2022

Janice Zhong – Fulbright S/R Semi-Finalist

Janice Zhong – Fulbright S/R Semi-Finalist

Janice graduated from UCI in 2022 with a double major in International Studies and Criminology, Law and Society. As an undergraduate, Janice worked with The Counterterrorism Group, a private intelligence firm, documenting and analyzing global terrorist organizations....

Lili Castillo – NSF Recipient

Lili Castillo – NSF Recipient

Lili Castillo is a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow and a proud Latina and first-generation college student. Lili is a graduating senior majoring in Mechanical Engineering with a specialization in Design of Mechanical Systems and a minor in...

Jira (Hugh) Trinetkamol – Strauss Recipient

Jira (Hugh) Trinetkamol – Strauss Recipient

Jira (Hugh) Trinetkamol is a Strauss Scholarship Candidate. Hugh is an international student from Bangkok, Thailand and a junior majoring in Political Science and Economics with a minor in Management and Urban & Regional Planning at the University of California,...

Christopher Liu – NSF Recipient

Christopher Liu – NSF Recipient

Christopher Liu is a 2022 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship recipient and a graduating senior in Chemical Engineering with a specialization in Energy and Sustainability. Chris studied the wettability of porous electrodes for polymer electrolyte...

Lucy Yang – NSF Recipient

Lucy Yang – NSF Recipient

Lucy Yang is a UCI Regent’s Scholar and a chemistry and biological sciences double major. She is a 2021 Goldwater Scholar and conducts undergraduate research in Professor Andrej Lupták’s lab, where her work focuses on origins of life chemistry—in particular, she has...

Erin Araneta – NSF Recipient

Erin Araneta – NSF Recipient

Erin Joy E. Araneta is a chemistry undergrad working with Professor Jenny Yang’s group at UC Irvine. She is a graduating senior and was named the Distinguished Anteater awardee, ACS LEADS scholar, undergraduate Innovation Fellow, and Crankstart foundation scholar. She...

Pratyush Muthukumar – NSF Recipient

Pratyush Muthukumar – NSF Recipient

Pratyush is a transfer student from California State University Los Angeles and a UCI Alumni Association Scholar in Computer Science. His research experiences include Artificial Intelligence-based traffic monitoring systems for semi-autonomous vehicles and a joint...

Michelle Wei – California Capital Fellows Finalist

Michelle Wei – California Capital Fellows Finalist

Michelle Wei is a 4th year student at UCI. She grew up in Sunnyvale, CA. Entering as a Social Policy and Public Service major, she decided to emphasize in governance and add a double major in Education Sciences with a specialization in research and evaluation. She is...

Angelene Obedoza – California Capital Fellows Finalist

Angelene Obedoza – California Capital Fellows Finalist

Angelene Obedoza is a Finalist for the Capital Fellows Judicial Internship. She is a graduating senior majoring in Political Science and has participated in a wide range of extra-curricular activities that involve policy-making, journalism writing, community service,...

Sauntharya Manikandan – California Capital Fellows Finalist

Sauntharya Manikandan – California Capital Fellows Finalist

Sauntharya Manikandan is a Legal Ops Analyst at TIBCO Software and is a fellow on CAFWD’s Young Leaders Advisory Council and the Legal Education and Access Pipeline. She graduated magna cum laude in Spring 2021 with a double major in Psychological Sciences and...