NASA EPSCOR GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS

PAST RECIPIENTS

2022–2023

  • 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

2021–2022

  • 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

2020–2021

  • 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

2019–2020

  • 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

2018–2019

  • 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

2017–2018

  • 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

2016–2017

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

2015–2016

  • 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

2014–2015

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