8 NSF Fellowships

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Eight Florida State University have been awarded competitive graduate research fellowships from the National Science Foundation, the university announced Monday.
The foundation received 13,000 applications and selected 2,000 recipients.
“Throughout the years, Florida State has been lucky to have wonderful, dedicated graduate students looking to further their academic careers and transform the STEM fields through research, teaching and service,” Adrienne Stephenson, director of FSU’s Office of Graduate Fellowships and Awards, said. “This award by the National Science Foundation for eight of our students is a testament to their hard work and commitment to furthering their education.”
  In addition to the eight current students, two graduate students who plan to study at FSU also were among the winners, the university said Monday.

The fellowships are granted to students who are entering research master’s or doctoral degree programs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Current recipients enrolled at FSU are:
William Booker, 25, a doctoral student in the Department of Biological Science. His area of study is the evolution of genomes.

Louis Colling, 28, a graduate student in molecular biophysics, focusing on studies of disordered proteins and neurodegeneration.
Patrick Eastham, 24, is working on a doctoral degree in biomathematics. His concentration focuses on modelling medical applications of therapeutic ultrasound.
Ashley Ernst, 24, is seeking a doctoral degree in physics, with a concentration on hadronic nuclear physics.
Zachary Jones, 26, is a doctoral student in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the College of Medicine. He is working on neuroinflammation associated with spinal cord injury.
Pamela Knoll, 30, is a doctoral student in chemistry, studying nontraditional crystallization of biomorphs.
Chelsey Laurencin, 21, a first-generation college student, is studying with Associate Professor Vasu Misra on analysis of the North Atlantic tropical cyclone motion.
Linsey Rodenbach, 21, of Tallahassee, is majoring in physics and applied and computational mathematics. As an undergraduate, she worked with National High Magnetic Field Laboratory researcher Stan Tozer studying the growth of single crystal depleted uranium samples. She will attend Stanford University to study condensed matter physics.
The fellowships cover an annual stipend of $34,000 over three years, in addition to a $12,000 allowance for tuition and fees, international research and professional development.
France Cordova, director of  National Science Foundation, visited FSU in March. The state of Florida receives a total of about $200 million from the foundation, with FSU awarded about $57 million each year.
FSU is seeking $70 million as part of its legislative budget request to hire more faculty, especially in strategic research areas. Some of that money will be used to attract research-oriented graduate students and pay them increased stipends.