The extraordinary nature of our community is underscored by the contributions our scholars are already making in their fields. Each spring, Princeton’s departments and programs nominate students whose work shows exceptional promise. Final selection is made by the dean of the Graduate School and the academic affairs deans, in consultation with the Faculty Committee. Visit the Financial Support section to learn more about these fellowship opportunities. Visit the Spotlights & Recognition section to learn more about the 2023-2024 Jacobus recipients as well as the *78 alum honored at Alumni Day. 2023-24 Porter Ogden Jacobus Fellowship Video A single Ph.D. student in each division is recognized annually with our most prestigious fellowship. Supporting their final year of study, the award honors research at the highest degree of excellence. Jose de Jesus Montano Lopez G6 — Chemical and Biological Engineering Geneva Smith G6 — History Pasquale Toscano G5 — English Ryan Unger G5 — Mathematics Current and Previous Jacobus Fellowship Recipients 2024-25 Pietro Cibinel G5 - PhilosophyDissertation: Individual Risks and Social OutcomesAdviser: Lara Buchak, professor of PhilosophyAdviser: Jacob Nebel, professor of PhilosophyRama HagosG5 - SociologyDissertation: SExpanding the Assimilation Canon: Migration and Race Experiences in AmericaAdviser: Tod Hamilton, professor of SociologyHuy Tung NguyenG4 - Applied and Computational MathematicsDissertation: Induced Subgraph DensityAdviser: Paul Seymour, professor of MathematicsZhiyi RenG5 — Mechanical and Aerospace EngineeringDissertation: Generalizable Robot Learning with Formal AssurancesAdviser: Anirudha Majumdar, an associate professor for Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 2023-24 Jose de Jesus Montano Lopez G6 — Chemical and Biological Engineering Dissertation: Systems metabolic engineering for isobutanol production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Adviser: Jose Avalos, professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering Video: Research highlight Geneva Smith G6 — History Dissertation: Slave Courts in the Eighteenth Century British Atlantic Adviser: Hendrik Hartog, professor in the History of American Law and Liberty Adviser: Wendy Warren, professor of History Video: Research highlight Pasquale Toscano G5 — English Dissertation: Stand and Wait: Dynamics of Dis/ability in the Greco-Roman Epic Tradition Adviser: Jeff Dolven, professor of English Adviser: Brooke Holmes, professor of Classics Adviser: Rhodri Lewis, Senior Research Scholar, English. Lecturer with the rank of Professor in English Adviser: Nigel Smith, professor of English Video: Research highlight Ryan Unger G5 — Mathematics Dissertation: The extremal collapse threshold and the third law of black hole thermodynamics Adviser: Mihalis Dafermos, professor of Mathematics Video: Research highlight 2022-23 Binyamin Kleinman Orleansky G6 — Economics Dissertation: Local Labor Markets and the Rise of National Firms Adviser: Stephen Redding, professor of Economics and International Affairs Video: Research highlight Jason Molesky G7 — English Dissertation: Company Town Archipelago: Culture, Environment, and American Corporate Empire Adviser: William Gleason, professor of English and American Studies Adviser: Kinohi Nishikawa, professor of English and African American Studies Adviser: Rob Nixon, professor of English and the High Meadows Environmental Institute Video: Research highlight Mira Nencheva G5 — Psychology Dissertation: The Dynamics of Emotion and Speech in Early Caregiver-Child Interactions Adviser: Casey Lew-Williams, professor of Psychology Adviser: Diana Tamir, professor of Pyschology Video: Research highlight Lila Rodgers G6 — Electrical and Computer Engineering Dissertation: Engineering Highly Coherent Qubits by Correlating Surface Spectroscopy with Quantum Measurements Adviser: Nathalie de Leon, professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Video: Research highlight 2021-22 Erin Kado-Fong G5 — Astrophysical Sciences Dissertation: From Galactic Outskirts to Central Star-Forming Regions: a Census of Stellar Assembly in Dwarf Galaxies Adviser: Jenny Greene, professor of Astrophysical Sciences Video: Research highlight Zachary Teed G4 — Computer Science Dissertation: Optimization Inspired Neural Networks for 3D Vision Adviser: Jia Deng, assistant professor of Computer Science; director, Princeton Vision & Learning Lab Video: Research highlight Spencer Weinreich G5 — History of Science Dissertation: Slow Tampering: A History of Solitary Confinement Adviser: Anthony Grafton, the Henry Putnam University Professor of History Video: Research highlight Watch the 2021-22 Porter Ogden Jacobus Fellowship Video 2020-21 Alexandra Middleton G6 — Anthropology Dissertation: Designing the Sensory: Neuroprosthetics and Human-Machine Relations In-The-Making of Laboratory and Domestic Life Adviser: João Biehl, Susan Dod Brown Professor of Anthropology, director of Brazil LAB, co-director of the Global Health Program Video: Research highlight Pranav Mundada G5 — Electrical Engineering Dissertation: Protected qubits, Floquet engineering and crosstalk suppression with superconducting circuits Adviser: Andrew Houck, professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Video: Research highlight Ian Ochs G6 — Plasma Physics Dissertation: Controlling rotation in magnetized plasmas through wave-driven charge and momentum transport Adviser: Nathaniel Fisch, professor of astrophysical sciences and director of the Program in Plasma Physics Video: Research highlight Margarita Rosario G6 — Comparative Literature Dissertation: Wombs of Liberation: The Legislation of Black Maternity and Freedom of the Womb in Brazil Adviser: Susana Draper, an associate professor of comparative literature Video: Research highlight 2019-20 Vinicius de Aguiar Furuie G6 — Anthropology Dissertation: Argonauts of the Amazon: River Trade and Patronage in the Xingu Basin Adviser: João Biehl, Susan Dod Brown Professor of Anthropology, director of Brazil LAB, co-director of the Global Health Program Karan Singh G5 — Computer Science Dissertation: Provably Efficient Algorithms for Reinforcement Learning & Control Adviser: Elad Hazan, professor of computer science See More Current and Previous Harold W. Dodds Fellowship Recipients Established in 1957 by an anonymous donor in honor of Princeton’s 15th president , this award recognizes distinguished work across fields. 2024-25 Francesca DeRosa-GroverG5 -History of SciencePaul EberwineG5 - ClassicsCao FangG6 - Molecular BiologyHazal HurmanG5 - AnthropologyJessica MinG5 - EconomicsWilliam PedrickG5 - Art and ArchaeologyRachel RichmanG6 - Near Eastern StudiesMurray SkolnickG5 - ChemistryCara TurnbullG5 - MusicologyQiwei YuG3 - Biophysics 2023-24 Jin-Woo Choi G6 —History Simon Conrad G7 —Near Eastern Studies Eliav Grossman G6 —Religion Ariel Kline G7 —Art and Archaeology Isabela Muci Barradas G7 —Art and Archaeology Tianshu Wang G5 —Astrophysical Sciences Shunyu Yao G5 —Computer Science Luther Yap G5 —Economics 2022-23 Malina Buturovic G6 — Classics Marcel Camprubi G6 — Musicology Hao Dong G5 — Philosophy Eleanor Gordon-Smith G6 — Philosophy Mohammad Isaqzadeh G7 — Politics Jackson Smith G6 — French and Italian William Theiss G6 — Sociology Fumiya Uchikoshi G4 — Sociology Jeewon Yoo G6 — English 2021-22 Jenny Beck G6 — Music Composition Paresh Chandra G6 — Comparative Literature Meera Gupta G6 — Chemical and Biological Engineering Austin Hancock G7 — French and Italian Cole Hugelmeyer G5 — Mathematics Udari Madhushani G5 — Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Bryan Schonfeld G6 — Politics Susanne Schwarz G6 — Politics 2020-21 Alisabeth Ayars G5 — Philosophy Joseph Glynias G6 — History RL Goldberg G6 — English Sebastian Klinger G6 — German Pascal Le Boeuf G6 — Music Ivan Lopez Munuera G6 — Architecture Ohad Reiss Sorokin G6 — History of Science William Whitham G6 — History 2019-20 Kessie Alexandre G6 — Anthropology Lev Arzamasskiy G5 — Astrophysical Sciences Richard Calis G6 — History Elena Dugan G5 — Religion Sarah Hammer G5 — Chemical & Biological Engineering Emma Kast G6 — Geosciences Kaizheng Wang G5 — Operations Research and Financial Engineering Christian Wolf G6 — Economics See Previous Recipients Current and Previous Charlotte Elizabeth Procter Fellowship Recipients These competitive fellowships recognize outstanding graduate research across fields. 2024-25 Wei DaiG5 - Music CompositionStephen DempseyG5 - PhysicsEmma DiethornG4 - PsychologyAlexander GazmararianG4 - PoliticsYihong GuG4 - Operations Research and Financial EngineeringNoah KravitzG4 - MathematicsRyan LeeG4 - PhysicsYan LiangG4 - Astrophysical SciencesStephen MajeskiG5 - Plasma PhysicsAdelaide MinervaG5 - NeuroscienceGeorgios NikolakoudisG5 - EconomicsYoav SchaeferG6 - ReligionBruce WangG5 - Quantitative and Computational BiologyTsung Kei WongG5 - East Asian Studies Denise XuG5 - English 2023-24 Jeyhun Alizade G — Politics Edvard Bruun G5 — Civil and Environmental Engineering Kathryn Carpenter G5 — History of Science Suying Jin G6 — Princeton Plasma Physics Sherry (Chiayi) Lee G6 — Classics Hugo Lhuillier G6 — Economics Ian Ocampo G5 — Geosciences Sang Woo Park G5 — Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Mareike Peschl G6 — German Simon Segert G5 — Neuroscience Venecia Valdez G6 — Molecular Biology Haina Wang G6 — Chemistry Lai Wei G6 — Sociology 2022-23 William Ballinger G5 — Mathamatics Li Cao G5 — Chemical and Biological Engineering Yiming Chen G5 — Physics Blake Grindon G6 — History Yanyu Jia G5 — Physics Cristian Lacey G5 — Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Alison McManus G6 — History of Science Kevin Nuckolls G6 — Physics Gillian Slee G6 — Sociology Celia Smits G6 — Molecular Biology Sehwag Vikash G6 — Electrical and Computer Engineering Claire Willeck G5 — Politics Yuling Yan G5 — Operations Research and Financial Engineering 2021-22 Lauren Feldman G6 — Psychology Katharine Goodwin G5 — Quantitative and Computational Biology Netta Green G6 — History Erin Healy G5 — Physics Brandon Hunter-Pazzara G7 — Anthropology Alexander Kindel G6 — Sociology Kerry Klemmer G5 — Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Henry Lin G5 — Physics Isabel Lockhart G7 — English Eduardo Rodriguez G5 — Princeton Plasma Physics Chadi Saad-Roy G5 — Quantitative and Computational Biology Mu Zhang G6 — Economics 2020-21 John Anderson G5 — Mathematics Luke Bouma G5 — Astrophysics Nikita Dutta G5 — Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Sammy Floyd G5 — Psychology Michael Kistner G6 — Politics Christina Kreisch G5 — Astrophysics Ho Tat Lam G5 — Physics Nicholas Martin G6 — Molecular Biology Pellumb Reshidi G6 — Economics Daniela Urbina Julio G6 — Sociology Jennifer Willemsen G6 — Civil and Environmental Engineering Nan Xue G5 — Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 2019-20 Renée Altergott G6 — French and Italian Theresa Andrasfay G6 — Population Studies Killian Clarke G6 — Politics Thomas Davies G6 — Classics Trithep Devakul G5 — Physics Florent Ghys G6 — Music Alexander Glasser G5 — Princeton Plasma Physics Gözde Güran G6 — Sociology Isaac Harrison Louth G5 — English Silpe Justin G6 — Molecular Biology Maggie Miller G5 — Mathmatics Akanksha Thawani G6 — Chemical & Biological Engineering See Previous Recipients Current and Previous Wallace Memorial Fellowships in Engineering Recipients Established in 1930, this award recognizes superior achievement in engineering research. 2024-25 Matthew SimaG4 - Civil and Environmental EngineeringChengyu WangG5 - Electrical and Computer EngineeringIrina WangG4 - Operations Research and Financial Engineering 2023-24 Yangsibo Huang G5 — Electrical and Computer Engineering Anunay Kulshrestha G5 — Computer Science Rachel Yang G6 — Chemical and Biological Engineering 2022-23 Avantika Gori G5 — Civil and Environmental Engineering Bernardo Gouveia G6 — Chemical and Biological Engineering Clayton Thomas G5 — Computer Science 2021-22 Christopher Browne G5 — Chemical and Biological Engineering Liwei Song G6 — Electrical and Computer Engineering Shengzhe Wang G5 — Civil and Environmental Engineering 2020-21 Kurt Ristroph G5 — Chemical and Biological Engineering Yi Zhang G5 — Computer Science 2019-20 Edwin Yoonjang Chung G5 — Electrical Engineering Fan Yang G5 — Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering See Previous Recipients
