PhD Fellows

Promising PhD students nominate themselves for awards that allow them to work on projects that they have a passion for pursuing and which bridge the gap between biology and other fields. Explore our annual Fellows Symposiums, learn about the Fellowship program, and find out how to apply!

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Christopher Emig - Bio-X Bowes Fellow

Bio-X Graduate Student Fellow

Awarded in 2011
Home Department: Bioengineering
Faculty Advisor: Stephen Quake (Bioengineering, Applied Physics)

Jing-yu Cui - Bio-X Bowes Fellow

Bio-X Graduate Student Fellow

Awarded in 2011
Home Department: Electrical Engineering
Faculty Advisors: Craig Levin (Radiology), Dwight Nishimura (Electrical Engineering), Lei Xing (Radiation Oncology), and Guillem Pratx (Radiation Oncology)

Craig Buckley - Bio-X Bowes Fellow

Bio-X Graduate Student Fellow

Awarded in 2011
Home Department: Chemical Engineering
Faculty Advisors: Alex Dunn (Chemical Engineering), James Nelson (Molecular & Cellular Physiology), and William Weis (Structural Biology)

Ron Alfa - Bio-X Bowes Fellow

Bio-X Graduate Student Fellow

Awarded in 2011
Home Department: Neurosciences/MSTP
Faculty Advisors: Seung Kim (Developmental Biology) and Tom Clandinin (Neurobiology)

Kate (Kathryn) Montgomery DeMers - William and Lynda Steere Fellow

Bio-X SIGF Graduate Student Fellow and Bio-X Graduate Student Fellow

Awarded in 2012 (William and Lynda Steere Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellow) and 2009 (Bio-X Bowes Fellow)
Home Department: Bioengineering
Faculty Advisors: Scott Delp (Bioengineering, Mechanical Engineering), Karl Deisseroth (Bioengineering, Psychiatry), and Ada Poon (Electrical Engineering)

Jeffrey Quinn - Bio-X Bowes Fellow

Bio-X Graduate Student Fellow

Awarded in 2012
Home Department: Bioengineering
Faculty Advisors: Howard Chang (Dermatology) and Asifa Akhtar (Epigenetics, Max Planck Institute)

Manuel Rausch - Affymetrix Bio-X Fellow

Bio-X SIGF Graduate Student Fellow

Awarded in 2012
Home Department: Mechanical Engineering
Faculty Advisors: Ellen Kuhl (Mechanical Engineering) and D. Craig Miller (Medicine)

Noah Young - Bio-X Bowes Fellow

Bio-X Graduate Student Fellow

Awarded in 2012
Home Department: Bioengineering
Faculty Advisors: Karl Deisseroth (Bioengineering, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences) and Gordon Wetzstein (Electrical Engineering)