Illinois Physics Graduate Students Earn 2022 NSF Graduate Research Fellowships and Honorable Mentions

Illinois Physics graduate students Adam Bauer, Ryan Bogucki, and Michael Wentzel  have been awarded 2022 NSF Graduate Research Fellowships.  Only roughly 2200 fellowships were awarded from over 12,000 applications. 

Adam is a 2nd-year graduate student working with Cristian Proistosescu, Ryan is a 2nd-year graduate student working with Karin Dahmen, and Michael is a 2nd-year graduate student working with Yoni Kahn. 1st-year graduate student Ellen Gulian and 2nd-year graduate student Jacopo Gliozzi earned Honorable Mention distinctions for the 2022 NSF Grad Research Fellowship Competition.

Adam, Ryan, and Michael join the following 15 current Illinois Physics grad students who are NSF graduate fellowship recipients: Brandon Buncher, Mari Cieszynski, Michael Highman, Daniel Inafuku, Kevin Kleiner, Colin Lualdi, Julian May-Mann, Debora Mroczek, Rachel Nguyen, Kathleen Oolman, Randy Owen, Kristen Schumacher, Saavanth Velury, Laura Wadleigh, and Garrett Williams.