Meet Our Fellows
Meet Our Fellows

Our Fellows
Congratulations to all of our current students with university and externally funded fellowships! UCF is honored by your accomplishments and looks forward to your continued success.
Trustees Doctoral Fellowship
Shahabeddin Abbaspour Tazehkand – Education PhD
Lauren Bonefont – Biomedical Sciences PhD
Emily Farrell – Conservation Biology PhD
Hiroshi Furuya – Computer Science PhD
Sanjay Gandham – Computer Engineering PhD
Christina Gillespie – Education PhD
Vipul Goyal – Mechanical Engineering PhD
Samuel Greaves – Conservation Biology PhD
Charles Harrison – Big Data Analytics PhD
Ren Hu – Electrical Engineering PhD
Kai Liu – Mathematics PhD
Ross Osborne – Materials Science and Engineering PhD
Brynn Presler-Marshall – Physics PhD
Chi Song – Modeling and Simulation PhD
Lakelyn Taylor – Strategic Communication PhD
Xiaoqing Wan – Psychology PhD
Zhiyong Yang – Optics and Photonics PhD
Lili Yao – Civil Engineering PhD
Presidential Doctoral Fellowship
Peter Berge – Texts and Technology PhD
Morgan Ferrell – Integrative Anthropological Science PhD
Daniel Goldberg – Criminal Justice PhD
Melody Green – Modeling and Simulation PhD
Aaron Necaise – Modeling and Simulation PhD
Daniel Rosato – Mechanical Engineering PhD
Ann Schlotzhauer – Psychology PhD
Aislann Woody – Nursing PhD
McKnight Doctoral Fellowship
Karla Badillo-Urquiola – Modeling and Simulation PhD
Bertha Ben Khallouq – Sociology PhD
Ardhys De Leon – Psychology PhD
Ashley Ercolino – Psychology PhD
Hamilton Ervin – Industrial Engineering PhD
Jasmine Haynes – Public Affairs PhD
Trinity Johnson – Integrative Anthropology Science PhD
Lybrya Kebreab – Education PhD
Marisa Lucca – Sociology PhD
Rachael Mack – Public Affairs PhD
Fernando Montalvo – Psychology PhD
Olivia Newton – Modeling and Simulation PhD
Natalie Paquette – Psychology PhD
Vincent Pereira – Public Affairs PhD
Alyssa Perez – Psychology PhD
Darlene Ramos – Biomedical Sciences PhD
Isabel Rivera – Physics PhD
Joseph Sturgess – Industrial Engineering PhD
Francine Sutton – Texts and Technology PhD
Michelle Tall – Nursing PhD
Betsir Zemen – Psychology PhD
UCF Graduate McNair Fellowship
Michael Cash – Computer Science PhD
Christopher Hernandez – Industrial Engineering PhD
Andria Hill – Business Administration PhD
Gabrielle Lynch – Psychology PhD
Sarah Mendoza – Education PhD
Daniel Pinto – Psychology PhD
Kayla Rivers – Social Work MSW
Jessica Ruiz – Psychology PhD
David Smithson – Creative Writing MFA
Tiara Telfair – Criminal Justice MS
UCF Graduate RAMP Fellowship
Tatiana Molden – Chemistry PhD
Meredith Cohen – Communication Sciences and Disorders MA
UCF Graduate FAMU Feeder Fellowship
Khayah Peters – Physical Therapy DPT
Marcus Scott – Health Administration MHA
UCF Multidisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship
Benjamin Croop – Optics and Photonics PhD
Maksim Godovykh – Hospitality Management PhD
Justin Urso – Mechanical Engineering PhD
Graduate Dean’s Dissertation Completion Fellowship – Spring 2020
Awardees will be announced in December 2019
MFA Provost’s Graduate Fellowship
Savannah Berry – Emerging Media MFA
Adam Byko – Creative Writing MFA
Marcos Carrasco – Emerging Media MFA
Morgan Cobb – Theatre MFA
Rebecca Fox – Creative Writing MFA
Ronald Hargrove – Emerging Media MFA
Sarah Hubert – Theatre MFA
Kyle Kubik – Creative Writing MFA
Amy Livingston – Theatre MFA
Sarah Newton – Emerging Media MFA
Charis Porter – Emerging Media MFA
Rya Price – Emerging Media MFA
Damian Thorn-Hauswirth – Emerging Media MFA
Annette Tojar – Emerging Media MFA
Sage Tokach – Theatre MFA
William Walker – Creative Writing MFA
UCF Graduate Dean’s Fellowship
Aliya Anjarwalla – Public Affairs PhD
Alexis Benamira – Computer Science PhD
Jacob Brewer – Education PhD
Siddhi Desai – Secondary Education MEd
Joshua Deshaies – Creative Writing MFA
Alexander Eubanks – Mathematics PhD
Alicia Formanack – Biology MS
Gregory Fritjofson – Physics PhD
Qing He Big – Data Analytics PhD
Trinity Johnson – Integrative Anthropological Sciences PhD
Lybrya Kebreab – Education PhD
Elizabeth Klements – History MA
Piotr Lagod – Biotechnology MS
Narim Lee – Criminal Justice PhD
Paige Madden – Music MA
Peyten Maki – Communication MA
Allison Malay – Conservation Biology PhD
Abigail Moreshead – Texts and Technology PhD
Sarah Noureddine – Biomedical Sciences PhD
Megann Phillips – Integrative Anthropological Sciences PhD
Jacquelyn Reiss – Sociology PhD
Justine Renziehausen – Education PhD
Samantha Reser – Theatre MFA
Rachael Rothstein-Safra – History MA
Lauren Rouse – Texts and Technology PhD
Christopher Schoborg – Big Data Analytics PhD
Azwad Tamir – Electrical Engineering PhD
Genna Telschow – Psychology PhD
Zulema Trevino Ramirez – Spanish MA
Joseph Vaccaro – Biomedical Sciences PhD
Jennifer Vanegas Gonzalez – TESOL MA
Mia Warshofsky – Political Science MA
Delores A. Auzenne Fellowship
Sacha Cartagena – Education PhD
Stacy Cendejas – Communication Sciences and Disorders MA
Siddhi Desai – Secondary Education MEd
Madelyn Diaz – Sociology PhD
Carissa Hamilton – School Psychology EdS
Jalisa Harris – Public Administration MPA
Christopher Odom – Texts and Technology PhD
Eva Parkhurst – Psychology PhD
Danielle Simpson-Baker – Marriage, Couple, and Family Therapy MA
Jennifer Vanegas Gonzalez – TESOL MA
Boyd Lyon Memorial Fellowship
Tiffany Dawson – Conservation Biology PhD
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Jessica Chambers – Mechanical Engineering PhD
Zachary Loparo – Mechanical Engineering MSME
Ricardo Lovato – Electrical Engineering PhD
Katrina Phillips – Conservation Biology PhD
Rachel Sampson – Optics and Photonics PhD
Jennifer Stewart – Biology MS
Brian Zamarripa Roman – Physics PhD
Fulbright Foreign Student Program
Ali Abbas – Computer Science MS
Syed Hammad Ahmed – Computer Science PhD
Kamran Ali – Computer Science PhD
Maryam Ali – Communication MA
Kushan Bellanthudawage – Environmental Engineering MS
Sarah Bey – Hospitality and Tourism Management MS
Pablo Cargnelutti – Computer Science MS
Edwin Davidson – Nanotechnology MS
Ayesha Enayet – Computer Science PhD
Sabaina Haroon – Computer Engineering MSCpE
Hanae Hmimid – Digital Media MA
Joshua – Environmental Engineering MSEnvE
Anita Kirkovska – Computer Science MS
Min Aung Myat Ko – Environmental Engineering MS
Marlon Koci – Anthropology MA
Ruslan Kuliiev – Aerospace Engineering MSAE
Irina Lediaeva – Computer Science MS
Muhammad Hasan Maqbool – Computer Science PhD
Boniesta Zulandha Melani – Education PhD
Anamaria Morales Alvarez – Biomedical Sciences PhD
Mehran Rasheed – Electrical Engineering PhD
Paula Santana De Tice – Education PhD
Muhammad Mubtasim Bin Tariq – Mechanical Engineering MSME
Minerva Fatimae Ventolero – Biomedical Sciences PhD
Faishal Wahiduddin – Computer Science MS