Meet 2020 CCS Summer Fellows!
Overcoming challenges posed by COVID-19 restrictions, 31 CCS students commit to research and creative projects as summer fellows
This summer poses new challenges for students conducting research and creative activities through the CCS Summer Undergraduate Fellowship Program due to COVID-19. Social distancing requirements mandate that students either work entirely remotely or have limited access to lab and studio space. Despite these obstacles, CCS summer fellows are prepared to advance new knowledge and design creative projects.
The summer fellowship program—the brainchild of CCS Chemistry & Biochemistry Faculty Don Aue that commenced in the mid-1980s—provides undergraduate students in all eight majors the opportunity to conduct research and create original work under the guidance of UCSB faculty at the university. “The program is based on an apprenticeship-style training scheme, which is the kind of program that really helped me when I started in Chemistry and had the opportunity to work with well-known chemists,” said Aue. “I have been really pleased with how the summer fellowships have worked. It has become a real focal point for the careers of a lot of students. And I am always amazed at the quality of work that CCS students produce over the summer.”
The CCS Summer Undergraduate Fellowship Program is 100% donor-funded, supported by donations to The Create Fund and from dedicated donors who provide gifts to name summer fellowships. With gratitude to our generous donors for making this experiential learning opportunity—a CCS priority—possible for 31 students this summer.
Congratulations to our 2020 CCS Summer Fellows!
Haley Bjursten (CCS Biology ‘21)
Proctor Fellow
Faculty Director: Summer Gray
Michaela Bostwick (CCS Biology and L&S Biopsychology ‘22)
Tiffney Fellow
Faculty Director: William Smith
Cassiel Nortier-Tilly (CCS Biology ‘21)
Norman F. Sprague III Fellow
Faculty Director: Armand Kuris
Yilin Cao (CCS Chemistry/Biochemistry ‘22)
Dean's Fellow
Faculty Director: Bruce H. Lipshutz
Jonas Kaare-Rasmussen (CCS Chemistry/Biochemistry and L&S Earth Science ‘21)
Dean's Fellow
Faculty Director: Roberta L. Rudnick
Kiera Sullivan (CCS Chemistry/Biochemistry ‘21)
Rajendra Singh Fellow
Faculty Director: Alyson Santoro
Benjamin Darnell (CCS Computing ‘22)
Dean's Fellow
Faculty Director: Ben Hardekopf
Yiyao ("Jim") Wan (CCS Computing ‘22)
Dean's Fellow
Faculty Director: Timothy Sherwood
Prince Zizhuang Wang (CCS Computing ‘21)
George Fellow
Faculty Director: William Yang Wang
Dylan Adams (CCS Mathematics ‘21)
Sharman Fellow
Faculty Director: Francesc Castella
Daniel Apsley (CCS Mathematics ‘21)
Kelly Fellow
Faculty Director: Xiaolei Zhao
Jiasheng Lin (CCS Mathematics ‘21)
Dean's Fellow
Faculty Director: Zhirayr Avetisyan
Vir Pathak (CCS Mathematics ‘22)
Kelly Fellow
Faculty Director: Cetin Kaya Koc
Junyi Cheng (CCS Physics ‘22)
Dean's Fellow
Faculty Director: Nathaniel Craig
Chang Jin (CCS Physics ‘22)
Dean's Fellow
Faculty Director: Ania Bleszynski Jayich
Rei Landsberger (CCS Physics ‘22)
Dean's Fellow
Faculty Director: Andrew Jayich
Hongyin Liu (CCS Physics ‘22)
Dean's Fellow
Faculty Director: Joseph Incandela
Ryan Lopez (CCS Physics ‘22)
Dean's Fellow
Faculty Director: Paul Atzberger
Ganden Schaffner (CCS Physics ‘22)
Dean's Fellow
Faculty Director: Andrew Jayich
Luke Sellers (CCS Physics ‘21)
Axline Fellow
Faculty Director: Carlos Garcia-Cervera
Xiaoran Sui (CCS Physics and COE Computer Science ‘22)
Dean's Fellow
Faculty Director: Chris Palmstrøm
Japnidh Thakral (CCS Physics ‘21)
Axline Fellow
Faculty Director: Claudio Campagnari
Pierre Thibodeaux (CCS Physics ‘22)
Axline Fellow
Faculty Director: Crystal Martin
Patrick Tran (CCS Physics ‘22)
Roig Fellow
Faculty Director: Paul Atzberger
Fengshuo Yang (CCS Physics ‘22)
Axline Fellow
Faculty Director: Sebastian Streichan
Hak (Boqin) Zhang (CCS Physics ‘22)
Dean's Fellow
Faculty Director: Sebastian Streichan
Ruining Zhang (CCS Physics ‘22)
Kelly Fellow
Faculty Director: Andrea Young
Cal Kromelow (CCS Writing & Literature ‘21)
Dean's Fellow
Faculty Director: Jervey Tervalon
Celine Pun (CCS Writing & Literature and L&S Environmental Studies ‘22)
Dean's Fellow
Faculty Director: Dipali Murti
Vivian Walman-Randall (CCS Writing & Literature and L&S Art History ‘22)
Dean's Fellow
Faculty Director: Alison Williams
Talia White (CCS Writing & Literature ‘21)
Dean's Fellow
Faculty Director: Kara Mae Brown
For further information on the CCS Summer Undergraduate Fellowship Program, including supporting future generations of artists, scientists, analysts, musicians, writers, and community leaders—contact Venilde Jeronimo (venilde@ucsb.edu • 805.893.5504).