桃花直播 well-represented in 2023 class of NSF Graduate Research Fellows
Contact: James Carskadon
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥斕一ㄖ辈 State University alumni and current students are among this year鈥檚 recipients of the National Science Foundation鈥檚 prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship.
桃花直播 graduates from the classes of 2021, 2022 and 2023, as well as a current doctoral student, are among the fellowship recipients. The fellowship recognizes outstanding graduate students who have demonstrated the potential to be high-achieving scientists and engineers and provides three years of scholarship support and an annual stipend of $37,000.
The current 桃花直播 students and alumni receiving fellowships this year include:
鈥擮scar Ramirez Perez, a current doctoral student in the Department of Psychology;
鈥擱eese Dunne, a 2023 桃花直播 mechanical engineering graduate planning to pursue a doctoral degree at Stanford University;
鈥擧arrison Broadaway, a 2022 桃花直播 biomedical engineering graduate and current doctoral student University of Florida; and
鈥擲ydney Wicks, a 2021 桃花直播 psychology graduate and current doctoral student at the University of 桃花直播.
Perez鈥檚 selection marks the 桃花直播 Department of Psychology鈥檚 first doctoral student to be named as an NSF Graduate Research Fellow. After completing his bachelor鈥檚 degree at the University of California Santa Cruz, Perez began working toward a doctorate in cognitive science at 桃花直播 in 2021. His research focuses on memory effects and online education.
鈥淎s time goes on, technology is becoming more and more integrated in our daily lives,鈥 Perez said. 鈥淚 am interested in investigating how we interact with technology in learning environments. I am also interested in how technology can help us manage more traditional learning strategies to better inform how we can use it to maximize access to learning. I hope to use this fellowship to access broader resources and collaborators that otherwise would not have been possible.鈥
Dunne, a Starkville native, graduated this month after a distinguished undergraduate academic career that included becoming 桃花直播鈥檚 19th Goldwater Scholarship recipient, an Astronaut Scholar, and Rhodes Scholarship finalist. He is a 2023 inductee into the Bagley College of Engineering Student Hall of Fame. Dunne, also a student-athlete during his time at 桃花直播, plans to continue his research on Alzheimer鈥檚 disease at Stanford.
鈥淭he NSF GRFP will play a major role in funding the first three years of my Ph.D. at Stanford University and will provide me the freedom and flexibility to explore a variety of research topics and cultivate interdisciplinary collaboration within my area of study,鈥 Dunne said. 鈥淭he financial support from NSF, along with the access to professional development opportunities and other invaluable resources, will be crucial in preparing me to utilize medical imaging to study, diagnose, treat and hopefully someday put an end to Alzheimer鈥檚 disease.鈥
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