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2026 GEM Fellows

Employer Fellows

Name Degree Type Major Employer Sponsor University Sponsor
Marcelo Farfan Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering GEM (Board Fellow) University of South Florida
Don-Terry Veal Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Corporation, The Purdue University
Lisa DiSalvo Ph.D. Human Computer Interaction Adobe Systems Incorporated Columbia University
Amyra Black Ph.D. Material Science 3M Company University of Illinois at Urbana-Champa
Luz Melo Ph.D. Data Science Bayer Crop Science University of Virginia
Sukanya Krishna Ph.D. Computer Science IBM Harvard University
jose Gutierrez-Cardenas Ph.D. Chemistry Intel Corporation Georgia Institute of Technology
Mesomachukwu Nwankwo Master's Construction Engineering Apple Inc. Columbia University
Nooreen Qureshi Ph.D. Material Science Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) University of Virginia
Logan Smith Master's Computer Science ASML US, LLC University of Southern California
Ava Moore Ph.D. Physics Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech)
Jessica Turner Ph.D. Human Computer Interaction Adobe Systems Incorporated Carnegie Mellon University
Brianna O'Rourke Ph.D. Biological Sciences NASA Headquarters – Office of STEM Engagement University of California Riverside
Jared Bailey Ph.D. Environmental Health Science Underwriters Laboratories (UL) Emory University
Daelyn Nwaobasi Master's Mechanical Engineering Apple Inc. Villanova University
Olufunmilola Obielodan Master's Human Computer Interaction Adobe Systems Incorporated Georgia Institute of Technology
Ikenna Iwudike Master's Aerospace Engineering NASA Headquarters – Office of STEM Engagement University of Maryland College Park
Keegan Suero Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering NASA Headquarters – Office of STEM Engagement University of South Florida
Firat Taxpulat Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) University of California Los Angeles
Marc Martinez Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering NASA Headquarters – Office of STEM Engagement University of California – Irvine
Serge – Erik Douge Master's Mechanical Engineering Apple Inc. Carnegie Mellon University
Jasmine Freeman Ph.D. Physics Aerospace Corporation, The University of Georgia
Donald Okonkwo Master's Robotics NASA Headquarters – Office of STEM Engagement Georgia Institute of Technology
Rayannon Velarde Master's Computer Science Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Arizona State University
Jenylee Diaz Munoz Master's Computer Science IBM Binghamton University
Chidinma Nwankwor Master's Computer Engineering Intel Corporation University of Southern California
Anyssa Oden Master's Biomedical Engineering GEM (Board Fellow) Carnegie Mellon University
Jadarius Lewis Master's Biomedical Engineering GEM (Board Fellow) Northeastern University
Nandu Koripally Ph.D. Electrical Engineering 3M Company University of California San Diego
Evann Bailey Ph.D. Biomedical Informatics Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) North Carolina State University
Brinley Jordan Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering NASA Headquarters – Office of STEM Engagement Duke University
Cole McBeth Master's Electrical Engineering Apple Inc. Stanford University
Amehja Williams Master's Electrical Engineering Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) University of Pennsylvania
Emiliano Garcia Master's Software Engineering NASA Headquarters – Office of STEM Engagement University of Texas at El Paso
Oleksandr Zhukovskyy Master's Mechanical Engineering Intel Corporation Carnegie Mellon University
Samantha Singer Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering Genentech, Inc. Georgia Institute of Technology
Francisco Jimenez Ph.D. Chemistry Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) University of Texas at Dallas
Tyler Warner Ph.D. Bioinformatics Bayer Crop Science Georgia Institute of Technology
Vera-Patience Dureke Ph.D. Data Science NASA Headquarters – Office of STEM Engagement University of Illinois Chicago
Veronica Ramos Rodriguez Ph.D. Electrical Engineering SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Vanderbilt University
Ronald Chambergo Master's Aerospace Engineering Johns Hopkins U./Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU-APL) Johns Hopkins University
T'sairus Beasley Master's Computer Engineering GEM (Board Fellow) Carnegie Mellon University
Brandon Garcia-Arvizo Master's Civil Engineering Los Angeles County Public Works New Mexico State University (NMSU)
Nitya Khamar Master's Computer Engineering IBM Purdue University
Pablo Pineda Master's Computer Engineering NASA Headquarters – Office of STEM Engagement Texas A&M University
Kiera Davenport Master's Electrical Engineering Aerospace Corporation, The Georgia Institute of Technology
Lauren Owens Master's Computer Science Apple Inc. Georgia Institute of Technology
Victor Cruz Ramos Ph.D. Data Science Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) University of California – Merced
Taima Traore Master's Data Science Johnson & Johnson University of Southern California
Lance Dodson Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Texas A&M University
Diego Armendariz Master's Mechanical Engineering Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Aliya Hutley Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Texas A&M University
Jenna Jang Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Georgia Institute of Technology
Jessica Becker Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champa
Akshay Subramani Master's Electrical Engineering Intel Corporation University of California Los Angeles
Jacob benavides Master's Electrical Engineering Intel Corporation Georgia Institute of Technology
Esteban Figueroa Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering ASML US, LLC Princeton University
Faiza Shabibi Ph.D. Material Science Apple Inc. Stanford University
Brian Nlong Zhao Ph.D. Computer Science Adobe Systems Incorporated University of Illinois at Urbana-Champa
Hugh Ta Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Texas A&M University
Devin Flores Master's Mechanical Engineering Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Samara Vassell Master's Computer Science IBM Columbia University
Eliel Smith Master's Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Corporation, The Georgia Institute of Technology
Ryan Aldaz Master's Mechanical Engineering Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) New Mexico State University (NMSU)
Jay Mehta Ph.D. Chemistry Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champa
Yussef Ali Master's Data Science NASA Headquarters – Office of STEM Engagement Columbia University
Ryan Houston Master's Mechanical Engineering GEM (Board Fellow) University of Southern California
Ashton Hernandez Master's Computer Engineering Apple Inc. Syracuse University
Natalia Mosqueda Ph.D. Material Science Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) University of California San Diego
Kenneth Klutse Ph.D. Chemistry Savannah Rivers National Lab Vanderbilt University
Paris Acosta Master's Computer Science Aerospace Corporation, The University of Southern California
Rachel Perez Roque Ph.D. Chemistry Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Florida State University
Jaime Alvarez Ph.D. Physics NASA Headquarters – Office of STEM Engagement Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jalen Weathers Master's Computer Science NASA Headquarters – Office of STEM Engagement North Carolina A&T State University
Rayan Elahmadi Master's Electrical Engineering IBM Georgia Institute of Technology
Sophia Jackson Ph.D. Material Science Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) University of Pennsylvania
Jordan Kam Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering NASA Headquarters – Office of STEM Engagement California Institute of Technology
Lance Santana Master's Master of Information Management and Systems NASA Headquarters – Office of STEM Engagement University of California -Berkeley
Thaddeus White Master's Computer Science NASA Headquarters – Office of STEM Engagement University of Illinois at Urbana-Champa
Anthony LoRe Starleaf Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) University of California San Diego
Aadi Patel Master's Electrical Engineering IBM Carnegie Mellon University
Jean-Brandon Diei Master's Computer Science Intel Corporation Columbia University
Kari Brown Master's Civil Engineering NASA Headquarters – Office of STEM Engagement North Carolina A&T State University
Leo Lin Ph.D. Computer Science IBM Purdue University
Jonathan Solorzano Landaverde Master's Mechanical Engineering Johns Hopkins U./Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU-APL) Johns Hopkins University
Dionne Yeung Ph.D. Material Science Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jo'Marion Ford-Campbell Master's Computer Engineering Johns Hopkins U./Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU-APL) University of South Carolina
Jose Garcia Master's Mechanical Engineering NASA Headquarters – Office of STEM Engagement University of New Mexico
Abdallah Mohamed Master's Data Science Intel Corporation Rice University
Jaylan Hunter Master's Computer Science NASA Headquarters – Office of STEM Engagement North Carolina A&T State University
Jonathan Kitele Master's Electrical Engineering GEM (Board Fellow) Georgia Institute of Technology
Brandon Sanchez Master's Civil Engineering Los Angeles County Public Works Northeastern University
Jeanette Simo Ph.D. Quantum Computing IBM University California Davis
Ameena Mohammed Master's Computer Engineering IBM New York University – Tandon School of Engineering
Luke Johnson Master's Computer Engineering Apple Inc. North Carolina A&T State University
Nya Evans Master's Biomedical Engineering GEM (Board Fellow) Rice University
Yonathan Solomon Master's Computer Engineering Intel Corporation Georgia Institute of Technology
Kingsley Nelson Master's Chemical Engineering Intel Corporation University of New Mexico
Brice Patchou Master's Computer Science IBM University of Southern California
Christian Cherry Master's Computer Engineering GEM (Board Fellow) Carnegie Mellon University
Ifetayo-Michaela Spencer Master's Computer Science NASA Headquarters – Office of STEM Engagement New York University – Tandon School of Engineering
Andrew Shaw Ph.D. Computer Science Adobe Systems Incorporated Cornell University
Dominic Doud Master's Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Corporation, The University of Southern California
Earl Bender Master's Bioengineering GEM (Board Fellow) Georgia Institute of Technology
Isaiah McCray Master's Electrical Engineering Apple Inc. North Carolina A&T State University
Cesar Moriel Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering Aerospace Corporation, The University of Texas at El Paso
Marena Keys Ph.D. Industrial Engineering Aerospace Corporation, The North Carolina State University
Mayerli Gordillo Master's Computer Engineering GEM (Board Fellow) Binghamton University
Jocelyn Gonzalez Master's Computer Science Aerospace Corporation, The University of Southern California
Victor Agbara Master's Computer Science NASA Headquarters – Office of STEM Engagement Purdue University
Eric Xu Ph.D. Computer Science Johns Hopkins U./Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU-APL) Johns Hopkins University
Callihan Bertley Ph.D. Mathematics Apple Inc. University of Notre Dame
Hannah Brown Master's Computer Science Intel Corporation University of California -Berkeley
Iris Liu Master's Computational Biology Colgate-Palmolive Company Cornell University
Mayolo Valencia Mendoza Master's Computer Science Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) University of Southern California
Ryan Wiebold Ph.D. Chemistry Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Alex Villa Ph.D. Computer Science Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) University of Florida
Kian Ben-Jacob Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering Savannah Rivers National Lab University of California – Irvine
Ann Ubaka Master's Computer Science MITRE Corporation Purdue University
Tina Tran Ph.D. Computer Science NASA Headquarters – Office of STEM Engagement University of Central Florida
Thanatat Thanaravisara Master's Mechanical Engineering Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) University of Houston
Jessica Chen Master's Computer Science IBM Binghamton University
Erica Galindo Ph.D. Biology GEM (Board Fellow) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champa
Julian Rodriguez Master's Electrical Engineering Apple Inc. Georgia Institute of Technology
Nameer Ahmed Ph.D. Electrical Engineering NASA Headquarters – Office of STEM Engagement University of California – Irvine
Michelle Huang Ph.D. Computer Science Apple Inc. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champa
Makenzi Thomas Ph.D. Biological Engineering Cargill Rice University
Juan Gallardo Vidal Master's Biomedical Engineering GEM (Board Fellow) Carnegie Mellon University
Alex Ren Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Georgia Institute of Technology
Wilfredo Rivera Rodriguez Ph.D. Chemistry Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) University of Central Florida
Adrian Velazquez-Martinez Master's Electrical Engineering Apple Inc. Georgia Institute of Technology
Dylan Winer Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) University of Southern California
Deepta Bharadwaj Master's Bioengineering NASA Headquarters – Office of STEM Engagement University of California San Diego
Alice Mao Ph.D. Computer Science Adobe Systems Incorporated University of California – Irvine
Jessica Heinlen Ph.D. Mathematics Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Purdue University
Yasmein Asfour Master's Computer Engineering Intel Corporation Northeastern University
Kevin Li Master's Mechanical Engineering ASML US, LLC University of California -Berkeley
Varun Chitiveli Master's Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Corporation, The Georgia Institute of Technology
Padmanabh Aman Desai Ph.D. Computer Science Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) University of Southern California
Octavio Jupp Ph.D. Chemistry Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Cornell University
Tairyn Roberts Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering NASA Headquarters – Office of STEM Engagement University of Texas at Dallas
Julio Martinez Master's Electrical Engineering Johns Hopkins U./Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU-APL) New York University – Tandon School of Engineering
Isabella Linarez Master's Data Science IBM University of Southern California
Sarwesh Rauniyar Ph.D. Mathematics IBM Dartmouth College
Vivian Nguyen Ph.D. Computer Science Adobe Systems Incorporated Cornell University
Tamar DeWilde Master's Electrical Engineering Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Carnegie Mellon University
Lateefah Mutiu Master's Computer Engineering Apple Inc. Georgia Institute of Technology
Chyenne Ross Master's Computer Science GEM (Board Fellow) Georgia Institute of Technology
Joel Awuku-Asante Master's Electrical Engineering IBM Purdue University
Nuri Abdul-Rahman Master's Computer Science NASA Headquarters – Office of STEM Engagement University of Maryland Baltimore County
Chandanie Kutwaru Master's Medical Physics Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) Columbia University
Daniela Zamora Alviarez Ph.D. Material Science ASML US, LLC University of Illinois at Urbana-Champa
Michelle Gonzalez Master's Material Science NASA Headquarters – Office of STEM Engagement Northeastern University
melody Enwerem Ph.D. Computer Engineering Arlo Technologies Clemson University
Suraya Rahman Papri Ph.D. Food Science GEM (Board Fellow) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champa
Maxwell Hill Ph.D. Electrical Engineering Savannah Rivers National Lab Clemson University
Tage Burnett Ph.D. Computational Science and Engineering Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Georgia Institute of Technology
Vincent Jodoin Ph.D. Mathematics Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Edward Cowles Master's Nuclear Engineering Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) North Carolina State University
Arlee Shelby Ph.D. Physics Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) North Carolina State University
Santiago Genty Ph.D. Physics Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Florida State University
Brianna Billingsley Ph.D. Physics Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) University of Arizona
Dehlia Lang Ph.D. Chemistry Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Clemson University
Maxwell Brown Ph.D. Chemistry Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Brown University
Ethan Holland Master's Computer Science Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Fatima Bowers Master's Computer Science Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) University of Tennessee, Knoxville
John Mwungeli Master's Material Science Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Rice University
Danielle Griffin Ph.D. Mathematics Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Brown University
Johnathan Kowalski Ph.D. Physics Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Florida State University
Grant Saggars Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Duke University
Katherine Moody Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) North Carolina State University
Benjamin Labiner Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) North Carolina State University
Owen Bloise Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) North Carolina State University
Rudy Santayana Master's Material Science Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champa
Alexandra Akins Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) North Carolina State University
Melissa Martin Ph.D. Earth & Environment Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Boston University
Adam Tobin-Williams Ph.D. Chemical Engineering Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bailey Lake Ph.D. Material Science Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Florida State University
Wenxiao Deng Ph.D. Chemistry Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) University of Pennsylvania
Eric Yeh Ph.D. Material Science Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) University of California Los Angeles
Jacy Lieberum Ph.D. Chemistry Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) University of California Santa Barbara
Aaliyah Zuniga Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) North Carolina State University
Emma Viani Master's Computer Science Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) University of New Mexico
Sarah Estupinan Jimenez Ph.D. Physics Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Carter Montag Ph.D. Mathematics Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) University of Arizona
Audrey Hostetler Ph.D. Chemistry Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Case Western Reserve University

Associate Fellows

Name Degree Type Major Employer Sponsor (if applicable) University Sponsor
Elihu McMahon Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering Case Western Reserve University
Yumie Lee Ph.D. Bioengineering University of California San Diego
Daeun Chung Ph.D. Computer Science Yale University
Morgan Congdon Ph.D. Material Science Brown University
Kiana Cahue Ph.D. Chemistry Rice University
Kiara Fletcher Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering University of California – Irvine
Maiya Duncan Ph.D. Environmental Science Michigan Technological University
Ella Nicole Viray Ph.D. Material Science University of California Santa Barbara
Angela Ponce Olea Master's Nutritional Science University of Arizona
Celia Negrete Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering Rice University
Adriana LaVopa Ph.D. Material Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champa
Valeria Sanchez Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering Rice University
Anna Nguyen Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering University of California San Diego
Xavier Portalatin Rodriguez Ph.D. Material Science Purdue University
Isabella Martinez Pruet Ph.D. Chemistry Brown University
Jasmine Klinkao Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering University of California San Diego
Jeancarlos Llerena Ph.D. Material Science Rice University
Derik Seymour Ph.D. Chemistry University of California Santa Barbara
Owen Crocker Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering University of California San Diego
Nicholas Saralidze Ph.D. Material Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champa
Eliana Rodriguez Ph.D. Bioengineering University of California San Diego
Jasmine Johnson Ph.D. Engineering Education University of Georgia
Salvador Blanco Ph.D. Geophysics Rice University
Gerardo Paramo Ph.D. Bioengineering University of Pittsburgh
Mya Verrett Ph.D. Bioengineering California Institute of Technology
Alberto Bustamante Ph.D. Material Science Johns Hopkins University
Ariana Diaz Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering Rice University
Malik Hickman Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering University of Florida

University Fellows

Name Degree Type Major Employer Sponsor (if applicable) University Sponsor
Shiou Ching Chen Master's Electrical Engineering New York University – Tandon School of Engineering
Aiden Satterfield Master's Cybersecurity New York University – Tandon School of Engineering
Joshua Leonce Master's Data Science New York University – Tandon School of Engineering
Joyce Kimojino-Weiss Master's Computer Science Northeastern University
Khyree Watson Master's Engineering Management New York University – Tandon School of Engineering
Afroza Aktar Master's Electrical and Computer Engineering Cornell University
Issatou Hadji Master's Data Science New York University – Tandon School of Engineering
Bugha Okafor Master's Electrical and Computer Engineering Cornell University
Oumou Azika Master's Biomedical Engineering New York University – Tandon School of Engineering
Leonardo Rojas Master's Mechanical Engineering Northern Arizona Univeristy
Geanna Gwinn Master's Human Computer Interaction New York University – Tandon School of Engineering
Siole Mayeski Master's Mechanical Engineering Stanford University
Dominique Bradshaw Master's Data Science New York University – Tandon School of Engineering
Molod Assamoi Master's Data Analytics New York University – Tandon School of Engineering
Ashton Spinney Master's Computer Science New York University – Tandon School of Engineering
Xiao Qi Lee Master's Computer Science New York University – Tandon School of Engineering
Joy Ware Master's Human Computer Interaction New York University – Tandon School of Engineering
Cesar Duarte Master's Mechanical Engineering Northern Arizona Univeristy
Brisnid Pardo Master's Biomedical Engineering New York University – Tandon School of Engineering
Brenda Poveda-Diaz Master's Civil Engineering New York University – Tandon School of Engineering
Diana Medina Master's Cybersecurity New York University – Tandon School of Engineering
Frantz JeanPierre Master's Data Analytics New York University – Tandon School of Engineering
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