2024 URF Scholars Recipients

Thirty-six engineering students received 2024 URF Scholars Awards from Northeastern’s Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships. URF Scholars are students who are graduating this year and who have earned a PEAK Experience Award, applied for a distinguished fellowship, or participated in our graduate school advising.

Emin Abrahamian E’24, Bioengineering Accomplishments: Fulbright U.S. Student Scholarship recipient What’s Next: Graduate School. IE University, School of Science and Technology; Business Analytics and Big Data; Masters Mentors: Anand Asthagiri, Northeastern University; Billy Crotty, Neumora Therapeutics; Michael Jaeggli, Northeastern University; Tim Lannin, Northeastern University

Lina Abu-Absi E’24, Chemical Engineering/Biochemistry Accomplishments: PPG Fellowship graduate award recipient; NSF GRFP Honorable Mention; PEAK Summit awardee; Making a Grad School Plan participant What’s Next: Graduate School. University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Chemical Engineering and Materials Science; PhD Mentors: Ryan Koppes, Northeastern University; Courtney Pfluger, Northeastern University; Aditi Jhaveri, Repertoire Immune Medicines; Selina Banerjee, Northeastern University

Abigail Bemis E’24, Mechanical Engineering Accomplishments: Dean’s Fellowship graduate award recipient; AJC Merit Research Scholar; PEAK Ascent awardee; NSF GRFP applicant; Making a Grad School Plan participant What’s Next: Graduate School. Boston University; Materials Science and Engineering; PhD Mentors: Sandra Shefelbine, Northeastern University; Ruobing Bai, Northeastern University; Kris Dorsey, Northeastern University

Olivia Buraks E’24, Chemical Engineering Accomplishments: Making a Grad School Plan participant What’s Next: Graduate School. University of Colorado Boulder Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology PhD Mentors: Ming Su, Northeastern University; Aiswarya Krishnamohan, Dyno Therapeutics; Emilio Flano, Ensoma; Cristina Santoriello, Ensoma

Joshua Cheng E’24, Computer Engineering/Computer Science Accomplishments: PEAK Summit recipient What’s Next: Post-graduation job. Software Engineer, Guardian Agriculture. I will be writing flight critical software for a large agricultural drone. Mentors: Tom Consi, Northeastern University; Mike Soroka,

Alexander Chiommino E’24, Mechanical Engineering Accomplishments: PEAK Summit recipient What’s Next: Something else. Looking for a job in the greater Boston area. Mentors: Alireza Ramezani, Northeastern University; Joshua Hertz, Northeastern University; Mohammed Taslim, Northeastern University

Natalie Daly E’24, Electrical Engineering Accomplishments: NSF GRFP applicant; Making a Grad School Plan participant What’s Next: Mentors:

Richard DeCurtis E’24, Bioengineering/Biochemistry Accomplishments: PEAK Base Camp awardee; Fulbright Fellowship applicant What’s Next: Mentors:

Luke DeMarco E’24, Bioengineering Accomplishments: PEAK Summit awardee; Fulbright Fellowship applicant; Making a Grad School Plan participant What’s Next: Graduate School. Weill Cornell Medicine; Physiology, Biophysics and Systems Biology; PhD Mentors: Dominic Picarella, Catamaran Bio, Inc; Michail Sitkovsky, Northeastern University; Helen Markewich, Saint Anselm College; Brittany Noonan, Northeastern University; Steve Hatfield, Northeastern University

Elizabeth DeToma E’24, Chemical Engineering Accomplishments: PEAK Summit recipient What’s Next: Something else. I will be taking some time off to travel to Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia, and Indonesia and spend time with my family when I return. Afterwards, I hope to apply everything I have learned to work in the battery industry. Mentors: Joshua Gallaway, Northeastern University; Eric Zimmerer, Northeastern University; Bryan Kim, Tesla

Benjamin Field E’24, Bioengineering Accomplishments: Fulbright U.S. Student Scholarship recipient; Making a Graduate School Plan participant What’s Next: Something else. I will be going to Bydgoszcz poland (pronounced bid-gaash) to teach english to undergraduate and graduate students at the Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology. After I get back to the US, I plan on returning to graduate school, pursuing a degree in bioengineering or immunology. Mentors: Timothy Lannin, Northeastern University; Larry Leng, Takeda Pharmaceuticals; Michael Jaeggli, Northeastern University; Elise Lambalot, Tessera Therapeutics; Patricia Lin, Northeastern University

Kelsey Hanle E’24, Bioengineering Accomplishments: PEAK Ascent, Summit recipient What’s Next: Post-graduation job. Interviewing for positions in biotech. Mentors: Jeffrey Ruberti, Northeastern University; Timothy Lannin, Northeastern University; Robert Haines, Synolo Therapeutics; Courtney Hulme, Pfizer

Jessica Healey E’24, Mechanical Engineering Accomplishments: PEAK Base Camp awardee; Making a Grad School Plan participant What’s Next:  University of California San Diego; Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department; PhD Mentors: Nathaniel Hanson, Northeastern University; Kris Dorsey, Northeastern University; Taskin Padir, Northeastern University

Zachary Hoglund E’24, Bioengineering/Biochemistry Accomplishments: PEAK Summit, Shout-It-Out recipient What’s Next: Graduate School. Mentors:

Nethra Iyer E’24, Chemical Engineering Accomplishments: PEAK Base Camp, Ascent, Shout-It-Out awardee; Knight-Hennessy applicant; Making a Grad School Plan participant What’s Next: Graduate School. Columbia University; Chemical Engineering; PhD Mentors: Luke Landherr, Northeastern University; Paul Brookes, Nano-C, Inc.; John Sangster, University of Vermont

Tobias Jonson E’24, Bioengineering/Biochemistry Accomplishments: What’s Next: Mentors:

Aidan Kenny E’24, Mechanical Engineering Accomplishments: PEAK Ascent, Summit awardee; Making a Grad School Plan participant What’s Next: Something else. Backpacking through Asia, then applying to graduate school in the fall for ocean robotics, the getting a contract job for the year until grad school. Mentors: Andrew Gillen, Northeastern University; Kris Dorsey, Northeastern University; Mark Sivak, Northeastern University; Dan Vogt, Harvard University

Hannah Kim E’24, Bioengineering Accomplishments: ; NSF GRFP applicant; Making a Grad School Plan participant What’s Next:  Something else. Mentors: Sari Altschuler, Northeastern University; Chiara Bellini, Northeastern University; Nicole Aljoe, Northeastern University; Sandra Shefelbine, Northeastern University

Tanishka Kucheria E’24, Chemical Engineering Accomplishments: PEAK Ascent awardee; Making a Grad School Plan participant What’s Next: Graduate School. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Chemical Engineering; PhD Mentors: Magda barecka, Northeastern University; Behrooz Satvat, Northeastern University; Tracy Cater, Northeastern University

Benjamin Lanava E’24, Environmental Engineering Accomplishments: PEAK Summit awardee; Knight-Hennessy nominee; NSF GRFP applicant; Rhodes, Marshall Scholarship nominee; Udall Scholarship Honorable Mention; Making a Grad School Plan participant What’s Next: Graduate School. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Public Health; PhD Mentors: Annalisa Onnis-Hayden, Northeastern University; Jessica Ormsby, Northeastern University; Julia Varshavsky, Northeastern University; Rebecca Riccio, Northeastern University

Hyun Lee E’24, Environmental Engineering/Health Sciences Accomplishments: What’s Next: Mentors:

Der Chi Lin E’24, Mechanical Engineering/Design Accomplishments: PEAK Ascent recipient What’s Next: Something else. Currently interviewing for a variety of product design engineering positions. Still conducting research on architected materials independently. Mentors: Tom Consi, Northeastern University; Jonah Jaffe, Northeastern University; James Chang-Davidson, Northeastern University

Ashka Patel E’24, Bioengineering Accomplishments: Stanford Graduate Fellowship in Science and Engineering; National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program awardee; PEAK Summit awardee; NDSEG applicant; Making a Grad School Plan participant What’s Next: Graduate School. Stanford University; Mechanical Engineering; PhD Mentors: Vivian Feig, Stanford University; Giovanni Traverso, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Timothy Lannin, Northeastern University; Mihai Lomora, University of Galway

Miti Patel E’24, Bioengineering Accomplishments: PEAK Summit awardee; Luce Scholarship applicant What’s Next: Post-graduation job. Mentors: Alison Hirukawa, DropGenie; Hugo Sinha, DropGenie; Timothy Lannin, Northeastern University

Smeet Patel E’24, Mechanical Engineering/Physics Accomplishments: NDSEG, NSF GRFP applicant; Making a Grad School Plan participant What’s Next: Mentors:

Leah Ragosta E’24, Chemical Engineering/Biochemistry Accomplishments: What’s Next: Mentors:

Priya Raval E’24, Bioengineering Accomplishments: PEAK Summit recipient What’s Next: Post-graduation job. Mentors: Shiaoming Shi, Northeastern University; Timothy Lannin, Northeastern University; Miguel Mireles Nunez, Northeastern University

Victoria Rivera E’24, Bioengineering/Biochemistry Accomplishments: PEAK Base Camp recipient What’s Next: Post-graduation job. Research Technician, Massachusetts General Hospital. I will be working in the Thoracic Surgery Lab at Massachusetts General Hospital for my gap year while applying to medical school. Mentors: Leanne Chukoskie, Northeastern University; Yolonda Colson, Massachusetts General Hospital; Paul Furlow, Massachusetts General Hospital; Indraneil Mukherjee, Staten Island University Hospital

Justin Roffman E’24, Mechanical Engineering/Design Accomplishments: PEAK Summit recipient What’s Next: Something else. I’m moving to Rome to pursue a career as a chef – working in a culinary apprenticeship starting in June. Mentors: Mark Sivak, Northeastern University; Theo Johnson, Northeastern University; Craig Kenny, Pax Labs

Melissa Scanlon E’24, Bioengineering/Biochemistry Accomplishments: Making a Graduate School Plan participant What’s Next: Graduate School. University of Connecticut Health; Biomedical Sciences; PhD Mentors: Meni Wanunu, Northeastern University; Sara Rouhanifard, Northeastern University; Lee Makowski, Northeastern University; Jake Walker, Northeastern University; Kevin Bardon, Northeastern University

Alex Storrer E’24, Mechanical Engineering/Physics Accomplishments: PEAK Shout-It-Out awardee; Knight-Hennessy nominee; NDSEG,NSF GRFP applicant; Making a Grad School Plan participant What’s Next: Graduate School. Stanford University; Mechanical Engineering; PhD Mentors: Xiaoyu Tang, Northeastern University; Jack Mohajer, SpaceX; Anne-Marie Schreyer, RWTH Aachen University; Mehdi Abedi, Northeastern University; Deepak Ramaswamy, RWTH Aachen University

David Tingley E’24, Bioengineering Accomplishments: PEAK Summit recipient What’s Next: Graduate School. Northeastern University; Bioengineering; Masters Mentors: Shiaoming Shi, Northeastern University; Timothy Lannin, Northeastern University; Miguel Mireles Nunez, Northeastern University

Shayla Tran E’24, Bioengineering Accomplishments: PEAK Ascent recipient What’s Next: Graduate School. Northeastern University; Bioengineering; Masters Mentors: Hui Yan Kuang, Northeastern University; Monica Perrone, Lyra Therapeutics; Michael Jaeggli, Northeastern University; Lan Pham, Lyra Therapeutics

Julia Treese E’24, Chemical Engineering Accomplishments: PEAK Summit, Shout-It-Out awardee; Critical Language Scholarship applicant; NSF GRFP applicant; Making a Grad School Plan participant What’s Next: Graduate School. MIT; Chemical Engineering; PhD Mentors: Needa Brown, Northeastern University; Noelle Colant, Flagship Pioneering; Adam Charlton, Sana Biotechnology; Courtney Pfluger, Northeastern University; Srinivas Sridhar, Northeastern University

Aida Wen E’24, Bioengineering Accomplishments: PEAK Summit awardee; Making a Grad School Plan participant What’s Next: Graduate School. Columbia University; Biomedical Engineering; MS/PhD Mentors: Peter Yang, Stanford University; Kevin Kang, Florida Atlantic University; Jeff Bossert, RTI Surgical; Theo Johnson, Northeastern University

Catherine Zhou E’24, Chemical Engineering/Biochemistry Accomplishments: PEAK Base Camp awardee; Fulbright Fellowship applicant What’s Next: Something else. Applying to medical schools and working as a research technician. Mentors: Mona Minkara, Northeastern University; Psyche Loui, Northeastern University; Barry Satvat, Northeastern University

Related Faculty: Anand Asthagiri, Michael Jaeggli, Timothy Lannin, Ryan Koppes, Courtney Pfluger, Sandra Shefelbine, Ruobing Bai, Kris Dorsey, Ming Su, Thomas Consi, Alireza Ramezani, Joshua Hertz, Mohammad E. Taslim, Joshua Gallaway, Jeffrey W. Ruberti, Taskin Padir, Luke Landherr, Andrew Gillen, Mark Sivak, Chiara Bellini, Magda Barecka, Behrooz Satvat, Annalisa Onnis-Hayden, Jessica Ormsby, Julia Varshavsky, Shiaoming Shi, Miguel Mireles Nunez, Theo Johnson, Meni Wanunu, Sara Rouhanifard, Lee Makowski, Jacob Walker, Mehdi Abedi, Srinivas Sridhar, Mona Minkara

Related Departments:Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering