LIVERMORE, Calif., Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation announces its finalists for the 2013-2014 Hertz Fellowship. From among more than 700 applicants, 50 are chosen as finalists to receive the Hertz Fellowship. The new Fellows will be announced by April 1st. Considered to be the Nation's most generous support for graduate education in the applied physical, biological and engineering sciences, the Hertz Fellowship has been awarded to over 1100 individuals. Valued at more than a quarter million dollars per student, this support lasts for up to five years.
"We are honored to have such a tremendously competitive applicant pool," stated Hertz Foundation President Jay Davis, PhD. "It was quite challenging to select only 50 finalists from such an outstanding field of applicants." The rigorous selection process includes a comprehensive written application, four references, and two rounds of technical interviews by recognized leaders in applied sciences and engineering. The interview is a distinguishing attribute of the Hertz Foundation. This face-to-face conversation is geared towards identifying exceptional innovators in a way that test scores and GPAs don't reveal.
"We select applicants who have great potential for impact," continued Dr. Davis. "We base our decisions on many criteria that come through as a result of the in-depth interview process. We seek those with exceptional personal creativity and outstanding promise for innovative research."
Celebrating its 50th Anniversary this year, the Hertz Foundation has fostered the scientific and engineering strength of the nation by finding the best and brightest from those disciplines. Fellows are given the freedom to innovate in their doctoral studies without most traditional restrictions. During the past ten years, with Foundation support, Hertz Fellows have built a community in which all ages gather together, inspire one another and collaborate for innovation that further augments the powerful contribution they bring to society.
Finalists for the 2013-2014 Hertz Fellowship listedbelow.
Hertz Fellowship Program | ||
Finalists for the 2013 Fellowship Year | ||
Name | General Field of Study | Present or Recent School |
Atish Agarwala | Physics | Swarthmore College |
Kathleen Alexander | Materials Science | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
William Allen | Quantitative Biology & Bioengineering | Cambridge University |
Olga Botvinnik | Quantitative Biology | University of California-San Diego |
Brandon Clumpner | Mechanical Engineering | United States Military Academy |
Lina Colucci | Medical Engineering | Harvard-MIT Health Science & Technology |
Henry Corrigan-Gibbs | Computer Science | Yale University |
Ashok Cutkosky | Computer Science | Harvard University |
Alicia Darnell | Biochemistry/Chemical Biology | Harvard University |
Ritankar Das | Chemistry & Biomolecular Engineering | University of California-Berkeley |
Jared Dunnmon | Engineering | Oxford University |
Matthew Edwards | Engineering | Carnegie Mellon University |
Zhou Fan | Statistics | Harvard University and Cambridge University |
Peter Fiflis | Nuclear Engineering | University of Illinois-Urbana |
Hilary Finucane | Computational Biology | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Stephen Fleming | Physics & Applied Physics | Harvard University |
Jonathan Gootenberg | Biological Engineering | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Simon Gordonov | Biological Engineering | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Zachary Hallberg | Chemistry | University of California-Berkeley |
Mina Hanna | Materials Science & Engineering | University of Florida |
Olivia Hendricks | Chemistry | Stanford University |
Christina Homer | Biophysics-Systems Bio Focus | University of California-San Francisco |
Jonathan Huggins | Computer Science | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Megan Jackson | Chemistry | California Institute of Technology |
Seungsoo Kim Systems | Biology | Harvard University |
Eric Kittlaus | Applied Physics | Santa Clara University |
Ruby Lai | Physics | Stanford University |
Eric Larson | Mathematics | Harvard University |
William Letsou | Chemistry / Chemical Engineering | California Institute of Technology |
Micah Manary | Bioinformatics | University of California-San Diego |
Naveen Mehta | Bioengineering | University of Texas-Austin |
Andrew Meng | Materials Science & Engineering | California Institute of Technology |
Liane Moreau | Materials Science & Engineering | Northwestern University |
Robert Nishihara | Computer Science | Harvard University |
Thomas Nummy | Materials Science | University Colorado-Boulder |
Joseph O'Rourke | Astronomy/Earth & Geo Science | California Institute of Technology |
Kathryn Olesnavage | Mechanical Engineering | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Amy Ousterhout | Computer Science | Princeton University |
James Pelletier | Physics | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Bharath Ramsundar | Computer Science | Stanford University |
Charles Rinzler | Materials Science | Harvard University |
Matthew Rispoli | Physics | Southern Methodist University |
Samuel Rodriques | Applied Physics & Astronomy | Haverford College |
Timothy Roth | Bioengineering | Harvard University |
Rebekah Scheuerle | Chemical/Biomolecular Engineering | University of Texas-Austin |
Jennifer Schloss | Applied Physics & Astronomy | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Aman Sinha | Electrical Engineering | Princeton University |
Lauren Smith | Biomedical Engineering | Northwestern University |
Hamsa Sridhar | Electrical Engineering | Stanford University |
Daniel Strouse | Physics | Princeton University College of London |
SOURCE The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation
