Hunter’s Brilliant Recipients of 2016 NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

For their great achievement and promise in STEM fields, these five young scholars have been awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships:

Emilie Bouda '15 – a biochemistry student whose research on small molecules and protein interaction may lead to the design of more efficient drugs. Read more.

Stephen Braren '16 – a psychology and public policy student who measures the effects of stress on cognitive development. Read more.

Stephen Formel '15 – a biology student who documents the influence of fungi and bacteria on plant health in the salt marshes of Louisiana. Read more.

Amanda Mancini (MA '16) – a biological anthropology student whose research on Madagascar’s black-and-white ruffed lemur, a Critically Endangered species, shows how the destruction of its natural habitat is affecting the animal’s behavior and basic genetic makeup. Read more.

Angelina Volkova '16 – a bioinformatics student who uses an interdisciplinary approach to chemistry, biology and computer science to study bacteria that may have biomedical uses. Read more.

The coveted prize provides each winner with tuition, fees and an annual stipend for the next three years; opportunities for international research and professional development; and the freedom to conduct independent research at their chosen graduate school. Past NSF fellows include Nobel laureates and Google founder Sergey Brin.