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2025 Summer Student Grants

2025 Summer Student Grants

These inspiring students were awarded UROP Student Grants to work with 91¸£ÀûÉç faculty on projects this summer. We invite you to celebrate with us!

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Student Grants

91¸£ÀûÉç's Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) offers two student grant types based on the student's involvement in the project's development. Assistantships provide funding to students to partner with a faculty mentor to help on an existing project. Individual Grants allow students to take ownership of part or all of a project with an original proposal. Learn more about Student Grants.

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Assistantships

$2,000 each


Paige Adzema
Mentor: Robert Pasnau

Eric Albregts
Mentor: Zoe Donaldson

Paul Rene Aronson
Mentor: Julian Resasco

Kaeden Batz
Mentor: Joseph Falke

Parker Burt
Mentor: Jason Zietz

Bela Chaudhuri
Mentor: Amy Palmer

Annie Earthman
Mentor: Christopher Link

Tess Ekblad
Mentor: Thomas Schibli

Abby Gadonniex
Mentor: Sophie Lalande

Amelia Gandhi
Mentor: Vera Schulte-Pelkum

Juan Garcia
Mentor: Chris Ray

Tamana Gawhari
Mentor: Amy Palmer

Hailey Geva
Mentor: Alexandra Whiteley

Emily Gilmore
Mentor: Christopher DeSouza

Phil Gish
Mentor: Warren Sconiers

Wren Goldman
Mentor: Marcelo Sousa

Jeremy Goodkin
Mentor: Markus Raschke

Cate Hensley
Mentor: Marissa Ehringer

Isabel Herrera
Mentor: Serge Campeau

Lily Herzog
Mentor: Nausica Arnoult

Charlotte Hoffman
Mentor: Aaron Whiteley

Manuela Huertas Gonzalez
Mentor: Mary Allen

My Huynh
Mentor: Alan Weimer

Bri Inman
Mentor: Eve Hinckley

Wei Jiang
Mentor: Alessandro Roncone

Milo Kinyon
Mentor: Warren Sconiers

Percy Lettvin
Mentor: Warren Sconiers

Sonya Li
Mentor: Shelley Copley

Grace Lineberry
Mentor: Marissa Ehringer

Alice Ly
Mentor: Alan Weimer

Dane Macdonald
Mentor: Amy Palmer

Emma Marble
Mentor: Kevin Mahan

Trevor Meyer
Mentor: Warren Sconiers

Marcos Ortega Keshmiri
Mentor: Andres Montoya Castillo

Meredith Overton
Mentor: Wei Tan

Vivek Patkar
Mentor: Chris Ray

Spencer Petrikas
Mentor: Xuedong Liu

Chloe Pinto
Mentor: Michael Baratta

Ailey Pittman
Mentor: Chris Ray

Hunter Pratt
Mentor: Larry Esposito

Aaron Price
Mentor: Heather Lewandowski

Sophia Roman
Mentor: Eve-Lyn Hinckley

Stella Rydahl-Kim
Mentor: Rosario Manuela Garay-Sarmiento

Daniel Saeb
Mentor: Monica Ohnsorg

Lauren Schneider
Mentor: Kaushik Jayaram

Rob Silverman
Mentor: Shelley Copley

Ana Singureanu
Mentor: Alan Weimer

Jaden Strommer
Mentor: Mike Chaffin

Cate Trautman
Mentor: Alan Weimer

Alex Unangst
Mentor: Maciej Walzcak

Holly Visser
Mentor: Kaushik Jayaram

Ryan Wandry
Mentor: Warren Sconiers

Ethan Wang
Mentor: Xun Gao

Min Wang
Mentor: Charles Hoeffer

Owen Welsh
Mentor: Adam Kaufman

Trevor Wilson
Mentor: Al Weimer

Zayne Yeager
Mentor: Maciej Walczak

Rose Young
Mentor: Laura Dee

Ruomu Zhang
Mentor: Cindy Regal

Ashley Miralles
Mentor: Amanda Carrico

Colm Murphy
Mentor: Loren Hough

Kalpana Murugan
Mentor: Karl Mueller

Jason Nouhan
Mentor: Julian Resasco

Arin Oberley
Mentor: Katharine Suding

Aidan Olsson
Mentor: Melanie Peffer

Kendall Origer
Mentor: Nancy Emery

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Individual Grants

$3,000 each


Rylan Abel
Mentor: Bradley Markle

Benjamin Albuisson
Mentor: Erin Espelie

Derek Allen
Mentor: Dejan Filipovic

Rose Angelo
Mentor: Abby Hickcox

Denise ArispeRamirez
Mentor: Joanna Mendy

Avery Awn
Mentor: Nancy Billica

Kat Barr
Mentor: Katharine Suding

Brooke Bauer
Mentor: Pieter Johnson

Ethan Blair
Mentor: Yashveer Soni

Anna Boromisza-Habashi
Mentor: Mark Whisman

Ben Braun
Mentor: Michael Litos

Kaimana Brind
Mentor: Pieter Johnson

Lori Brookman
Mentor: Joshua Correll

Nate Carley
Mentor: Haley Kenyon

Chloe Circenis
Mentor: Bhuvana Narasimhan

Rylee Cline
Mentor: Pieter Johnson

Ethan Coleman
Mentor: Ankur Gupta

Eva Corral
Mentor: Scott Taylor

Justin Costa
Mentor: Nikolaus Correll

Canyon Cutone
Mentor: Peter Blanken

David Debretsion
Mentor: Christian Young

Aimee Diamond
Mentor: Pieter Johnson

Ella Dietz
Mentor: Pieter Johnson

Kolya Dols
Mentor: Amy Palmer

Jordayn Eichhorn
Mentor: Pieter Johnson

Chloe Els
Mentor: Karen Bailey

Marley Flanagan
Mentor: Pieter Johnson

Thomas Flint
Mentor: Mike Chaffin

Amelia Fonda
Mentor: Tom Marchitto

Ben Forman
Mentor: Erin Espelie

Talli Fox
Mentor: Michelle Ellsworth

Andrea Gaccetta
Mentor: TeresaÌý

Bilinski
Nick Grimaldo Hernandez
Mentor: Pieter Johnson

Kellie Ha
Mentor: Rachel Rowe

Renae Hernandez
Mentor: Joanna Lambert

Rowan Hillhouse
Mentor: Jennifer Fitzgerald

Abigail Howes
Mentor: Karen Bailey

Luca Jimenez
Mentor: Pieter Johnson

Dharma Johnson
Mentor: Margaret Tolbert

Reidar Johnston
Mentor: Peter Newton

Lark Jones
Mentor: Kevin Mahan

Zayaan Khan
Mentor: Zoe Donaldson

Ellarose King
Mentor: Pieter Johnson

Victoria Kiss
Mentor: Michael Stowell

Easton Klein
Mentor: Steven Schmidt

Katie Koepsell
Mentor: Katharine Suding

Sam Kruczek
Mentor: Scott Taylor

Saisree Kumar
Mentor: Taneesha Mohan

Ella Laskey
Mentor: Leslie Leinwand

Joseph Lee
Mentor: Leslie Leinwand

Connor Mackey
Mentor: Ryan St. Laurent

Aidan Magruder
Mentor: Kayla Sprenger

Alex Mahoney
Mentor: Emily Sweeney

Jessica Nesbit
Mentor: Andrew Tan

Soren Maret
Mentor: Matthew Olm

Jack Marlett
Mentor: Michael Saddoris

David Marquez
Mentor: Erin Manzitto-Tripp

Leo Thomas
Mentor: Emily Schell

Max Tkachenko
Mentor: Anastasiya Osipova

DJ Toy
Mentor: Karen Bailey

Jack Ulmer
Mentor: Melinda Piket-May

Nandhana Vivek
Mentor: Zoe Donaldson

Victoria von Buhr
Mentor: Thomas Schibli

Stefan Wagner
Mentor: Guofeng Cao

Caley Walsh
Mentor: Pieter Johnson

Edward Wawrzynek
Mentor: Dejan Filipovic

Haley Wickham
Mentor: Pieter Johnson

Ty Wierl
Mentor: Pieter Johnson

Caroline Wiesner
Mentor: Pieter Johnson

Dante Wilson
Mentor: Alysia Marino

Mia Winstead
Mentor: Marianne Holbert

Robert Winter
Mentor: Yuan Shi

Olivia Wipke
Mentor: Pieter Johnson

Tia Wu
Mentor: Matthew Rossman

Beiyi Xu
Mentor: Michael Stowell

Hannah Yared
Mentor: Rachel Rowe

Sierra Zeller
Mentor: Maciej Walczak

Pippa Zolla
Mentor: Christopher Lowry

Julia Renz
Mentor: Zoe Donaldson

Jill Rinaldi
Mentor: Bradley Markle

Dillan Rogers
Mentor: Pieter Johnson

Soren Rollin
Mentor: Carolyn Crow

Emily Rollins
Mentor: Christina Meyers

Corrina Schell
Mentor: Cassandra Brooks

Gavin Schoew
Mentor: Katharine Suding

Adam Schroeder
Mentor: Ann-Marie Madigan

Noah Schwartz
Mentor: Sriram Sankaranarayanan

Jacob Sellari
Mentor: Brad Olwin

Dhruv Seth
Mentor: Michael Saddoris

Camden Sharkey
Mentor: Anya Cloud

Jasper Shen
Mentor: Torin Clark

Patrick Simpson
Mentor: Susanna Molas

Emma Smith
Mentor: Pieter Johnson

Tyler Stallings
Mentor: Michael Saddoris

Zach Steiner
Mentor: Sophie Chien

Annika Stephan
Mentor: Amy Palmer

Jorja Stratton
Mentor: Melinda Piket-May

Reid Swanson
Mentor: Pieter Johnson

Alena Switzky
Mentor: Joost de Gouw

Vivian Nguyen
Mentor: Charles Shields

Nathalie Cristina Orozco-Fersiva
Mentor: Christopher DeSouza

Sam Patten
Mentor: Justin Brumbaugh

Kyara Pew Payan
Mentor: Robert McLeod

Julia Pop
Mentor: Isabella Oleksy

Ian Primer
Mentor: Susan Massey

Ally Reed
Mentor: Pieter Johnson

Lizzy Reichert
Mentor: Andrew Goodwin

June Means
Mentor: Susanna Molas

Madelyn Meyer
Mentor: Lee Frankel-Goldwater

Tessa Moskoff
Mentor: Bhuvana Narasimhan

Owen Moss
Mentor: Pieter Johnson

Roshni Nandi
Mentor: Maciej Walczak

Olivia Neilly
Mentor: Zoe Donaldson

Tyler McLorg
Mentor: Michelangelo Landgrave

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ÌýÌýSpring 2025 Review Cycle

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Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP)Ìý

UROP offers flexible funding options (grants) for undergraduates and faculty to form partnerships for projects in all majors, fields of study and professional practice; hosts engaging events for students, staff and faculty to connect and grow; celebrates and enables mentorship; supports student-led campus publications; collaborates broadly throughout campus; and works with national and global partners to advance best practices.

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Enable Transformative Learning

UROP represents an opportunity to enable student-centered education that makes the most of 91¸£ÀûÉç’s global leadership in research and creative production. With well-documented benefits from persistence to postgraduate success, engagement in the research and creative life of the university can clarify career paths and prepare students for the future of work. Donations support empowering opportunities in all fields of study. .

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Participate in the Sidewalk Symposium on April 25, 2025

Developed and hosted in 91¸£ÀûÉç since 2018, UROP's Sidewalk Symposium invites undergraduates to create and share their research and creative presentations with chalk on campus walkways. UROP welcomes undergraduates at any stage of their project timeline.


The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) represents an opportunity to enable student-centered education that makes the most of 91¸£ÀûÉç’s global leadership in research and creative production. With well-documented benefits from persistence to postgraduate success, engagement in the research and creative life of the university can clarify career paths and prepare students for the future of work. Donations support empowering opportunities in all fields of study. .