The Graduate School is pleased to announce the 2024-2025 Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellows.
Congratulations to the recipients of the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship (IDF) for this academic year! 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.
Akeem Anderson
Graduate Program: American Studies
Advisor: Dr. Susanna Blumenthal
Host Center: Institute for Advanced Study
Vanessa Anyanso
Graduate Program: Psychology
Advisor: Dr. Rich Lee
Host Center: Center for Race, Indigeneity, Disability, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Aya Aqeel
Graduate Program: Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Advisor: Dr. Meghan Driscoll
Host Center: Institute for Engineering in Medicine
Arun Cherkkil
Graduate Program: Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Suhasa Kodandaramaiah
Host Center: Center for Magnetic Resonance Research
Youngmin Chu
Graduate Program: Public Affairs
Advisor: Drs. Christina Ewig, Maria Hanratty
Host Center: Charles Babbage Institute
Frederique Corcoran
Graduate Program: Child Psychology
Advisor: Drs. Canan Karatekin, Ann Masten
Host Center: Healthy Youth Development - Prevention Research Center
Dwjuan Frazier
Graduate Program: History
Advisor: Dr. William Jones
Host Center: Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change
Guldamla Kalender
Graduate Program: Neuroscience
Advisor: Dr. Alik Widge
Host Center: Center for Neuroengineering
Dzifa Kwaku
Graduate Program: Biomedical Engineering
Advisor: Drs. Matthew Johnson, Hubert Lim
Host Center: Institute for Engineering in Medicine
Richard Lim
Graduate Program: American Studies
Advisor: Dr. Yuichiro Onishi
Host Center: Institute for Advanced Study
Ibrahim Oladepo
Graduate Program: Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Suhasa Kodandaramaiah
Host Center: Center for Neuroengineering
Chelsea Osademe
Graduate Program: American Studies
Advisor: Dr. Elliott Powell
Host Center: Center for Premodern Studies
Kaylie Richard
Graduate Program: Chemical Engineering
Advisor: Drs. Casim Sarkar, Fumiaki Katagiri
Host Center: Center for Precision Plant Genomics
Reza Yousofvand
Graduate Program: Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Jeff Tithof
Host Center: Center for Neuroengineering
Nasema Zeerak
Graduate Program: Public Affairs
Advisor: Drs. Dipali Mukhopadhyay, Joe Soss
Host Center: Institute for Advanced Study
Diqi Zeng
Graduate Program: Child Psychology
Advisor: Dr. Melissa Koenig
Host Center: Center for Applied & Translational Sensory Science
Luna Zhang
Graduate Program: Biomedical Engineering
Advisor: Dr. David Wood
Host Center: Masonic Cancer Center