Home Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship Celebration 2023–2024 Predoctoral Fellows 2023–2024 Predoctoral Fellows Predoctoral fellows have been nominated by their programs and are selected through a competitive review process based on the creativity and impact of the research they are pursuing. The abstracts for recipients at the University of Michigan – Dearborn describe the framework, aims, and significance of each fellow’s dissertation and demonstrate the breadth of Rackham doctoral programs. 2023–2024 Predoctoral Fellows The Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship is one of the most prestigious awards granted by Rackham Graduate School. Doctoral candidates who expect to graduate within six years since beginning their degrees are eligible to apply, and the strength and quality of their dissertation abstract, publications and presentations, and recommendations are all taken into consideration when granting this award. Congratulations to all of the following graduate students: Biological and Health Sciences Faith Anderson Christopher Azaldegui Desnor Chigumba Luis Correa John David Curlis Alden Dirks Alexander Feleo Harsha Gouda Jason Hawes Emma Huels Abbie Leino Jordan Leung Jialin Liu Rachel Logue Harihar Milaganur Mohan Rishav Mitra Alexander Monovich Soumik Purkayastha Peter Sajjakulnukit Renke Tan Xuexin Yu Humanities and the Arts Felicia Bisnath Leila Braun Emily Coccia Sena Duran Brittany Hardy Onyx Henry Bryan Ijames Elizabeth Ledbetter Emily Na Maria Laura Pensa Ariana Peruzzi Richard Smith Veronica Williamson Weican Zuo Physical Sciences and Engineering James Akinola Anil Alan Olamide Animasahun Anna Argento Srinivasan Arunachalam Margaret Brunette Zhongzhu Chen Shihao Cheng Natasha Dacic Hrishikesh Danawe Alisher Duspayev Easton Farrell Katherine Harrison Qiana Hunt Sarah Katz Cecelia Kinane Matthew Lasky Siyul Lee Ju Won Lim Ting Lin Zhenkun Lin Yan Long Subha Maity Isaac Malsky Danielle Maxwell Merjem Mededovic Jia Mi Jonathan Michaux Hossein Moghimianavval Alexandra Moy Aditya Varma Muppala Kate Napier Ishtiaque Ahmed Navid Ilia Nekrasov April Nellis Eunjae Shim Ramakrishnan Sundara Raman Franco Tavella Rodrigo Tinoco Figueroa Irene Vargas-Salazar Emily Wearing Andrew Wintenberg Sangmin Yoo Shuqing Zhang Oleksii Zhelavskyi Social Sciences Kathryn Berringer Peter Carroll Sylvia Darling Asher Dvir-Djerassi Rachel Eggleston Mirit Friedman Miranda Garcia Hilary Hoyt Hendricks Guoer Liu Alexandra Norwood Gavin Plogr Chao Ren Reuben Riggs-Bookman Giovanni Roman-Torres William Soergel Maren Spolum Emma Willoughby Jesse Yeh Chi-Lin Yu University of Michigan – Dearborn Dania Ammar Nada Lachtar