NASA EPSCOR GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS

Cassidy Enloe
Nuclear Size Effects on Microgel Encapsulated Chondrocytes
Ph.D. Candidate, Chemical Engineering, University of Wyoming
Advisor: Dr. John Oakey, Department of Chemical Engineering
David King
Magnetic Properties and Energy Storage in Thin Film Copper Selenate
Ph.D. Candidate, Physics, University of Wyoming
Advisor: Dr. Jinke Tang, Department of Physics and Astronomy

Dinesh Baral
Real Space Visualization of Spin Texture in Twisted Bilayer Chromium Tribromide Using SPSTM
Ph.D. Candidate, Physics, University of Wyoming
Advisor: Dr. TeYu Chien, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Sourav Biswas
Engineering of an Extremophilic Tartigrade Protein to Tune Its Material Properties and Protective Functions to Promote Safe and Successful Space Exploration
Ph.D. Candidate, Molecular and Cellular Life Sciences, University of Wyoming
Advisor: Dr. Thomas Boothby, Department of Molecular Biology

Partha Saha
Guiding the Design of Improved Electrochemical Materials Through Measurements at Individual Nanostructures
Ph.D. Candidate, Chemistry, University of Wyoming
Advisor: Dr. Caleb Hill, Department of Chemistry

Alero Gure
Controls on Perchlorate Production via Photoelectrochemistry with Semiconducting Minerals: Implications on Mars
Ph.D. Candidate, Geochemistry, University of Wyoming
Advisor: Dr. Carrick Eggleston, Department of Geology & Geophysics

Valerie Kuehl
New Tunable 2D Materials for Energy Storage and Gas Separation
Ph.D. Candidate, Chemistry, University of Wyoming
Advisor: Dr. John Hoberg, Department of Chemistry
Levante Pap
Synthesis of Propellants via Bimetallic Coordination of Weak Substration
Ph.D. Candidate, Chemistry, University of Wyoming
Advisor: Dr. Elliot Hulley, Department of Chemistry

Michael Seas
Synthesis of Enhanced Polymer/Graphene Composite Fibers for Next-Generation Material Science Application
M.S. Candidate, Chemical Engineering, University of Wyoming
Advisor: Dr. Patrick Johnson, Department of Chemical Engineering

Uppalaiah Erugu
Metal Oxides for Space Applications
Ph.D. Candidate, Physics, University of Wyoming
Advisor: Dr. Jinke Tang, Department of Physics & Astronomy

Henry Wladkowski
Observation of Exciton Dynamics in Aligned, Metallic Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube Aerogels
Ph.D. Candidate, Physics, University of Wyoming
Advisor: Dr. Jinke Tang and Dr. William Rice, Department of Physics and Astronomy

Erik Peterson
Support Nickel Nanoparticles for Hydrogen Production
Ph.D. Candidate, Chemistry, University of Wyoming
Advisor: Dr. Jing Zhou, Department of Chemistry

Past Receipients – NASA EPSCoR Graduate Fellowships