Our Students

The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation was established by Congress in 1986 to serve as a living memorial to honor the lifetime work of Senator Barry Goldwater, who served his country for 56 years as a soldier and statesman, including 30 years in the U.S. Senate. By providing scholarships to college sophomores and juniors who intend to pursue research careers in the natural sciences, mathematics and engineering, the Goldwater Foundation is helping ensure that the U.S. is producing the number of highly-qualified professionals the Nation needs in these critical fields.

2020: Tal Sneh
Field of Study: Biochemistry and Physics;
Career Goal: Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering. Apply nanotechnology as a professor at a university to develop affordable tools that address diagnostic and therapeutic challenges in the field.

2020: Alexis Hocken
Field of Study: Chemical engineering with a minor in biochemistry
Career Goal: Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering. Conduct research in nanomaterials for biomedical applications.

2019: Madeleine Howell
Field of Study: Chemistry
Career Goal: Ph.D. in Physical and Biological Chemistry. Develop technologies for ultrafast and non-invasive imaging to answer fundamental biological and chemical questions as research faculty at a university.
 

2018: Meilin Zhu
Field of Study: Biochemistry
Career Goal: Ph.D. in Biological Engineering. Conduct research in global health engineering with an emphasis on point of care technologies and teach at a university.

2018: Humza Zubair
Field of Study: Biochemistry
Career Goal: Ph.D. in biochemistry and biological sciences. Teach and conduct research to advance scientific knowledge.

2014: Ryan Yue Muller
Major(s): Biochemistry, Molecular/Cellular Biology
Career Goals: Ph.D. in Synthetic Biology. Conduct research in biotechnology and teach at the university level.

2011: John Benjamin Ingraham
Major(s): Biochemistry, Applied Mathematics
Career Goal: Ph.D. in Computational Biology. Conduct research in genetic and cell regulatory processes and teach at the university level.

2011: Michael James Kenney
Major(s): Chemistry
Career Goal: Ph.D. in Chemistry. Conduct research in solar energy and teach at a university.

2011: Erik Stout
Major(s): Biochemistry, Economics
Career Goal: Ph.D. in Neuroscience. Conduct research in spinal cord regeneration and neuronal plasticity or brain- machine interfacing.

2009: Joshua Ryan Niska
Major(s): Biochemistry
Career Goal: M.D./Ph.D. in Cancer Biology. Conduct cancer research in both laboratory and clinical settings, and teach at the university/medical school level.

2009: Charles Benjamin Strauber
Major(s): Biochemistry/Linguistics
Career Goal: Ph.D. in Neuroscience. Conduct research on the neural bases of language, learning, and development, and teach at the university level.

2008: Charlene Bashore
Major(s): Biochemistry
Career Goal: Ph.D. in Chemical Biology. Conduct research in biomedical science, particularly cancer research.

2008: Lara Cardy
Major(s): Biochemistry/Speech and Hearing
Career Goal: Ph.D. in Neuroscience. Teach at the university level and conduct research regarding the neurological underpinnings of developmental disorders, specifically Autism Spectrum Disorders.

2006: James J. Cronican
Major(s): Biochemistry
Career Goal: Ph.D. in Biochemistry. Conduct research work on uncharacterized proteins, detailing the fundamental principles of enzyme catalysis for the purpose of applying this knowledge to address needs that exist now or in the future.

2006: Shannon P. Fortin
Major(s): Biochemistry
Career Goal: M.D./Ph.D. in Biochemistry/Computational Mathematics. Conduct research with an emphasis in cancer cell biology, integrating a clinical perspective.