The Graduate School is pleased to announce the 2023-2024 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 2023-24 fellowship recipients!
Myana Anderson
Graduate Program: Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Host Center: Center for Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics
Advisor(s): Tinen Iles and Elizabeth Lusczek
Pin Hao Cheng
Graduate Program: Mechanical Engineering
Host Center: Center for Magnetic Resonance Research
Advisor(s): Suhasa Kodandaramaiah
Leah Costik
Graduate Program: Political Science
Host Center: Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change
Advisor(s): Tanisha Fazal
Sean Dorr
Graduate Program: Computer Science
Host Center: Institute on the Environment
Advisor(s): Daniel Keefe
Isaac Esposto
Graduate Program: Feminist Studies
Host Center: Institute for Advanced Study
Advisor(s): Aren Aizura and Gabriela Spears-Rico
Laura Fricke
Graduate Program: Entomology
Host Center: Center for Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics
Advisor(s): Amelia Lindsey
FILIP HANAK
Graduate Program: Neuroscience
Host Center: Center for Drug Design
Advisor(s): Patrick Rothwell
Kevin Jiang
Graduate Program: Biomedical Engineering
Host Center: Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality and Healing
Advisor(s): Hubert Lim
Fa’aumu Kaimana
Graduate Program: Anthropology
Host Center: Center for Race, Indigeneity, Disability, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Advisor(s): Karen Ho
Adrienne Manbeck
Graduate Program: Psychology
Host Center: Center on Women, Gender, and Public Policy
Advisor(s): Shmuel Lissek
Pranav Menon
Graduate Program: Anthropology
Host Center: Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change
Advisor(s): Aisha Ghani
Tibisay Navarro-Mana
Graduate Program: History
Host Center: Center for German and European Studies
Advisor(s): MJ Maynes, Alejandro Baer
Adam Negri
Graduate Program: History of Science, Technology and Medicine
Host Center: Minnesota Population Center
Advisor(s): Jennifer Gunn
Kristen Reynolds
Graduate Program: American Studies
Host Center: Charles Babbage Institute for Computing, Information & Culture
Advisor(s): Jigna Desai, Elliott Powell
Audrey Robeson
Graduate Program: Natural Resources Science and Management
Host Center: Robert J. Jones Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center
Advisor(s): Forrest Flesichman
Treasure Tinsley
Graduate Program: History
Host Center: Institute for Advanced Study
Advisor(s): Tracey Deutsch
Eugene Wong
Graduate Program: Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences
Host Center: Institute of Child Development
Advisor(s): Benjamin Munson
Lusi Zhang
Graduate Program: Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology
Host Center: Institute for Health Informatics
Advisor(s): Jeffrey Bishop