Three current students in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and several admitted prospective graduate students have received 2022 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships that will allow them to pursue graduate studies in the biomedical field.
Jeffrey Marchioni is a second-year graduate student working with Professor George Georgiou and Gregory Ippolito, an associate professor of oncology. He is currently exploring the effect of infection and/or vaccination on plasma antibody repertoires for infectious diseases.
Maddie Pickett is a second-year graduate student working with Assistant Professor Sapun Parekh. Her work aims to use a dynamic in vitro cell culture model and advanced label-free, nonlinear microscopy to evaluate the impact of extracellular matrix orientation and density of postpartum breast cancer cellular metabolism.
Gabriela Franco will graduate with a B.S. in biomedical engineering in 2022. She participated in undergraduate research, assisting in laser speckle imaging with Professor Andrew Dunn, and with Lydia Contreras, associate professor of chemical engineering.
Additionally, four admitted prospective graduate students also received NSF Fellowships.
The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported STEM disciplines and helps ensure the quality, vitality, and diversity of the scientific and engineering workforce of the United States. Fellows receive a three-year annual stipend of $34,000, plus a $12,000 educational allowance for tuition and fees.
