Science and Engineering Scholarships and Fellowships Blog

Five Grinnell College Graduates Awarded NSF GRFP

The five Grinnell graduates named NSF Fellows include:

* Adam Booth ‘04, with a major in physics, is pursuing graduate study in geology at the University of Oregon.
* Natalie Funk ‘07, with majors in biological chemistry and French, is studying molecular biology at Harvard University.
* Amber Jolly ‘06, with a major in biological chemistry, is pursuing graduate study in cell biology at Northwestern University.
* Katherine Lewin ‘05, with a major in biology, is studying neurosciences at Duke University.
* Elizabeth Pekarek ‘05, with a major in biology, is pursuing graduate study in evolutionary biology at Duke University.

Each of these NSF Fellows conducted undergraduate research while at Grinnell. Eight other alumni were named to honorable mention by the fellows program.

Grinnell, where approximately one-third of students major in science, ranks high nationally in the matriculation of graduates who later complete Ph.D.s in chemistry (6th nationally); biological sciences (9th); psychology (9th); and physics (20th).