Alumni Association Dissertation Award Recipients, 2015-present
2022
- Mahabubul Alam, doctoral student in electrical engineering
- Jiayin Dong, doctoral student in astronomy and astrophysics
- Suzanne Fleishman, doctoral student in ecology
- Jason Griffin, doctoral student in psychology
- Morgane Haesen, doctoral student in french
- Samantha Hartmann, doctoral student in biochemistry, microbiology and molecular biology
- Yuchen Hou, doctoral student in materials science and engineering
- Laura Kaminsky, doctoral student in plant pathology
- Claire Kelling, doctoral student in statistics with a dual title in social data analytics
- Meredith Laferte-Coute, doctoral student in philosophy
- Allyson Ray, doctoral student in molecular, cellular, and integrative biosciences
- Lauren Stetz, doctoral student in art education
- Jillian Strayhorn, doctoral student in human development and family studies
2021
- Anushka Bansal, doctoral student in materials science and engineering
- Samantha Billing, doctoral student in history
- Matthew Brooks, doctoral student in rural sociology with a dual title in demography
- Amanda Burton, doctoral student in agronomy
- Blake Colaianne, doctoral student in human development and family studies
- Karly Etz, doctoral student in art history
- Stephanie Herbstritt, doctoral student in agricultural and biological engineering
- Sarah Isbell, doctoral student in ecology
- Curry Kennedy, doctoral student in english
- Mariah MacDonald, doctoral student in astronomy and astrophysics with a dual title in astrobiology
- Julian Scheffer, doctoral student in psychology
- Patricia Yee, doctoral student in neuroscience
- Xiufan Yu, doctoral student in statistics
2020
- Jordan Awan, Ph.D. student in statistics
- Jasmine Calufield, Ph.D. student in neuroscience
- Chun-Wei Chen, Ph.D. student in electrical engineering
- Courtney Clyburn, Ph.D. student in neuroscience
- Jonathan Guglielmon, Ph.D. student in Physics
- Marzieh Majd, Ph.D. student in biobehavioral health
- Megan McDonie, Ph.D. student in history
- Bonnie McDevitt, Ph.D. student in environmental engineering
- Parivash Moradifar, Ph.D. student in materials science and engineering
- Joel Mueller, Ph.D. student in rural sociology with a dual title in human dimensions of natural resources and the environment
- Gordon Sayre, Ph.D. student in psychology
- Sreenidhi Venkatachalam Srinivasan, Ph.D. student in molecular, cellular and integrative biosciences
- Debora Verniz, Ph.D. student in architecture
2019
- Laura Freitas Almeda, Ph.D. student in art history
- Moses Ajemigbitse, Ph.D. student in environmental engineering
- Sarah Elizabeth Eissler, Ph.D. student in rural sociology
- Sara Michele Klee, Ph.D. student in plant pathology
- Johann Le Guelte, Ph.D. student in french and francophone studies
- Leigh MacNeil, Ph.D. student in psychology
- Cody Messick, Ph.D. student in physics
- Sohrab Rahimi, Ph.D. student in architecture
- Nichole Marie Sell, Ph.D. student in biobehavioral health
- Jacob Snyder, Ph.D. student in mechanical engineering
- Ching-Wen Tan, Ph.D. student in entomology
- Shannon L. White, Ph.D. student in ecology
- Kehao Zhang, Ph.D. student in materials science and engineering
2018
- Billie Alba, Ph.D. student in kinesiology
- Caitlin Black, Ph.D. student in American studies
- Birgitt Boschitsch, Ph.D. student in mechanical engineering
- Adwitia Dey, Ph.D. student in integrative and biomedical physiology
- Elyzabeth Engle, Ph.D. student in rural sociology with a dual title in human dimensions of natural resources and the environment
- Julie Fenton, Ph.D. student in chemistry
- Lucas Hackl, Ph.D. student in physics
- Mitchell Hunter, Ph.D. student in agronomy
- Michelle Martin Romero, Ph.D. student in biobehavioral health
- James Maxson, Ph.D. student in communication arts and sciences
- Keith Mickolajczyk, Ph.D. student in bioengineering
- Felix Rodriguez, Ph.D. student in art education
- Indira Turney, Ph.D. student in psychology
- Jun Xu, Ph.D. student in information sciences and technology
2017
- Zakaria Al Balushi, doctoral candidate in materials science and engineering
- Raeven Chandler, doctoral candidate in rural sociology with a dual title in demography
- Weile Chen, doctoral candidate in ecology
- Phillip Domeier, doctoral candidate in biomedical sciences
- Ryan Holroyd, doctoral candidate in history with a dual title in asian studies
- Stephen Mainzer, doctoral candidate in architecture with a dual title in human dimensions of natural resources and the environment
- Bastian Minkenberg, doctoral candidate in plant biology
- Abdon Pena-Francesch, doctoral candidate in engineering science and mechanics
- Arpita Roy, doctoral student in astronomy and astrophysics
- Danica Slavish, doctoral candidate in biobehavioral health
- Curtis Stimpson, doctoral candidate in mechanical engineering
- Garrett Swan, doctoral candidate in psychology
- William Turbitt, doctoral candidate in integrative and biomedical physiology
2016
- Mohammadreza Aminikashani, doctoral candidate in electrical engineering
- Amin Azizi, doctoral candidate in materials science and engineering
- Ajit Balram, doctoral candidate in physics
- Laura M. Brown, doctoral candidate in English
- Alexandra M. Garvin, doctoral candidate in physiology
- Po-Hsun Huang, doctoral candidate in engineering science and mechanics
- Brynne D. McBryde, doctoral candidate in art history
- Gail L. McCormick, doctoral student in ecology
- Brandon McDaniel, doctoral candidate in human development and family studies
- Varun Vijay Prabhu, doctoral candidate in molecular medicine
- Adriana M. Reyes, doctoral candidate in sociology with a dual title in demography
- Thomas F. Waddell, doctoral candidate in mass communications
- Lei Zhang, doctoral candidate in biology
2015
Engineering
- Yuchao Chen (Engineering Science and Mechanics, College of Engineering)
- Ran Yi (Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering)
Fine Arts and Humanities
- Ryan Pollock (Philosophy, College of the Liberal Arts)
- Craig Rood (Communication Arts and Sciences, College of the Liberal Arts)
Life and Health Sciences
- Ziyuan Guo (Cell and Developmental Biology, Eberly College of Science)
- Zainul S. Hasanali (Molecular Medicine, College of Medicine)
- Anjel Helms (Ecology, Intercollege Graduate Degree Program )
- Penglin Sun (Plant Biology, Intercollege Graduate Degree Program)
Physical and Computational Sciences
- Jason Britson (Materials Science and Engineering, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences)
- Ryan Terrien (Astronomy and Astrophysics, Eberly College of Science)
Social Sciences - Applied and Basic
- Paige Castellanos (Rural Sociology, College of Agricultural Sciences)
- Nathaniel Ratcliff (Psychology, College of the Liberal Arts)
- Stephanie Wilson (Human Development and Family Studies, College of Health and Human Development)