Meet 2020 CCS Summer Fellows!

July 10, 2020

Overcoming challenges posed by COVID-19 restrictions, 31 CCS students commit to research and creative projects as summer fellows

Photo by Matt Perko
Photo by Matt Perko

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).