The Graduate School is happy to announce the 2025-2026 Presidential Fellowship recipients. The Presidential Fellowship is the most prestigious award given by the Graduate School to recognize the outstanding scholarly accomplishments and potential of graduate students entering the final phase of their dissertation research or terminal degree project.
Congratulations to this exceptional cohort of recipients!
Stefany Arevalo - Comparative and Veterinary Medicine
Syed Murtaza Arshad - Electrical and Computer Engineering
Calli Bellinger - Neuroscience Graduate Program
Charlotte Benedict - Evolution, Ecology & Organismal Biology
Sayak Biswas - Physics
Aryel Camero Goes - Evolution, Ecology & Organismal Biology
Wonjoon Cha - Educational Studies
Kangxuan Chen - Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
Elvira Cruz-Cruz - Astronomy
Shannon Dixon - Earth Sciences
Liam Dubay - Astronomy
Dane Elliott - Environmental Sciences Graduate Program
Xueshi Gao - Physics
Liang Geng - Computer Science and Engineering
Rinky Ghosh - Food Science and Technology
Cole Graham - History of Art
Kai Jin - Pharmaceutical Sciences
Ali Kaiss - Electrical and Computer Engineering
Khwannarin Khemsom - Plant Pathology
Jenna Kline - Computer Science and Engineering
Katherine Laliotis - Physics
Jianying Li - Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
Milon Mondal - Pharmaceutical Sciences
Ayush Morchhale - Mechanical Engineering
Obada Nairat - Physics
Victoria Paige - History
Nihar Patwardhan - Mechanical Engineering
Eleanor Rimmerman - Biophysics
Tal Shutkin - Geography
Peter Smyth - History of Art
Yi Hui Wang - Ohio State University Biochemistry Program
Amy Watson-Grace - Health and Rehabilitation Science
Jessica Wedig - Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Jack Wippell - Sociology
Yinxuan Zhu - Electrical and Computer Engineering