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Learn more about the former and current Jefferson Science Fellows, and read about each Fellow's experience
at the U.S. Department of State or the U.S. Agency for International Development, including which bureaus and offices
Fellows worked in, what type of projects Fellows led or joined, and more.

2024 Jefferson Science Fellows

Dr. Claudia Avellaneda

Dr. Krishnaswamy Jayachandran

Dr. Inna Kouper

Dr. Tracey Lamb

Dr. Sharon Navarro

Dr. David Prevatt

Dr. Olga Shemyakina

Dr. Venkataramana Sridhar

Dr. Dil Thavarajah

2023 Jefferson Science Fellows

Dr. Loretta Bass

Dr. Jean Lynch-Stieglitz

Dr. Assefa Melesse

Dr. Olorunseun Ogunwobi

Dr. Sibel Oktay

Dr. Tiffany Oliver

Dr. Christine Payne

2022 Jefferson Science Fellows

Dr. Joel Adams

Dr. David Budescu

Dr. Udaya DeSilva

Dr. Cynthia Ebinger

Dr. Akhlesh Lakhtakia

Dr. John Leslie

Dr. Travis Marsico

Dr. Tim Mewes

Dr. Lourdes Norman-McKay

Dr. Mark Seielstad

Dr. Naresh Thadhani

2021 Jefferson Science Fellows

Dr. Humberto Campins

Dr. Lincoln Carr

Dr. Mohan Dangi

Dr. Eric Davidson

Dr. Janet Ellzey

Dr. Stephen Eubank

Dr. Elizabeth Guertal

Dr. Sundaram Gunasekaran

Dr. Erick Jones

Dr. Rameshwar Kanwar

Dr. Jason Knouft

Dr. Kevin Krizek

Dr. Richard LeSar

Dr. Mark Mascal

Dr. Kurt Paterson

Dr. Amy Townsend-Small

Dr. Andrew Wilcox

2020 Jefferson Science Fellows

Dr. Supriyo Bandyopadhyay

Dr. Brian Gran

Dr. Vincent Harris

Dr. Warren Jasper

Dr. Robert Johnson

Dr. John LoSecco

Dr. Timothy Masterlark

Dr. Joshua Otaigbe

Dr. Edmund Prater

Dr. Robert Richardson

Dr. Surajit Sen

Dr. Erich Sommerfeldt

Dr. Scott Wicker

Dr. Christopher Woolverton

2019 Jefferson Science Fellows

Dr. K.C. Das

Dr. Donald A. Friend

Dr. Claudia González Vallejo

Dr. Royce Hutson

Dr. John P. Kerekes

Dr. Mary Ann McDowell

Dr. Michael J. O'Shea

Dr. Paul Vincelli

2018 Jefferson Science Fellows

Dr. Weslynne Ashton

Dr. Peter Hirst

Dr. June J. Pilcher

Dr. Stephen E. Silliman

Dr. Peter Smallwood

2017 Jefferson Science Fellows

Dr. Nancy D. Connell

Dr. Bernard Gonik

Dr. Ernest Richard (Dick) Greene

Dr. Peter Hirst

Dr. Karthik Kannan

Dr. Jacqueline S. McLaughlin

Dr. John F. Muth

Dr. Juan Claudio Nino

Dr. Sonak Pastakia

Dr. Gad Perry

Dr. Francis E. (Jack) Putz

Dr. Omowunmi (Wunmi) Sadik

Dr. Elisabeth Smela

Dr. Patricia A. Sobecky

2016 Jefferson Science Fellows

Dr. Barrett Caldwell

Dr. Meredith Gore

Dr. Robert Heimer

Dr. David Jiles

Dr. Karen Lips

Dr. Shelie Miller

Dr. Sharmila Mukhopadhyay

Dr. Sumant Nigam

Dr. Oladele Ogunseitan

Dr. Kathleen Purvis-Roberts

Dr. K.P. Subbalakshmi

Dr. Kathleen Vogel

2015 Jefferson Science Fellows

Dr. Abul Fazal Mohammad Anwar

Dr. Michael W. Hamburger

Dr. Jill Kanaley

Dr. Darlene R. Ketten

Dr. Garrick Louis

Dr. Margaret Martonosi

Dr. Pamela McCauley

Dr. Esther Obonyo

Dr. W. Tad Pfeffer

Dr. Carolyn M. Teschke

Dr. Johannes W. Vieweg

2014 Jefferson Science Fellows

Dr. James Alleman

Dr. Robert Axelrod

Dr. Alice Bean

Dr. Concetta DiRusso

Dr. Thomas Crisman

Dr. Steve Greenbaum

Dr. David Hajjar

Dr. Melinda Laituri

Dr. David Lodge

Dr. Daniel Oerther

Dr. Anil Pahwa

Dr. Martin Richardson

Dr. Charles Santerre

2013 Jefferson Science Fellows

Dr. Jonathan Colton

Dr. Frederick Davies

Dr. Frank Ettensohn

Dr. Gabriel Filippelli

Dr. Stephanie Forrest

Dr. Sarah Green

Dr. Michael Kron

Dr. Elizabeth Montgomery Collins

Dr. Kendall Nygard

Dr. Kannappan Palaiappan

Dr. B.L. Ramakrishna

Dr. Mo Salman

Dr. Michael Shur

2012 Jefferson Science Fellows

Dr. David R. Benson

Dr. Suryanarayana Challapalli

Dr. M. Samy El-Shall

Dr. Maureen M. Goodenow

Dr. Sara Harkness

Dr. Raj Khosla

Dr. Roger Kjelgren

Dr. Clyde Martin

Dr. Richard Matzner

Dr. Brook Milligan

Dr. Jean Beagle Ristaino

Dr. Rajan Sen

2011 Jefferson Science Fellows

Dr. Norma Allewell

Dr. Robert Balster

Dr. Peter J. Davies

Dr. Mark Eberhart

Dr. Nwadiuto Esiobu

Dr. Bradley Fenwick

Dr. Devinder Mahajan

Dr. Richard Marston

Dr. Alan McHughen

Dr. Timothy O’Brien

Dr. Max Rothschild

Dr. Darin Toohey

Dr. Curtis L. Weller

2010 Jefferson Science Fellows

Dr. Bruce Conn

Dr. Brett DePaola

Dr. Nicholas Farrell

Dr. Suresh Garimella

Dr. Jay Gore

Dr. Douglas Laube

Dr. David Lea

Dr. Thomas Miller

Dr. Peter Revesz

Dr. Arthur Sanderson

Dr. Nicholas Suntzeff

Dr. Mitchell Turker

2009 Jefferson Science Fellows

Dr. Cynthia Baldwin

Dr. Jerome Dobson

Dr. Diana Farkas

Dr. Paul Kintner

Dr. Deborah Lawrence

Dr. Najmedin Meshkati

Dr. Wayne Pennington

Dr. John Savage

Dr. James Stone

Dr. Kenneth Verosub

2008 Jefferson Science Fellows

Dr. Robert Butera

Dr. Tim DeVoogd

Dr. Michael El-Batanouny

Dr. Steven Garrett

Dr. Steven Geary

Dr. Philip K. Hopke

Dr. Mohammed A. Zikry

2007 Jefferson Science Fellows

Dr. Janaki R.R. Alavalapati

Dr. Ross B. Corotis

Dr. Elsa Garmire

Dr. Purusottam Jena

Dr. Marvin Paule

Dr. Jerry Peterson

Dr. Syed Rizvi

Dr. John Yeh

2006 Jefferson Science Fellows

Dr. Osama O. Awadelkarim

Dr. Kim Boyer

Dr. Claudio Cioffi-Revilla

Dr. Paul Davis

Dr. Michael Mauel

Dr. Katherine Seley-Radtke

2005 Jefferson Science Fellows

Dr. William S. Hammack

Dr. James Harrington

Dr. Alexander King

Dr. Michael Prather

Dr. Edward Samulski

2004 Jefferson Science Fellows

Dr. Julian Adams

Dr. Bruce Averill

Dr. Melba Crawford

Dr. David Eastmond

Dr. Kalidas Shetty

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