NSF GRFP - It takes a tribe

April 20, 2020

About three weeks ago, I was named a fellow for the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP). It would not have been possible without the help of friends, mentors, and kind strangers who have helped along the way.

Getting good news during the COVID-19 pandemic felt very strange.

(More thoughts coming soon…)

Thank you

Thank you first and foremost to my mentors and collaborators who generously wrote reference letter writers:

• Prof. Max Leiserson
• Prof. Mark Crovella
• Prof. Ben Hescott

Thank you to my friends and peers who challenged me to better explain my ideas:

• Aya Ismail
• Theresa Alexander
• Fatehmeh Almoradesi
• Erica Blum
• Lisa Fan
• Nick Franzese
• Lillian Huang
• Mark Keller
• Marina Knittel
• Yuelin Liu
• Makana Castillo Martin
• Jackie Nelligan
• Michael Rosenberg

Thank you to professors and staff at UMD who gave time and insightful feedback:

• Prof. Hector Corrado Bravo
• Dr. Francis DuVinage
• Tom Hurst
• Prof. Rob Patro
• Prof. Uzi Vishkin

(If I missed you, let me know!)

Also, thank you to these institutions and their staff for publishing the good news:

• Tufts University School of Engineering
• UMIACS - University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies
• UMD College of Computer, Mathematical, & Natural Sciences
• UMD Computer Science