory, and combinatorics
- Noel Siegert ’21, earth system science
- Michelle Wu ’20, economics