Olin Fellows

Cancer Biology | Entering class of 2022 | Robert E. Thach Olin Fellow Carmen Azevedo is a PhD student in the Department of Biology and Biomedical Sciences in the cancer biology program. She graduated from Oberlin College in 2015 with a degree in biochemistry where she played varsity field hockey and did both analytical chemistry […]

Energy, Environmental, and Chemical Engineering | Entering Year: 2022 Jean Brownell is pursuing a PhD in the Energy, Environment and Chemical Engineering department. She seeks to research water system quality. More specifically, she would like to focus on water cleanliness and sustainability through an equity lens with outcomes that influence policy. Prior to entering this […]

Public Health | Entering Year: 2022   Miryam Baied, a first-generation American of Argentinean descent, is a Master of Public Health student at the Brown School at Washington University. Since graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Community Health from the University of Montana in 2016, she has focused her work, both internationally and domestically, […]

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 […]

Germanic Languages & Literatures | Entering Year: 2021 A PhD candidate in Germanic Languages and Literatures, Sylvia Sukop seeks to deepen her engagement with neglected histories, including the lives and work of artists and writers that speak to the challenges of our own time. The lesbian Jewish daughter of German-speaking immigrants and an advocate for […]

Biomedical Engineering | Entering Year: 2021 Rebecca Reals is pursuing a PhD in Biomedical Engineering.  She graduated magna cum laude from Northeastern University in May 2021, where she earned a degree in Bioengineering with a concentration in Cell & Tissue Engineering and a minor in Mathematics.  While at Northeastern, she welcomed first-year students to the […]

Law and Social Work | Entering Year: 2021 Asia is a joint Master of Social Work and Law student, where her focus is exploring how social work values can inform legal practice. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from The University of Alabama in 2018 where she earned  a BA in Interdisciplinary Studies and Spanish. Prior […]

Computational and Data Sciences | Entering Year: 2020 Abigail Lewis is pursuing a doctorate in Computational and Data Sciences. She graduated summa cum laude from Grinnell College with a degree in mathematics and statistics. While at Grinnell, Abigail operated in the math department as a peer mentor and tutor. Further, Ms. Lewis volunteered at the […]

Nursing Science | Entering Year: 2020 Brittany Ferrell is pursuing a Nursing Science PhD within an interdisciplinary program at Washington University in St. Louis and Goldfarb School of Nursing. Brittany graduated from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis in May 2020, where she earned a Master of Public Health, and earned a […]

Social Work | Entering Year: 2020 Kyria Brown is a doctoral student in social work at the Brown School.  For the past decade, she worked as a birth doula, primarily with low-income and rural women. She focused her five years of research experience on mothering and street-involved women. Ms. Brown acquired dual master’s degrees in […]

Computational and Data Sciences | Entering Year: 2019 Jean Springsteen is studying computational and data sciences, with a focus in computational methodologies and public health. In 2019, she graduated from Coe College summa cum laude, where she studied mathematics and economics and ran cross country and track and field. Her thesis focused on the economic […]

Earth & Planetary Sciences | Entering Year: 2019

Psychological & Brain Sciences | Entering Year: 2019 Jaisal Merchant is a  PhD student in the Clinical Science program, studying social motivation and effort allocation in patients with psychotic disorders. For the last eight years, Jaisal has pursued her interest in psychological research working in social, cognitive, and clinical psychology labs. After graduating magna cum […]

Art History & Archaeology | Entering Year: 2017 Allison Perelman is a PhD candidate in the Department of Art History and Archaeology. She holds an BA from Brown University, Providence, and an MA from the University of Chicago. She was previously the dedicated research associate for nineteenth-century exhibitions in the Department of European Painting and […]