{"id":53030,"date":"2026-05-20T17:25:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T21:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/chembe\/?post_type=news&p=53030"},"modified":"2026-05-20T17:25:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T21:25:50","slug":"nsf-grfp-2026","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/chembe\/news\/nsf-grfp-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Promising Student Research Selected for Prestigious Fellowships"},"content":{"rendered":"

Students working on research with high future potential\u2014from microbes to new HIV treatments\u2014were\u00a0awarded 2026\u00a0<\/span>NSF Graduate Research Fellowships<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The awards are among some of the nation’s most prestigious fellowships, providing financial support to graduate students who have\u00a0demonstrated\u00a0potential for significant achievements in research.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Among the 2,500 recipients are six chemical and biomolecular engineering students:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Lavanya Gupta<\/span><\/b>\u00a0graduated\u00a0with the class of 2026. At Johns Hopkins,\u00a0she\u00a0conducted research in the\u00a0<\/span>Yayuan Liu<\/span><\/a>\u00a0lab on using renewable energy to convert common substances, such as water and carbon dioxide into fuels,\u00a0fertilizers\u00a0and other products. She will be pursuing a PhD in chemical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Nicole Korinetz<\/span><\/b>\u00a0graduated in 2025 and is currently\u00a0pursuing a PhD in molecular engineering at the University of Chicago.\u00a0Her research at Johns Hopkins focused on developing polymer-based nanoparticles to deliver tiny bits of DNA instructions\u2014housed in mRNA particles\u2014to other cells to treat disease.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Felicity (Songman) Li<\/span><\/b>\u00a0graduated in 2024 and is currently employed by Genentech in their Process Development Rotation Program learning how to develop safe and effective medicines. At Johns Hopkins, Li worked in the laboratory of\u00a0<\/span>Ishan Barman<\/span><\/a>, who studies new methods for imaging biological targets in the lab and in the body, aiming to improve disease diagnosis.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Melina Mohammadi\u00a0<\/span><\/b>graduated\u00a0with the class of 2026.\u00a0Equal parts engineer and microbe enthusiast, Mohammadi\u2019s passion for phage therapy inspired the development of\u00a0DentiPhage, an award-winning project that uses bacteriophages to target oral biofilms. She hopes to continue researching microbial therapeutics and the potential of phage-based medicine to address antibiotic-resistant infections. Mohammadi will begin her PhD program in Microbiology and Immunology at Stanford University.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Claire Sklar<\/span><\/b>\u00a0graduated with the class of 2026. Sklar studied in\u00a0<\/span>Honggang Cui\u2019s laboratory<\/span><\/a>, developing targeted drugs for long-acting injectable treatment of HIV. After graduating with both a BS and MSE in chemical and biomolecular engineering, she is pursuing her PhD in chemical engineering at MIT.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Evan Wang\u00a0<\/span><\/b>graduated with the class of 2026. Wang conducted research in\u00a0<\/span>Hai-Quan Mao<\/span><\/a>\u2019s lab, focusing on biomaterials for regenerative therapy and drug delivery. He will be attending Columbia University to pursue a PhD in biomedical engineering.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Recipients were selected based on\u00a0merit\u00a0and broader impact of their research, including the potential to contribute to scientific innovation.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-53030","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news_categories-awards-and-honors","news_categories-students"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPromising Student Research Selected for Prestigious Fellowships - Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/chembe\/news\/nsf-grfp-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Promising Student Research Selected for Prestigious Fellowships - Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Students working on research with high future potential\u2014from microbes to new HIV treatments\u2014were\u00a0awarded 2026\u00a0NSF Graduate Research Fellowships.\u00a0\u00a0 The awards are among some of the nation’s most prestigious fellowships, providing financial…\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/chembe\/news\/nsf-grfp-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Promising Student Research Selected for Prestigious Fellowships - 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