NSF Graduate Research
Fellowship Program

NSF GRFP Awardees

The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees at accredited United States institutions. The new cohort of Penn State Eberly College of Science NSF GRFP awardees has been announced. The College is pleased to have three students offered 2021 awards and five honorable mentions. The new awardees are:

Caleb Butler, Huck Institutes of Life Sciences

Connor Olson, Mathematics

Haley Young, Chemistry

Honorable Mentions

Trevor Drees, Huck Institutes of Life Sciences

Emily Gagne, Huck Institutes of Life Sciences

Vaughn Parts, Astronomy and Astrophysics

Olivia Peduzzi, Chemistry

Erica Ryu, Biology

Current NSF GRFP Awardees

Kelsee Baranowski, Biology

Katelyn Baumler, Chemistry

Alyssa Bienvenu, Chemistry

Nicohl Cintron Rodriguez, Chemistry

Brett Green, Physics

Caitlin Lienkaemper, Mathematics

Jacob Luhn, Astronomy and Astrophysics

Mariah MacDonald, Astronomy and Astrophysics

Katherine Marak, Chemistry

Lynnicia Massenburg, BMB

Jennifer Miller, Chemistry

Gautam Nagaraj, Astronomy and Astrophysics

C. Cornelia Osborne, Biology

Dayna Patterson, Chemistry

Kelsey Schlegel, Chemistry

Megan Steves, Chemistry

Julia Stewart, Biology

Edmundo Jose Torres-Gonzalez, Bioinformatics and Genomics/Biology

Autumn Zender, Physics