Spotlights highlight the diverse and inspiring journeys of our graduate students and postdocs. Through these Q&As, students share their academic paths, research interests, and experiences at Dartmouth, offering insights into the vibrant Guarini community.
Reng Zhao, a graduate student in the MALS program, used the Alumni Research Award to to support a cross-cultural research project exploring calligraphy as both a creative practice and a way of understanding language, history, and identity.
What program are …
Sarah Cuprewich, a PhD candidate in the ecology, evolution, environment, and society graduate program (EEES), used the award to conduct a laboratory experiment testing whether mycorrhizal fungal spores remain viable after being consumed by rodents, shedding light on how these …
Ameya Kulkarni, a PhD student in the ecology, evolution, environment, and society program (EEES) used the award to record and analyze frog calls across natural and urban habitats on either side of the Goa Gap in the Western Ghats to …
Mingi Jeong is a PhD student in the computer science program. Mingi recently received a 2025 Neukom Prize for Outstanding Graduate Research in Computational Science.
What do you consider your hometown and how has it shaped you today?
Busan, South …
Xiangbei Liu is a PhD candidate in the engineering program. Xiangbei received a 2025 Neukom Prize for Outstanding Graduate Research in Computational Science.
What do you consider your hometown and how has it shaped who you are today?
My hometown …
Tianran Zhang, a PhD candidate in earth sciences, has received the 2025 Guarini Graduate Student Teaching Award in recognition of her outstanding contributions to undergraduate education.
What do you consider your hometown and where did you get your undergraduate degree?
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Prabhat Hedge is a PhD candidate in enigineering sciences. Prabhat’s poster, Considering Retreat Can Lead to More Robust Adaptation Strategies in Nourishment-Dependent Coastal Communities, won an award at the 2025 Guarini Graduate Student Poster Session.
Where do you consider your …
Yifei Gao is a PhD candidate in the quantitative biomedical sciences (QBS) program. Her presentation, “Genotyping CFTR with next-generation sequencing data using T1K” recently won the Best Talk Award at the Great Lake Bioinformatics (GLBIO) conference.
What do you consider …
Bernice Leung is a PhD candidate in the molecular and cellular biology program. Her poster, Adipocyte PDL1 Depletion Sensitizes NRASQ61R-Mutant Melanoma to Anti-PDL1 Immune Checkpoint Blockade (ICB) Immunotherapy, won an award at the 2025 Guarini Graduate Student Poster Session.
What …
Quin Shingai is a PhD candidate in the ecology, evolution, environment, and society program (EEES). Her poster, Do It Yourself: Applications of a Robust Autonomous Water Monitoring System by Non-Roboticists, won an award at the 2025 Guarini Graduate Student Poster …
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