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Where They Are Now?

The success and impact of the NanoJapan Program is best shown through the further accomplishments of our participants. Since 2006, 144 students have participated, representing 49 universities.  NanoJapan has been particularly successful with recruiting groups underrepresented in STEM fields; 35.4% of participants are women, and 16.8% represent diverse ethnic groups in STEM fields (not Asian or Caucasion).

To date eleven NanoJapan students have been listed a co-authors in peer-reviewed journal articles including Applied Physics Letters, Carbon, Physical Review B, Nano Letters, Nano Research, Nanoscale Research Letters, and Scientific Reports.

Of the 109 NanoJapan alumni who have completed their undergraduate degree, 64.2% are pursuing or have received a graduate degree in a STEM field; representing 38 domestic and 5 international graduate institutions or programs.  NanoJapan alumni have also been highly competitive for major national and international fellowships and scholarships and 26.9% of our alumni have participated in further international experiences at both the undergraduate and graduate level.

To learn more about the graduate studies, fellowships, and other international experiences NanoJapan Alumni have pursued, see the tables below and/or click on the year tabs above to review individual student acheivements.

NanoJapan Alumni Graduate Institutions (for degrees in STEM fields)
Note: Some students attended multiple institutions. One for their master's degree and one for their doctoral degree.

Domestic Graduate Institutions - 38

Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (1)
- Tiffany Yeh (NJ 2006): M.D., Global Health, 2013

Baylor College of Medicine (1)
- Rohini Sigireddi (NJ 2011): M.D., In Progress

California Institute of Technology (2)
- Scott Steger (NJ 2006): Ph.D., Electrical & Computer Engineering, 2014
- Wei-lin Tan (NJ 2010): Ph.D, Materials Science, In Progress

Carnegie Mellon University (3)
- Nathan Brooks (NJ 2007): Ph.D., Robotics, In Progress
- Amal El-Ghazaly (NJ 2008): M.S., Electrical & Computer Engineering, 2011
- Benjamin Shih (NJ 2011): M.S., Computer Science, 2014

Cornell University (2)
- Bahar Akyurtlu (NJ 2006): Ph.D., Science & Technology Studies, In Progress
- Kriti Charan (NJ 2007): Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, In Progress

Duke University (1)
- Andrea Moffitt (NJ 2008): Ph.D, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, In Progress

Georgia Institute of Technology (1)
- Christine Kiehlhorn (NJ 2006): Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, 2013

Jefferson Medical College (1)

- Andrew Gomella (NJ 2009): MD, In Progress

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (1)
- Shiv Gaglani (NJ 2008): MD, In Progress (Joint MD-MBA program with Harvard Unviersity)

Lousiana State University School of Medicine (1)
- Trey Halliburton, III (NJ 2011): M.D., In Progress

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (10)
- Amneet Gulati (NJ 2006): Ph.D., Biological Engineering & Minor in Management Studies, 2013
- Valla Fatemi (NJ 2007): Ph.D., Physics, In Progress
- Jeffrey Russom (NJ 2007): M.S., Physics, 2012
- Matthew Behlmann (NJ 2008): Ph.D., Experimental Particle Physics, In Progress
- Tolulope Ogunbekun (NJ 2008): M.Eng, Transportation, 2015
- Shomesh Chaudhuri (NJ 2009): Ph.D., Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, In Progress
- Leora Cooper (NJ 2009): Ph.D., Physical Chemistry - Spectroscopy, In Progress
- Georgia Lagoudas (NJ 2009): Ph.D., Biological Engineering, In Progress
- Yi-an (Morgan) Lai (NJ 2010): M.Eng., Computer Science, 2014
- Nicole Moody (NJ 2014): Ph.D., Chemistry, Commencing Fall 2015

New York University School of Medicine (1)
- Benjamin Lu (NJ 2008): M.D., In Progress

Princeton University (1)

- Kevin Lai (NJ 2011): M.S., Computer Science, 2015

Rice University (7)
- Kanes Sutuntivorakoon (NJ 2007): M.E.E., Electrical Engineering, 2012
- Yiming Wang (NJ 2007): M.E.E., Electrical Engineering, 2010
- Rena Chen (NJ 2011): Ph.D., Chemistry, In Progress
- Tiffany Kuo (NJ 2008): M.E.E., Electrical Engineering, 2011
- Clare Ouyang (NJ 2008): M.B.E., Bioengineering, 2012
- Cody Sewell (NJ 2010): Ph.D., Electrical & Computer Engineering, In Progress
- Mitchell Trafford (NJ 2012): Ph.D., Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Commencing Fall 2015

Stanford University (8)
- Amal El-Ghazaly (NJ 2008): Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, In Progress
- Barney Cruz (NJ 2009): Ph.D., Chemistry, In Progress
- Michelle Jin (NJ 2009): M.S., Electrical Engineering, In Progress
- Heerad Farkhoor (NJ 2010): M.S., Electrical Engineering, 2013
- Kirby Smithe (NJ 2010): Ph.D., Electrical & Electronics Engineering, In Progress
- Wei-Lin Tan (NJ 2010): M.S., Materials Science, 2012
- Ohiremen Dibua (NJ 2011): Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, In Progress
- Mika Tabata (NJ 2012): M.D., Stanford School of Medicine
- Dante Zakhidov (NJ 2013): Ph.D., Materials Science & Engineering, Commencing Fall 2015


University of Arizona (1)
- Gleb Zhelezov (NJ 2007): Ph.D., Mathematics, In Progress

University of Buffalo, School of Medicine (1)
- Jeansol Kang (NJ 2011): M.S., Biomedical Science, In Progres

University of California, Berkeley (2)
- Ethan Schaler (NJ 2008): Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, In Progress
- Hsin-zon Tsai (NJ 2009): Ph.D., Physics, In Progress

University of California, Davis (1)
- Andrew Bradshaw (NJ 2007): Ph.D., Physics, In Progress

University of California, Los Angeles (1)
- Austin Head (2007): Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, In Progress

University of California, San Diego (1)
- Benjamin Shih (NJ 2011): Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, In Progress

University of California, Santa Barbara (4)
- Jaret Lee (NJ 2006): M.S., Electrical Engineering, 2010
- Daryl Spencer II (NJ 2008): Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, In Progress
- Claire McTaggart (NJ 2009): M.S., Electrical Engineering, 2013
- Silvia Chan (NJ 2010): Ph.D., Materials Science, In Progress

University of Colorado, Boulder (1)
- Eric Rosenthal (NJ 2012): Ph.D., Physics, Commencing in Fall 2015

University of Houston (1)
- Aleksandra Simicevic (NJ 2010): M.S., Civil Engineering, In Progress

University of Illinois, Chicago (1)
- Mitchell Connolly (NJ 2013): Ph.D, Physics (Biomedical), In Progress

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (1)
- Jacob McAlpin (NJ 2012): Ph.D., Physics, In Progress

University of Maryland, College Park (1)
- Dvir Kafri (NJ 2006): Ph.D., Quantum Information Science, In Progress

University of Pennsylvania (2)

- Jennifer Gillenwater (NJ 2006): Ph.D., Computer & Information Science, In Progress
- Michael Chien (NJ 2009): M.S., Physics, 2011

University of Rhode Island (1)
- Christopher O'Connell (NJ 2008 & 2009): M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2013

University of Tennessee, Knoxville (1)
- James Hitchcock (NJ 2011): Ph.D., Physics, In Progress

University of TX Southwestern Medical School (1)
- Joseph Vento (NJ 2011): M.D., In Progress

University of Texas, Austin (3)

- Christopher Corbet (NJ 2006): Ph.D., Electrical & Computer Engineering, In Progress
- Craig Cocoran (NJ 2007): Ph.D., Computer Science, In Progress
- Stephen Jong (NJ 2009): Ph.D., Petroleum Engineering, In Progress

University of Utah (1)
- Precious Cantu (NJ 2009): Ph.D., Electrical & Computer Engineering, 2015

University of Virginia (1)
- Matthew Diasio (NJ 2010): Ph.D., Materials Science & Engineering, In Progress

University of Washington (1)
- Erin Sanehira (NJ 2009): Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, In Progress

University of Wisconsin, Madison (1)
- Matthew Carlson (NJ 2007): M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2012

Vanderbilt University (1)
- Kofi Christie (NJ 2012): Ph.D., Civil & Environmental Engineering, In Progress

Washington University in St. Louis (1)

- Christine Kiehlhorn (NJ 2006): M.S., Biomedical Engineering, 2011

International Graduate Institutions - 5

Australian National University (1)
- Jaret Lee (NJ 2006): Ph.D., Physics, 2013 (ABD)

Erasmus Mundus Masters in Nanoscience and Nanotechonlogy
- Michael Walker (NJ 2013): 2014 - 2016 Program with my first year at KU Leuven, Belgium and second year at Joseph Fourier University, Grenoble France.

Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (1)
- Alec Nicol (NJ 2012): Ph.D, Bioengineering, In Progress

King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (1)
-Tyler Barth (NJ 2006): M.S., Computer Science, 2010

University of Cambridge (1)

- Ethan Schaler (NJ 2008): M.Phil., Micro-/Nano-Technology Enterprise, 2012

 

Alumni Fellowships, Scholarships, and Other International Experiences

15 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships

2015 NSF GRF - Kofi Christie (NJ 2012)
2015 NSF GRF -
Matthew Feldman (NJ 2012)
2015 NSF GRF - Jacob McAlpin (NJ 2012)
2015 NSF GRF - Mitchell Trafford (NJ 2012)
2015 NSF GRF - Honorable Mention: Nicole Moody (NJ 2014)
2015 NSF GRF - Honorable Mention:
Dante Zakhidov (NJ 2013)
2013 NSF GRF
- Ohiremen Dibua (NJ 2011)
2013 NSF GRF - Erin Sanehira (NJ 2009)
2013 NSF GRF - Kirby Smithe (NJ 2010)
2012 NSF GRF - Georgia Lagoudas (NJ 2009)
2011 NSF GRF -
Precious Cantu (NJ 2009)
2011 NSF GRF - Amal El-Ghazaly (NJ 2008)
2011 NSF GRF -
Daryl Spencer II (NJ 2008)
2010 NSF GRF -
Craig Cocoran (NJ 2007)
2010 NSF GRF -
Andrea Moffitt (née Barrett) (NJ 2008)
2009 NSF GRF -
Nathan Brooks (NJ 2007)
2009 NSF GRF - Scott Steger (NJ 2006)

1 U.S. Student Fulbright Award

2015 - 2016 U.S. Student Fulbright - Precious Cantu (NJ 2009)

2 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship

2013 NDSEG - Amal El-Ghazaly (NJ 2008)
2012 NDSEG - Valla Fetmi (NJ 2007)

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1 National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science (GEM) Fellowship

2011 GEM - Precious Cantu (NJ 2009)

1 Hertz Graduate Fellowship

2012 Hertz - Andrea Moffitt (née Barrett) (NJ 2008)

6 Barry Goldwater Scholarships

2015 Goldwater - Lauren McCarthy (NJ 2014)
2014 Goldwater
- Skylar Deckhoff-Jones (NJ 2014)
2014 Goldwater - Mitchell Trafford (NJ 2012)
2011 Goldwater - Kirby Smithe (NJ 2010)
2009 Goldwater - Andrea Moffitt (née Barrett) (NJ 2008)
2009 Goldwater - Ethan Schaler (NJ 2008)

4 Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships

2014 Gilman - Skylar Deckhoff-Jones (NJ 2014)
2014 Gilman - Vernon Londagin III (NJ 2014)
2010 Gilman - Jeffrey Lee (NJ 2010)
2010 Gilman - Heerad Farkhoor (NJ 2010)

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2 National Science Foundation East Asia Pacific Summer Institute Fellowships

2012 EAPSI (Japan) -Erin Sanehira (NJ 2009)
2009 EAPSI (Japan) - Layla Booshehri (PIRE Graduate Student)

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1 Churchill Scholarship in the United Kingdom

2011 Churchill - Ethan Schaler (NJ 2008)

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1 Hong Kong PhD Fellowship

2014/15 HK Fellowship - Alec Nicol (NJ 2012)

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1 Japan English Teaching (JET) Program Fellow

2014 - 2015 (Japan) - Preeya Kuray (NJ 2012)

Gilman

2 DAAD Research Internship in Science & Engineering (RISE) in Germany Particpants

2012 RISE - Trey Halliburton (NJ 2011) at University of Bonn
2011 RISE - Kirby Smithe (NJ 2010) at University of Duisburg-Essen

Gilman

1 DAAD Research Pro Internship in Germany

2013 RISE - Leela Christian-Tabak (NJ 2011) at Evonik in Darmstadt

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1 Singapore International Pre-Graduate Award

2014 SIGPA - Alec Nicol (NJ 2012)

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35 Alumni With Other International Study and Research Experience

  • Jade Warren (NJ 2014) - Summer 2015 research internship at the Tokyo Institute of Technology
  • Lila Rodgers (NJ 2014) - Spring semester study abroad in Spain
  • Precious Cantu (NJ 2009) - 2015 - 2016 U.S. Student Fulbright Award/Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship to conduct research at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and PASI Pan-American Advanced Studies Institute on Frontiers in Imaging Science in Bogota, Colombia in Summer 2011
  • Skylar Deckhoff-Jones (NJ 2014) - Spring 2015 Research Internship at Okinawa Institute of Technology
  • Dante Zakhidov (NJ 2013) - Spring 2015 Rice University Baker Institute Public Diplomacy andn Global Policymaking Colloquium in Doha, Qatar
  • Michael Walker (NJ 2013): 2014 - 2016 Erasmus Mundus Masters in Nanoscience and Nanotechonlogy in Belgium & France; research internships in Turkey (Spring 2015) and Belgium (Summer 2015).
  • Benjamin Shih (NJ 2011): 2014 - 2015 research internship in soft robotics at the EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Jacob McAlpin (NJ 2012) - Summer 2014 community service project in Ecuador through LSU's Change Break team
  • Ron Hobson (NJ 2013) - Summer 2014 Optics in the City of Light IREU in France
  • Preeya Kuray (NJ 2012) - Japan English Teaching Program (JET) in 2014 - 2015
  • Matthew Feldman (NJ 2012) - Summer 2013 Optics in the City of Light IREU in France
  • Grace Meikle (NJ 2012) - Summer 2013 IREU at Tsinghua University in China
  • Alec Nicol (NJ 2012) - Summer 2013 IREU at Tsinghua University in China
  • Eric Rosenthal (NJ 2012) - Summer 2014 and Summer 2013 IREU at MINATEC in Grenoble, France
  • Leela Christian-Tabak (NJ 2011) - Spring 2012 semeser abroad at the University of Wuerzburg in Germany.
  • Rohini Sigireddi (NJ 2011) - 2013 INNOVATE: Technology, Globalization and Innovation in China Program and 2012 Baker Institute Public Diplomacy and Global Policymaking Colloquium in Doha, Qatar
  • Joseph Vento (NJ 2011) - Rice University Engineers Without Borders, Nicaragua
  • Kevin Chu (NJ 2010) - Rice Semester Exchange Program at National University of Singapore and 2013 INNOVATE: Technology, Globalization and Innovation in China Program. He also conducted two professional internships in Taiwan during the Summer of 2012.
  • Elyse Landry (NJ 2010) - Spring 2012 Rice University Exchange Program at IIT Bombay, India
  • Cody Sewell (NJ 2010) - Seven month graduate research internship in the Tonouchi Lab at Osaka University (August 2015 - February 2016); Fall 2012 semester abroad at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University through the Global E3: Global Engineering Education Exchange Program.
  • Leora Cooper (NJ 2009) - Summer 2012 Visiting Researcher in the Stefani Lab at the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil
  • Michelle Jin (NJ 2009) - Rice Semester Exchange Program at Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
  • Amal El-Ghazaly (NJ 2008) - Summer 2009 Vira I. Heinz Scholarship for Women in Global Leadership in Cairo, Egypt
  • Shiv Gaglani (NJ 2008) - 2009 Summer Spanish Learning Program in Chile as a Harvard University Cordeiro Fellow.
  • Tiffany Kuo (NJ 2008) - 2010 INNOVATE Technology, Globalization & Innovatio in Vietnam and Taiwan and Rice Semester Exchange at IIT Bombay, India
  • Clare Ouyang (NJ 2008) - 2010 INNOVATE: Technology, Globalization & Innovation in Vietnam and Taiwan
  • Norman Pai (NJ 2008) - 2011 INNOVATE: Technology, Globalization & Innovation in China and Rice Global Health 360 Trip to Rwanda
  • Aanchal Raj (NJ 2008) - Semester at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland
  • Ethan Schaler (NJ 2008) - Summer 2009 Research Internship at RIKEN and Fall 2009 Semester at Tohoku University through the Global E3: Global Engineering Education Exchange Program
  • Alec Walker (NJ 2007) - Spring 2008 Rice Exchange at National University of Singapore
  • Tyler Barth (NJ 2006) - Summer 2007 Study Abroad in Taiwan via Freeman-Asia Scholarship
  • Jennifer Gillenwater (2006) - Spring 2007 Rice Exchange Program at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  • Amneet Gulati (2006) - MIT Sloan Action Learning Program Graduate Internship in Belgrade, Serbia
  • Jaret Lee (2006) - 2007 Internship at NTT Tokyo in Japan
  • Tiffany Yeh (2006) - 2007 Semester Study Abroad at the Universidad de San Francisco en Quito in Ecuador and 2008 Summer Beyond Traditional Borders Internship in Terrier Rouge, Haiti and Antigua, Guatemala

 

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