Archived Student Awards

Graduate Fellows

Nevada Space Grant Consortium 2023 Graduate Fellows

Sean Begg

University of Nevada, Reno

Mentor: Dr. Christopher Morgan

Bio

Aren Crandall-Bear

University of Nevada, Reno

Mentor: Dr. William C. Hammond

Bio

Ryan Doss

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Mentor: Dr. Brian Hedlund

Bio

David King

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Mentor: Dr. Pradip K. Bhowmik

Bio

Ian McDowell

University of Nevada, Reno

Mentor: Dr. Kaitlin Keegan

Bio

Daniela Nikoloska

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Mentor: Dr. Shengjie Zhai

Yasi Raeofy

University of Nevada, Reno

Mentor: Dr. Vera Samburova and Dr. Hans Moosmüller

Bio

Savanna Vacek

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Mentor: Dr. Erica Marti

 

Bio

Mariana Webb

University of Nevada, Reno

Mentor: Dr. Christine Albano

Bio

NVSGC 2022 Graduate Fellows

Bjoern Bingham

University of Nevada, Reno

Mentor: Dr. Xiaoliang Wang (DRI)

Bio

Molly Devlin

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Mentor: Dr. Duane Moser (DRI)

Bio

Robert Hutton

University of Nevada, Reno

Mentor: Dr. James Hanna (UNR)

Bio

Helen Kesting

University of Nevada, Reno

Mentor: Dr. Scott Allen

Bio

Sierra Ramsey

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Mentor: Dr. Arya Udry

Bio

Abigail Sandquist

University of Nevada, Reno

Mentor: Dr. Scott Allen

Bio

Nicole Thomas

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Mentor: Dr. Jonathan Hilpert

Bio

NVSGC 2021 Graduate Fellows

Stanley Baronett

UNLV

Mentor: Dr. Zhaohuan Zhu

Bio

Nancy Carmen

UNLV

Dr. Elisabeth Hausrath

Bio

Erin Cassin

UNLV

Mentor: Dr. Boo Shan Tseng

Bio

Amber Consul-Zaidi

UNLV

Mentor: Dr. Ernesto Abel-Santos

Bio

Jonathan Covington

UNLV

Mentor: Dr. Brian Hedlund

Bio

Dylan Guerin

UNLV

Mentor: Dr. Ai-Sun (Kelly) Tseng

Bio

Theodore Hartsook

UNR

Mentor: Dr. Jonathan Greenberg

Bio

Anne Heggli

UNR

Mentor: Dr. Benjamin Hatchett

Bio

Daniel Lampson

UNR

Mentor: Dr. Jeongwon Park

Bio

Aidan Manning

UNR

Mentor: Dr. Adrian Harpold

Bio

Cara Piske

UNR

Mentor: Dr. Gabrielle Boisrame

Bio

Lily Raymond

UNR

Mentor: Dr. Yifei Jin

Bio

Kurtis Rodrigue

UNR

Mentor: Dr. Emily Hand

Bio

Derrick Satterfield

UNR

Mentor: Dr. Adam Kirn

Bio

Melanie Schmidt-Wolf

UNR

Mentor: Dr. David Feil-Seifer

Bio

Melissa Schofield

UNLV

Mentor: Dr. Boo Shan Tseng

Bio

Cody Shakespeare

UNLV

Mentor: Dr. Jason Steffen

Bio

Natasha Sushenko

UNLV

Mentor: Dr. Duane Moser

Bio

Heather Winslow

UNR

Mentor: Dr. Philipp Ruprecht

Bio

NVSGC 2017 Graduate Fellows

Christine Albano
DRI & UNR

Mentor:  Dr. Michael Dettinger

Helen Beeson
UNR

Mentor:  Dr. Scott McCoy

Logan Combs
UNLV

Mentor:  Dr. Arya Udry

Michael Founds
DRI & UNR

Mentor:  Dr. Ken McGwire

Marco Giordano
DRI & UNR

Mentors:  Dr. Eric Wilcox and Dr. Pat Arnott

Zakai Olsen
UNLV

Mentor:  Dr. Kwang Kim

Rachel Rahib
UNLV

Mentor:  Dr. Arya Udry

Cody Reed
UNR

Mentor:  Dr. Benjamin Sullivan

Jeremy Smallwood
UNLV

Mentor:  Dr. Rebecca Martin

Joshua Walston
UNR

Mentor:  Dr. Michael Kaplan

NVSGC 2016 Graduate Fellows

Janelle Blankenburg
UNR

Mentor:  Dr. David Feil-Seifer

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Scott Forer
UNR

Mentor:  Dr. Logan Yliniemi

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Joy Immak
UNLV

Mentor:  Dr. Helen Wing

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NVSGC 2015 Graduate Fellows

Benjamin Hatchett
DRI & UNR

Mentor:  Dr. Douglas Boyle

Nina Oakley
DRI

Mentors:  Dr. Michael Kaplan

Joshua Sackett
DRI

Mentor:  Dr. Duane Moser

Nicholas Beres
DRI & UNR

Mentor:  Dr. Hans Moosmüller

Rachael Carmichael
UNR

Mentor:  Dr. Wesley Chalifoux

Theresa Clark
UNLV

Mentor:  Dr. Lloyd Stark

Christine Hedge
DRI & UNR

Mentor:  Dr. Daniel Obrist

Alexander Jones
UNLV

Mentor:  Dr. Frank van Breukelen

Patrick Longley
UNR

Mentor:  Dr. Adrian Harpold

Joshua Molzan
DRI & UNR

Mentor:  Dr. Hans Moosmüller

Blake Naccarato
UNLV

Mentor:  Dr. Kwang Kim

Linglee (Whalmany) Ounkham
UNR

Mentor:  Dr. Brian Frost

Rose Petersky
UNR

Mentor:  Dr. Adrian Harpold

Michael Picker
UNLV

Mentor:  Dr. Helen Wing

Patricio Piedra
DRI & UNR

Mentor:  Dr. Hans Moosmüller

Jared Rice
UNLV

Mentor:  Dr. Bing Zhang

Sarah Trabia
UNLV

Mentor:  Dr. Kwang Kim

Undergraduate Scholars

Nevada Space Grant Consortium 2023 Undergraduate Scholars

John Crosby

University of Nevada, Reno

Mentor: Dr. Yan Wang

Bio

Jaden DeBoer

University of Nevada, Reno

Mentor: Dr. Yan Wang

Bio

Caden Kuster

University of Nevada, Reno

Mentor: Dr. Christopher Barile

Bio

Jeremy La Porte

University of Nevada, Reno

Mentor: Dr. Jeongwon Park

Bio

Quinn Padovan

University of Nevada, Reno

Mentor: Dr. Christopher Barile

Bio

Sukhreen Sandhu

University of Nevada, Reno

Mentor: Dr. Hao Xu

Bio

NVSGC 2022 Undergraduate Scholars

Tristian Benally

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Mentor: Dr. Jason Steffen

Bio

Madeline Carroll

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Mentor: Dr. Erica Marti

Bio

Venus Cruz

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Mentor: Dr. Elisabeth Hausrath

Bio

Kristi Sexton-Rodriguez

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Mentor: Dr. Elisabeth Hausrath

Bio

Savanna Vacek

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Mentor: Dr. Erica Marti

Bio

Parsa Azaei

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Mentor: Dr. Jun Yong Kang

Bio

Mia Bruce

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Mentor: Dr. Boo Shan Tseng

Bio

Zahir Castrejon

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Mentor: Dr. Paul Oh

Bio

Baseba Fessahaye

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Mentor: Dr. Erick Bandala

Bio

Brayden Griffie

University of Nevada, Reno

Mentor: Dr. Eric Wang

Bio

Shawna Hunnicutt

Nevada State College

Mentor: El Hachemi Bouali

Bio

Thomas Kaps

University of Nevada, Reno

Mentor: Dr. Sage Hiibel

Bio

Shannon Keegan

University of Nevada, Reno

Mentor: Dr. Jun Zhang

Bio

Dan Liu

University of Nevada, Reno

Mentor: Dr. Jeongwon Park

Bio

Denielle Oliva

University of Nevada, Reno

Mentor: David Feil-Seifer

Bio

Guadalupe Sanchez

Nevada State College

Mentor: Dr. Lance Hellman

Bio

Dillan Taylor

College of Southern Nevada

Mentor: Dr. Sarah Harris

Bio

Kathryn McCray

University of Nevada, Reno

Mentor: Dr. Robert Washington-Allen

Bio

Erica Bacab

Nevada State College

Mentor: Dr. Amber Howerton

Bio

Adam Clurman

College of Southern Nevada

Mentor: Erick Bandala

Bio

NVSGC 2021 Undergraduate Scholars

Dena Baughn

UNLV

Mentor: Dr. Boo Shan Tseng

Bio

Eloisa Burton

UNR

Mentor: Dr. Richard Plotkin

Bio

William Crampton

UNR

Mentor: Dr. Jeongwon Park

Bio

Maci French

UNLV

Mentor: Dr. Bernard Zygelman

Bio

Shaun Joseph

UNR

Mentor: Dr. Adrian Harpold

Bio

David King

UNLV

Mentor: Dr. Pradip Bhowmik

Bio

Alicia McGrann

UNLV

Dr. Jason Steffen

Katie Miller

UNR

Mentor: Dr. Adrian Harpold

Bio

Erick Serrano

UNLV

Mentor: Dr. Bernard Zygelman

Bio

William Lucas Wadley

NSC

Mentor: Dr. Lance Hellman

Bio

Ceonie Washington

NSC

Mentor: Dr. Erick Bandala

Bio

NVSGC 2017 Undergraduate Scholars

Kimberly Gonzalez
UNLV

Mentor:  Dr. William Culbreth

Haydon Hill
UNR

Mentor:  Dr. Sergey Varganov

Alexi Kibbe
NSC

Mentor:  Dr. Amber Howerton

Mackenzie Kohler
UNR

Mentor:  Dr. Adrian Harpold

Jamie Poston
UNR

Mentor:  Dr. David Feil-Seifer

Shawn Roj
UNR

Mentor:  Dr. Benjamin Hatchett

Peter Sbraccia
UNLV

Mentor:  Dr. Elisabeth Hausrath

Sindi Torres
UNLV

Mentor:  Dr. Michael Pravica

NVSGC 2016 Undergraduate Scholars

Annie Baker
UNR

Mentor:  Dr. Peter Weisberg

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Kevin Bumgartner
UNR

Mentor:  Dr. Deena Schmidt

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Shantelle Delos Santos
UNLV

Mentor:  Dr. Kelly Ai-Sun Tseng

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Angela Garcia
UNLV

Mentor:  Dr. Elisabeth Hausrath

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Jacob Villarama
UNLV

Mentor:  Dr. Brian Hedlund

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Nicholas Winner
UNR

Mentor:  Dr. Ghassan Jabbour

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NVSGC 2015 Undergraduate Scholars

Sierra Adibi
UNR

Mentor:  Dr. Logan Yliniemi

Michael Briones
UNLV

Mentor:  Dr. Ernesto Abel-Santos

Chrisabelle Cempron
UNLV

Mentor:  Dr. Brian Hedlund

Carolyn Chang
UNLV

Mentor:  Dr. Brian Hedlund

Ariel Friel
UNLV

Mentor:  Dr. Brian Hedlund

Armon Latifi
UNLV

Mentor:  Dr. Venkatesan Muthukumar

Grant Mercer
UNLV

Mentor:  Dr. Hans Moosmüller

Alexander Rollings
UNR

Mentor:  Dr. Andrei Derevianko

Sarah Thornton
UNLV

Mentor:  Dr. Shubhra Bensal

Internships

Nevada Space Grant Consortium 2023 Internships

Abraham Castaneda

Summer 2023 Intern

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Bio

Anna Desorcy

Summer 2023 Intern

University of Nevada, Reno

Bio

NVSGC 2022 Internships

Keane Pimentel

Summer 2022 Intern

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Bio

Maxwell Stonham

Fall 2022 LRC Intern

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Bio

Carolina Mena

Fall 2022 MSFC Intern

Nevada State College

Bio

NVSGC 2021 Internships

Hassan Safieddine

UNLV

Bio

Keane Pimentel

UNLV

Bio

Brooke Hess

UNR

Kevin Ostfeld

UNR

Kellen Parker

UNR

NVSGC 2016 Internships

Sierra Adibi
UNR

NASA Ames

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Luke Olsen
UNLV

NASA Ames

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NVSGC 2015 Internships

Omar Navarro Lieja
UNLV

NASA Goddard

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