All four nominees from the University of Michigan, for the first time since 2002, have each been awarded a prestigious Goldwater Scholarship.


The Goldwater Scholarship provides support for highly qualified STEM students who plan to pursue research and a PhD in these fields. The scholarship provides $7,500 in support for the junior and/or senior year of undergraduate study. The Goldwater Scholarship is widely considered the most prestigious scholarship that an undergraduate can win in STEM, and is a bellwether of future successes in the field. This year’s Goldwater Scholars, who all come from the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA), are U-M’s 71st, 72nd, 73rd, and 74th, edging the university in the lead over MIT and tying for 8th place with Kansas State University.

This year’s Goldwater Scholars from the University of Michigan are also all from the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. They are:

 

Tali Khain

Field of Study: Physics and Astronomy

Career Goal: PhD in Physics and conduct research in theoretical astrophysics and also teach at the university level.

Mentors: Konstantin Batygin, David Gerdes, Juliette Becker, Michael Brown, Fred Adams, Juliette Becker

 

Noah McNeal

Field of Study: Physics and Astronomy

Career Goal: PhD in Physics. Research high-energy particle physics at a U.S. National Laboratory or at the university level as a professor.

Mentors: Myron Campbell, David Jaffe, Brian Beckford

 

Carolyn Suh

Field of Study: Chemistry

Career Goal: PhD in Organic Chemistry. Conduct research in organic synthesis with relevance to biocatalysis and teach at the university level.

Mentors: Summer Baker Dockrey, Darrell Cockburn, Alison Narayan, Nicole Koropatkin

 

Eric Winsor

Field of Study: Mathematical Sciences

Career Goal: PhD in mathematics. Conduct research in random matrix theory and formal verification and also teach at the university level.

Mentors: Steven J. Miller, Anton Lukyanenko, Stephen Debacker, Caleb Ashley, Feng Zhu