AY 2025-2026 and Summer 2026 Bowdoin Fellows
Charlotte C. Billingsley ’24 Memorial Fellowship
Fellow: Zach Ozols '28
Research Project: Effect of Autotomy on Locomotor Energetics in Sea Stars: Continuous Froude Number Tracking
Faculty Mentor: Amy Johnson
Bowdoin College Fall Research Award
Fellow: Clementine Bannon '26
Research Project: Who Does Waldorf Education Really Work For?
Faculty Mentor: Kathryn Byrnes
Fellow: Dylan Berr '26
Research Project: Quantifying avian window collisions as a reflection of migratory patterns and species richness of Northeastern bird species on the Bowdoin campus
Faculty Mentor: Brandon Tate
Fellow: Divya Bhargava '26
Research Project: Investigating the role of glycan biosynthesis on Helicobacter pylori adhesion to host cells
Faculty Mentor: Danielle Dube
Fellow: Ella Chu '26
Research Project: Shining a Light on Photocatalytic Removal of Chromium Tricarbonyl in Cobalt-Catalyzed C–H Borylation Reactions
Faculty Mentor: Richard Broene
Fellow: Oliver Clachko '26
Research Project: Mark Twain Archival Reseach & Museum Tour
Faculty Mentor: Tess Chakkalakal
Fellow: Alexa Comes '26
Research Project: Effects of plasticizer di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate and neuroprotectants rosmarinic acid and curcumin on mammalian spinal locomotor activity
Faculty Mentor: Manuel Diaz-Rios
Fellow: Lilly Curtis '26
Research Project: Archives of Silence: Intergenerational Trauma and Healing Across China and America
Faculty Mentor: Brock Clarke
Fellow: Camila Eljuri '27
Research Project: Mazzini’s Thoughts on Machiavelli: Fortune, Divine Destiny, and The Clashing Natures
Faculty Mentor: Alejandro Cuadrado
Fellow: Chloe Garcia '26
Research Project: Effects of temperature on the modulation of a small motor network
Faculty Mentor: Daniel Powell
Fellow: Larah Gutierrez-Camano '26
Research Project: Corpus and Codicology: Tracing Proteins and Prayers in a Medieval Birthing Girdle
Faculty Mentor: Emma Maggie Solberg
Fellow: Noemi Guzman '26
Research Project: The Sound of Home: Mariachi in Los Angeles
Faculty Mentor: Nadia Celis
Fellow: Kirstin Hayes '26
Research Project: "The Special Mission": The African Methodist Episcopal Church’s Campaign of Racial Uplift in the Post-Reconstruction Era
Faculty Mentor: Bianca Williams
Fellow: Victoria Jang '26
Research Project: Optimizing the Synthesis of an Aluminum-Based Metal-Organic Framework
Faculty Mentor: Amnon Ortoll-Bloch
Fellow: Meadon Jennings '26
Research Project: Examining potential mRNA transport protein Ips1 to assess its role in hyphal development in Candida albicans
Faculty Mentor: Anne McBride
Fellow: Mingi Kang '26
Research Project: Attention via Convolutional Nearest Neighbor
Faculty Mentor: Jeova Farias
Fellow: Elina Kapur '27
Research Project: Real-Time Reactive Neurological Art
Faculty Mentor: Badie Khaleghian
Fellow: Sam Koegler '26
Research Project: Investigation of Peptoid Catalysts for Nucleophilic Trifluoromethylation of Carbonyls
Faculty Mentor: Benjamin Gorske
Fellow: Alena Lemeshova '26
Research Project: Anxiolytic short- and long-term effects of a single ketamine dose on the potentiated startle response in the Wistar-Kyoto rat model of affective dysfunction
Faculty Mentor: Jennifer Honeycutt
Fellow: Zellie Lipman '26
Research Project: Systematics of a novel nudibranch species from Western Australia
Faculty Mentor: Jack Bateman
Fellow: Graham Lucas '26
Research Project: Moonwalking Juvenile Sea Stars
Faculty Mentor: Amy Johnson
Fellow: Mark Mateo '26
Research Project: Plato on the Relationship of Eros to Politics: A Field Study
Faculty Mentor: Jean Yarbrough
Fellow: Emma Mazlish '26
Research Project: Characterizing the differential impacts of phytoplankton community composition and size structure on carbon cycling in Harpswell Sound, Maine
Faculty Mentor: Collin Roessler
Fellow: Aurélie Nishimwe '26
Research Project: From Anti-Aesthetic to Revolutionary Beauty: The Aesthetics of Politics, Sound, and Intimacy in African Cinema
Faculty Mentor: Hanétha Vété-Congolo
Fellow: Alex Ordentlich '26
Research Project: Experimental Analysis of Fire Turbulence and Ember Lofting
Faculty Mentor: Phil Camill
Fellow: Kaya Patel '26
Research Project: Exploring the sex-specific effects of ketamine on perineuronal net coverage around parvalbumin interneurons following early-life adversity
Faculty Mentor: Jennifer Honeycutt
Fellow: Mary Rainey '27
Research Project: The Impact of Psychological Stress and Burnout on ACL Injury Recovery Rates in College Athletes
Faculty Mentor: Vianney Gomezgil
Fellow: Rashid Shumaim '26
Research Project: The Jurisprudence of Ecstasy: Qawwali and Islamic Authority
Faculty Mentor: Shreyas Sreenath
Fellow: Asher Savel '26
Research Project: Sowing Autonomy to Harvest Sovereignty: An Analysis of Maine Food Sovereignty
Faculty Mentor: Shana Starobin
Fellow: Lia Scharnau '26
Research Project: Assessing Ssd1 as a potential RNA-transport protein in Candida albicans
Faculty Mentor: Anne McBride
Fellow: Matthew Stein '27
Research Project: Identifying Geologic Deformation Using Machine Learning and BSE Images of Titanite
Faculty Mentor: Claire Harrigan
Fellow: Frances Trafton '26
Research Project: The Reformation Pamphlet “Passional Christi und Antichristi” in Context
Faculty Mentor: Jill Smith
Fellow: Will Tran '26
Research Project: Will Tran History Honors Visit to the IAEA Archives
Faculty Mentor: Page Herrlinger
Fellow: Sam Turrigiano '26
Research Project: Exile and Consolation in Roman Literature: From Forum to Autobiography
Faculty Mentor: Barbara Weiden Boyd
Fellow: Piper Wilson '26
Research Project: Developing a system unsing the MS2 coat protein and specific binding sites to visualize mRNA in live cells
Faculty Mentor: Anne McBride
Bowdoin College Summer Research Fellowship
Fellow: Daedalus Arnold '27
Research Project: You Shall Not Defile the Land: Burial Practice in Judah in the First and Second Temple Periods
Faculty Mentor: Todd Berzon
Fellow: Aiden Aybar '28
Research Project: Ancient Ethical Traditions and the Modern Pursuit of a Good Life
Faculty Mentor: Emily Austin
Fellow: Blake Covert '27
Research Project: Leadership Expectations and Candidate Evaluations by Sexual Orientation and Office Type
Faculty Mentor: Luiz Vilaca
Fellow: Dell Davis-Batt '27
Research Project: The Effects of Moral Reframing on Attitudes Towards ICE
Faculty Mentor: Luiz Vilaca
Fellow: Kiran Elfenbein '28
Research Project: Race and the Prosperity Gospel
Faculty Mentor: Elizabeth Pritchard
Fellow: Natalie Emmerson '27
Research Project: The Trump Doctrine and Its Effect on the International Order
Faculty Mentor: Ezgi Yildiz
Fellow: Felix Field '28
Research Project: The Cost of Computation: Evaluating the Effect of AI Data Centers on Energy Costs
Faculty Mentor: Jessica LaVoice
Fellow: Gary Hernandez '27
Research Project: On Medieval Ecstasy: The Political Function of the Body in The Book of Margery Kempe
Faculty Mentor: Emma Maggie Solberg
Fellow: Dylan Herring '27
Research Project: Developing a nanotube pulling assay for the investigation of F-BAR protein membrane self-assembly
Faculty Mentor: Michael Henderson
Fellow: Peyton Jones '27
Research Project: Evaluating Blame and Empathy in Children's Understanding of Structural Inequality
Faculty Mentor: Katharine Scott
Fellow: Dorian Maillot '27
Research Project: Political Violence in 18th and 19th Revolutionary France: The Distinction Between Despotic Terror and the Exercise of Popular Sovereignty
Faculty Mentor: Paul Franco
Fellow: Egor Malinin '29
Research Project: Dismantling the Bench: A Comparative Analysis of Judicial Capture and Executive Aggrandizement in Russia, Hungary, and Poland
Faculty Mentor: Laura Henry
Fellow: Erin Pullinger '27
Research Project: What determines geographic variation in health outcomes? Evidence from the Covid-19 pandemic
Faculty Mentor: Zorina Khan
Fellow: Lucas Ribadeneira '27
Research Project: Nietzsche and Shame: The Problem of Self-Affirmation in Society
Faculty Mentor: Paul Franco
Fellow: Caroline Stuhlfaut '27
Research Project: Defining the Limits of Retinoic Acid-induced Tooth Development in Zebrafish
Faculty Mentor: William Jackman
Fellow: River Vermillion '28
Research Project: An Investigation of Minoan Religion via Comparative Evidence: Native Practices and Egyptian Influence ca. 1500-1400 BCE
Faculty Mentor: Todd Berzon
Fellow: Saron Workineh '28
Research Project: Dynamic Multi-Objective Optimization with Interdependencies
Faculty Mentor: Mohammed Irfan
Alan M. Christenfeld Summer Research Fellowship
Fellow: Rye Hughes '28
Research Project: Infrastructural effects on player retention across women's soccer leagues
Faculty Mentor: Jessica LaVoice
Fellow: Javier Martin Garcia '27
Research Project: "DIY or Die": Gender Autonomy & Collective Survival against Institutional Gatekeeping
Faculty Mentor: Angel Matos
James Stacy Coles Summer Research Fellowship
Fellow: Gifty Banahene '27
Research Project: Retinoic Acid Concentration Influences Heart Development in Zebrafish
Faculty Mentor: William Jackman
Fellow: Andrew Fieffe '27
Research Project: Utilizing Substituted Aromatic Sidechains to Promote Enantioselective Catalytic Trifluoromethylation
Faculty Mentor: Benjamin Gorske
Henry L. and Grace Doherty Charitable Foundation Coastal Studies Research Fellowship
Fellow: Henry Burke '28
Research Project: Effect of temperature acclimation on rhymical circuits in Decapods
Faculty Mentor: Dan Powell
Fellow: Court Callis '27
Research Project: Temperature Variability and Robustness in Crustacean Central Pattern Generators
Faculty Mentor: Dan Powell
Fellow: Ellie Carter '28
Research Project: Effects of Autotomy on Locomotor Performance of the Sea Star, Asterias forbesi
Faculty Mentor: Amy Johnson
Fellow: Anna Feng '28
Research Project: Robustness of cardiac and stomatogastric system of the American lobster and Jonah crab under temperature acclimations
Faculty Mentor: Daniel Powell
Fellow: Tipton Heminway '28
Research Project: Impacts of Arm Regeneration and Water Flow on Sea star Locomotion
Faculty Mentor: Amy Johnson
Fellow: James Ingraham '28
Research Project: Examining urbanization and its effects on Littorina littorea through growth rings
Faculty Mentor: Christopher Wells
Fellow: Avery Kyle '28
Research Project: Energetic Trade-Offs Under Thermal Stress: Regeneration and Feeding Performance in Asterias forbesi
Faculty Mentor: Amy Johnson
Fellow: Will Lollis '28
Research Project: Changes in the Antimicrobial Peptide Hoa-D1 During an Immune Challenge in the American Lobster, Homarus americanus
Faculty Mentor: Elizabeth Stemmler
Fellow: Sara Schubert '28
Research Project: Effects of Arm Regeneration on Locomotion of Sea Stars of Various Sizes
Faculty Mentor: Amy Johnson
Fellow: Allie Staub '28
Research Project: Characterizing the Antimicrobial Peptide Hoa-D1 in Homarus americanus Under Stress
Faculty Mentor: Elizabeth Stemmler
Fellow: Yan Xu '27
Research Project: Testing Antimicrobial Activity of Purified Hoa-D1 in the American Lobster Homarus americanus
Faculty Mentor: Elizabeth Stemmler
Fellow: Cherish Zhao '28
Research Project: Rebuilding a Distributed Control System During Nerve Regeneration in Sea Star Locomotion
Faculty Mentor: Amy Johnson
Robert and Blythe Edwards Fund for the Arts
Fellow: Juliet McDermott '28
Research Project: From Sea to Shining Sea: Painting the National Parks en Plein Air
Faculty Mentor: James Mullen
Fellow: Katie Tran '27
Research Project: Tree Bark Transformation: A material investigation of the natural world
Faculty Mentor: Jackie Brown
Robert Freedman ’87, P’17 and Anne Cirillo P’17 Student Fellowship Program
Fellow: Shreya Alturi '28
Research Project: Investigating the Roles of runx2a and runx2b Transcription Factors in Zebrafish Tooth Development
Faculty Mentor: William Jackman
Freedman Summer Research Fellowship in Coastal/Environmental Studies
Fellow: Stephanie de Carvalho Macedo
Research Project: Daphnia Physiology: Multi-generational Adaptation to Salinity and Parasites
Faculty Mentor: Mary Rogalski
Sarah A. Gessner ’96 Memorial Fellowship
Fellow: Ben Carroll '27
Research Project: Interpreting Illness: From Medical Theory to Literary Representation
Faculty Mentor: Samia Rahimtoola
Hughes Family Summer Research Fellowship
Fellow: Blue Monreal '28
Research Project: Parasite prevalence in freshwater zooplankton across a salinity gradient.
Faculty Mentor: Mary Rogalski
Matthew R. '72, P'02 & Marcia A. P'02 Kaufman Family Fellowship
Fellow: Lionel Yu '28
Research Project: Modeling and Implementing CSP-based algorithms for Congestion Games
Faculty Mentor: Mohammad Irfan
Kibbe Science Fellowship
Fellow: Annabel Close '28
Research Project: Developing a Carbon Inventory Across Land Cover Types of Midcoast Maine
Faculty Mentor: Phil Camill
Fellow: Jack Luehrman '28
Research Project: Finding Security flaws in AI Chatbot Networking Protocols
Faculty Mentor: Jeffrey Knockel
Fellow: Nora Wunsch '28
Research Project: Analyzing Garnet Deformation using SEM Data
Faculty Mentor: Emily Peterman
Fellow: Sophie Zhang '29
Research Project: Examining the Recruitment Patterns of Prefrontal Cortex Parvalbumin Interneurons in the Rat Anxiety Response using DREADDs
Faculty Mentor: Jennifer Honeycutt
Kufe Family Research Fellowship
Fellow: Bella Fernandez '27
Research Project: Investigating Peptoid Catalysts for Enantioselective Trifluoromethylation Reactions
Faculty Mentor: Benjamin Gorske
Fellow: Eoin Gallagher '27
Research Project: Probing the Role of Glycan Biosynthesis in Helicobacter pylori Adhesion to Human Cells
Faculty Mentor: Danielle Dube
Fellow: Dax Garza '27
Research Project: Characterizing Toll Receptors’ expression in adult Gryllus bimaculatus tissue
Faculty Mentor: Hadley Horch
Fellow: Haney Haidari '27
Research Project: Examining ketamine's effects on AMPA receptor concentration and the potentiated startle response in the Wistar-Kyoto rat model of affective dysfunction
Faculty Mentor: Jennifer Honeycutt
Fellow: Mitchell Jefferson '28
Research Project: Investigating zeste's impact on transvection in Drosophila melanogaster
Faculty Mentor: Jack Bateman
Fellow: Alana Jenkins '28
Research Project: Complete Characterization of the Photochemical Synthesis of Cp*Co bis-ethene and Various Cp*Co(polyolefin) Complexes
Faculty Mentor: Richard Broene
Fellow: Kennedy Kirkland '27
Research Project: Investigating RNA Exosome Mutations as Drivers of Neurological Disease Pathogenesis
Faculty Mentor: Maria Sterrett
Fellow: BaoBao Nguyen '27
Research Project: Determining the impact of genetically perturbing regulators of CD8+ T cell-mediated cytotoxicity
Faculty Mentor: Son Nguyen
Fellow: Songa Rwamucyo '27
Research Project: Investigating the binding pattern between proteins that influence growth and function in the fungal yeast C. albicans
Faculty Mentor: Anne McBride
Fellow: Anton Schmeissner '27
Research Project: Developing SKILL-seq, a Novel Technique to Analyze Tissue-to-Tissue Differences in Killer T-Cell Activity
Faculty Mentor: Son Nguyen
Fellow: Mukudzei Seremani '28
Research Project: Comparative Analysis of IPS1 and SHE3 Deletions and Their Effects on Filamentous Growth in Candida albicans
Faculty Mentor: Anne McBride
Lifson Family Summer Research Fellowship
Fellow: Whitney Pellegrino '27
Research Project: "You Belong at Bowdoin": An Investigation of Bowdoin College as an Institution and Its Impact on the Student Experience
Faculty Mentor: Ingrid Nelson
Maine Space Grant Consortium Undergraduate Research Experience
Fellow: Gisela Contreras '27
Research Project: Assessing the Consequences of RNA Exosomeopathy Mutations on RNA Exosome Complex Integrity
Faculty Mentor: Maria Sterret
Fellow: Sree Kandhadai '27
Research Project: Mechanistic Studies on Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic Wastewater Pollutants
Faculty Mentor: Elizabeth Stemmler
Fellow: Preeti Pandey '29
Research Project: Predicting Relaxation Pathways of Nickel Photoredox Catalysts
Faculty Mentor: Thais Scott
Fellow: Jessica Penilton '28
Research Project: The Importance of Toll 6-1 and Sema1a.2 in neuronal guidance and plasticity in the auditory system of the cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus
Faculty Mentor: Hadley Horch
Fellow: Noah Rockey '27
Research Project: Investigating Toll 6-1 Function in the Embryonic Nervous System of Cricket Gryllus bimaculatus
Faculty Mentor: Hadley Horch
Craig A. McEwen Student Research Fellowship in the Social Sciences
Fellow: Tolly Kaiser '28
Research Project: On The Road... Again
Faculty Mentor: Willi Lempert
Fellow: Anna Yeh '27
Research Project: Examining the Effects of Related and Unrelated Self-Affirmations on Internalized Stigma in Sexual Minority Populations
Faculty Mentor: Katharine Scott
Micoleau Family Fellowship in the Creative and Performing Arts
Fellow: Saruul Jagdagdorj '27
Research Project: "The Water" Short Film
Faculty Mentor: Davis Robinson
Ellen M. P'78 and Herbert M. Patterson '42, P'78 Research Fellowship
Fellow: Michaela Brough '27
Research Project: Women's Roles in Roman Religion
Faculty Mentor: Barbara Boyd
Patterson/Baird Family Research Fellowship
Fellow: Zach Green '28
Research Project: At the Altar of the Nation: A Comparison of Hindu Nationalism Movements in India
Faculty Mentor: Claire Robison
Rusack Coastal Studies Fellowship
Fellow: Amelia Alpren '28
Research Project: Investigating the Effects of Salinity and Tidal Inundation on CO2 and CH4 Emissions in Maine Salt Marshes
Faculty Mentor: Phil Camill
Fellow: Catherine Benavides '27
Research Project: Casco Bay Eelgrass Meadow Seasonal Physiology
Faculty Mentor: Barry Logan
William B. Sorabella '97 Global Health Fellowship
Fellow: Jenna Lam '28
Research Project: Defining the transcriptional correlates of viral non-rebound in an animal model of HIV cure
Faculty Mentor: Son Nguyen
Surdna Foundation Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program
Fellow: Rima Alsafarjlani '27
Research Project: Children's Reasoning About Structural Inequality and Judgements of Fairness
Faculty Mentor: Katharine Scott
Fellow: Nicholas Enbar-Salo '27
Research Project: Temporal Brain Connectivity and Alzheimer's Prognosis: A Machine Learning Approach
Faculty Mentor: Jeova Farias
Fellow: EJ Esmas '27
Research Project: Spectacle and Silence in Colonial Commemorative Locations in Aix-en-Provence, France
Faculty Mentor: Meryem Belkaid
Fellow: Lindsay Golan '27
Research Project: Exploring the Sex-Specific Connection between Parvalbumin Activity and Behavioral Vigilance in Rats
Faculty Mentor: Jennifer Honeycutt
Fellow: Silas Hultman '27
Research Project: Investigating srGAPs' selective binding to membrane phospholipids
Faculty Mentor: Michael Henderson
Fellow: Jacob Kasanin '27
Research Project: Direction of Information Flow in Post-Retrieval Monitoring of Episodic Memory
Faculty Mentor: Erika Nyhus
Fellow: Asher Kelly '27
Research Project: Exploiting Context in Influence Games: Learning Context-Dependent Networks in the U.S. Senate
Faculty Mentor: Mohammad Irfan
Fellow: Federica Lombardi '27
Research Project: Characterization of the impact of RNA exosomopathy mutations on cofactor binding in the RNA exosome in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Faculty Mentor: Maria Sterret
Fellow: Raghad Mohamed '27
Research Project: Byzantine Networks: Applying Byzantine Game Theory to Network Analysis
Faculty Mentor: Mohammad Irfan
Fellow: Amaya Nicklas '27
Research Project: "Fringe" Beliefs in Epistemically Polluted Environments
Faculty Mentor: Aliosha Barranco Lopez
Fellow: Chioma Ralph-Mbah '27
Research Project: Identifying Genes Responsible for Head and Tail Development in Bradysia
Faculty Mentor: Jack Bateman
Fellow: Riley Roessler '27
Research Project: Does mRNA mediate protein interactions in the mRNA transport pathway of a common pathogenic fungus?
Faculty Mentor: Anne McBride
Fellow: Mina Shenoy '27
Research Project: Linking Leaf Pigments and Forest Productivity with Digital Photography
Faculty Mentor: Barry Logan
Fellow: Eva Sola-Sole '27
Research Project: Highlighting relationships between child play and science and engineering practices to inform educator support in play-based learning environments
Faculty Mentor: Alison Riley Miller
Fellow: Selima Terras '26
Research Project: Imagining Futures through Music: Grounding, Reflecting on, and Developing Community Songwriting Initiative in Tunisia
Faculty Mentor: Shreyas Sreenath
Fellow: Owen Weller '27
Research Project: Evaluating the Impact of Charge Mutations on Alamethicin's Pore Formation
Faculty Mentor: Michael Henderson
Nellie C. Watterson Summer Fellowship in the Creative and Performing Arts
Fellow: Mylia Vigue '27
Research Project: Exploring The Intimate Through Creative Writing
Faculty Mentor: Brock Clarke