Chancellor's Fellows

Biomedical Engineering | Entering Year: 2022 Gerson Moreno Romero  Gerson was born in El Salvador and was raised in the Miami-Broward area. He is an alumni from Florida International University where he earned his B.S. in Biomedical Engineering with a Minor in Chemistry. He is also an alumni for TheDream.US Scholarship network where he has […]

Public Health Sciences | Entering Year: 2022 Anthony J. Nixon, Jr., was born in Staten Island, New York and raised in Canal Winchester, Ohio. He is a doctoral student within the Public Health Sciences (PHS) program. He received his Bachelor’s of Science (BS) in Biology from Morehouse College and his Master’s of Public Health (MPH) […]

Biomedical Engineering | Entering Year: 2022 Alexis Simmons is a doctoral student in the Biomedical Engineering (BME) program. She graduated from Baylor University with a BS in Physics and Mathematics. Her undergraduate research gave her the opportunity to explore how principles of physics support and predict biological processes, and how technology can be improved to […]

Social Work | Entering Year: 2021 Yadira (Yadi) Tejeda was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She earned her BA in sociology and master’s in social work from California State University, Northridge. Yadi will be a 2nd year doctoral student at the Brown School of Social Work. Yadi’s field experience includes working as a […]

Education | Entering Year: 2021 Maegan uses mixed methods approaches to study motivational interventions for students and teachers, as well as resilience and belonging, to support positive academic performance and psychosocial wellbeing outcomes for school communities.

Hispanic Studies | Entering Year: 2021 Nayive Gaytán is originally from Southern California and spent most of her adolescence in south Texas. She studied history and Spanish at Emory University where her honors research on regional tourism, an iconic cultural product, and Mexican national identity was supported by fellowships from the Mellon Foundation, the Fox […]

Molecular Cell Biology | Entering Year: 2021 St. Louis native Wesley Agee is a doctoral student within the Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) program. Throughout his undergraduate career he has participated in research opportunities spanning from his initial introduction in plant science to working in Drosophila model systems. His interest is in all facets of biomedical research […]

History | Entering Year: 2020 Bridget Kelly is a third year PhD student of International Urban History who researches Black suburbanization in postbellum American cities. In her dissertation, Bridget conducts a comparative study of three suburban neighborhoods located in Tennessee, Missouri, and Georgia, built for Black American settlement in the final decade of the nineteenth […]

Ricardo Acuña was born in Los Angeles, and grew up in Mexico. He graduated with a BS in Mathematics from the University of California-Riverside. He enjoys making mathematical visualizations, swimming, and playing chess. He’s working in the intersection of Algebra, and Analysis, particularly concerning the development of the calculus on arbitrary algebraic varieties.

DBBS | Entering Year: 2019 Dymonn is a Molecular Genetics and Genomics student from East Saint Louis, IL. She graduated from Jackson State University with both a BS and MS in Biology. Her research interests are cardiovascular and neurological diseases/disorders. In her spare time, she loves listening to music, hanging out with friends, and playing […]

Psychological + Brain Sciences | Entering Year: 2017 Entering Year: 2017 | Neco grew up in Stockton, California, and graduated from San Diego State University with a BA in psychology. He is interested in developing a better understanding of the mechanisms underlying cognitive disparities across the lifespan. When he has free time, Neco enjoys traveling, […]

Public Health Sciences | Entering Year: 2017 Merriah Croston was born and raised in Ohio and most recently lived in Atlanta, Georgia. She is a former Gates Millennium Scholar and graduated from Georgetown University with a BS in Biology and Emory University with a MPH in Epidemiology. Prior to entering the PhD Program in Public […]