03. 10. 2022

The Graduate School is pleased to announce the 2022-2023 Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellows.

The Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship (IDF) provides a unique opportunity for outstanding Ph.D. students who are engaged in interdisciplinary research to study with faculty at one of the University’s interdisciplinary research centers or institutes during the fellowship year. 

Congratulations to the 2022-23 fellowship recipients!

Elizabeth Calhoun

Graduate Program: Geography
Host Center: Institute for Advanced Study

Advisor(s): Arun Saldanha

Vinit Kumar Chugh

Graduate Program: Electrical Engineering
Host Center:Institute for Molecular Virology

Advisor(s): Jian-Ping Wang

Shankar CSR

Graduate Program: History
Host Center: Institute for Advanced Study

Advisor(s): Ajay Skaria

Yun Feng

Graduate Program: Anthropology
Host Center: Charles Babbage Institute for Computing, Information & Culture

Advisor(s): Karen Ho

Muhammad Osama Imran

Graduate Program: Anthropology
Host Center:
Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change
Advisor(s): Serra Hakyemez

Sana Khan

Graduate Program: Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Host Center:
Center for Magnetic Resonance Research
Advisor(s): Lynn Eberly, Saonli Basu

Dewitt King

Graduate Program: American Studies
Host Center: Institute for Advanced Study

Advisor(s): Elliott Powell

Selçuk Köseoğlu

Graduate Program: Political Science
Host Center: Institute for Global Studies

Advisor(s): Kathleen Collins

Snigdha Kumar

Graduate Program: Sociology
Host Center: Charles Babbage Institute for Computing, Information & Culture

Advisor(s): Michael Goldman, Teresa Gowan

Dong Jun Lee

Graduate Program: Electrical Engineering
Host Center: Minnesota Center for Prion Research and Outreach

Advisor(s): Sang-Hyun Oh

Valeria Lopez Torres

Graduate Program: Graphic Design
Host Center: Institute for Advanced Study

Advisor(s): Sauman Chu

Devon Moore

Graduate Program: Comparative Studies in Discourse and Society
Host Center: Center on Women, Gender, and Public Policy

Advisor(s): Laurie Ouellette

Sai Ranjeet Narayanan

Graduate Program: Mechanical Engineering
Host Center: Institute for Engineering in Medicine

Advisor(s): Sou Yang

Liu Peng

Graduate Program: Political Science
Host Center: Institute for Global Studies

Advisor(s): Kathleen Collins

Nina Peterson

Graduate Program: Art History
Host Center: Institute for Advanced Study

Advisor(s): Jane Blocker

Caroline Roberts

Graduate Program: Educational Psychology
Host Center: Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain

Advisor(s): Frank Symons

Beza Tuga

Graduate Program: Chemistry
Host Center: Institute on the Environment

Advisor(s): Christy Haynes

Dana Urbanski

Graduate Program: Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences
Host Center: Center for Healthy Aging & Innovation

Advisor(s): Peggy Nelson

Solvejg Wastvedt

Graduate Program: Biostatistics
Host Center: Minnesota Population Center

Advisor(s): Julian Wolfson, Jared Huling

Weijie Zhang

Graduate Program: Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Host Center: Masonic Cancer Center

Advisor(s): R. Stephanie Huang