Meet the affiliates
To encourage broader participation in the educational outreach efforts of NASA’s Science Activation teams, we are providing funds to support travel to the AGU Fall Meeting each year for up to ten (10) early career researchers engaged in NASA-sponsored research. These selected AGU Sci/Act Affiliates agree to participate in communications workshops held at the AGU.
The Affiliate travel funding is a one time opportunity intended to foster engagement of these new early career scientists with the SciAct community. Below are the awardees of this program.
Meet the awardees
2025 awardees
Joshua Bardwell
PhD Candidate
University of S. Queensland
Tomoko Bell, PhD
Assistant Professor
Newman University
Jessica Berkheimer
Graduate Student
Arizona State University
Celia Blanco, PhD
Research Investigator
Blue Marble Space Institute of Science
Andrea Bryant, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Brown University
Ryan Butler
PhD Candidate
Rochester Institute of Technology
Kyle Davis, PhD
PhD Candidate
University of California, Santa Cruz
Ayo Deas, PhD
Researcher
CUNY Graduate Center
Andrea Distel
PhD Candidate
Arizona State University
Benjamin Douglass
PhD Candidate
Arizona State University
Jonathan Durkin
PhD Candidate
Arizona State University
Gus Eberlein
PhD Student
University of New Hampshire
Phylindia Gant
PhD Candidate
University of Florida
Amanda Hoffman-Hall, PhD
Assistant Professor
Eckerd College
Emmy Hughes
PhD Candidate
Georgia Institute of Technology
Brianna Isola
PhD Student
University of New Hampshire
Marziye Jafariyazani, PhD
Data Scientist
SETI
Mohini Jodhpurkar
PhD Candidate
Arizona State University
Jodie Kiyokawa
PhD Candidate
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Thu Ya Kyaw, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Northern Arizona University
Dara Laczniak, PhD
Doctoral Lecturer
Queens Collect
Vincent Ledvina
PhD Student
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Katya Leidig, PhD
Researcher
University of Maryland, College Park
Theresa Oehmke, PhD
Assistant Professor
University of New Hampshire
Lorraine Rosello Del Valle
PhD Candidate
University of Central Florida
Noshin Sharmili
PhD Candidate
Pennsylvania State University
Samuel Schiller
Research Assistant
University of Colorado - Boulder
Elisheva Sherman
PhD Candidate
Arizona State University
Sara Shields
PhD Candidate
University of Tennessee
Finis L. Stribling IV
PhD Candidate
University of Texas at San Antonio
Margo Thornton
PhD Candidate
University New South Wales
Allyson Trussell
PhD candidate
Arizona State University
Nick Tusay
Graduate Student
Penn State University
Tahina Ramiaramanantsoa, PhD
Researcher
Arizona State University
Jessika Valenciano
PhD Candidate
University of Notre Dame
Lauryn Williams
PhD Candidate
University of Washington
2024 awardees
Victoria Cassady
PhD Candidate
University of Southern California
Ayo Deas, PhD
Researcher
CUNY Graduate Center
Kathryn Gansler, PhD
PhD Candidate
University of Maryland
Tatiana Gibson
PhD Candidate
Georgia Institute of Technology
Ellie Hara
PhD Candidate
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Christopher Heckman, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher
Wake Forest University
Jian Gong, PhD
Research Scientist
University of Wyoming
Vincent Ledvina
PhD Candidate
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Alice Luna
PhD Candidate
University of Chicago
John Morales
PhD Candidate
Texas Tech University
Jose Luis Ramirez Colon
PhD Candidate
Georgia Institute of Technology
Corrine Rojas, PhD
Scientific Programmer
NASA Goddard Space Flight Facility
2023 awardees
David Davis
PhD Candidate
Rutgers University
Ariel Deutsch, PhD
Mission Scientist & Researcher
NASA Ames Research Center
Jordan Ealy
PhD Candidate
University of Maryland, College Park
Justin Krier
PhD Candidate
University of Oregon
Theresa Oehmke, PhD
Research Professor
University of New Hampshire, Durham
Zoe Pierrat, PhD
Researcher
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jordyn Robare
PhD Candidate
Arizona State University
Autumn Shackelford
PhD Candidate
University of Central Florida
Ana Tárano, PhD
Researcher
University of Miami
Sarah Treadwell
PhD Student
University of North Dakota
2022 awardees
Priyanka Bose
PhD Candidate
Virginia Tech University
Gwendolyn Brouwer
PhD Candidate
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Mollie Gaines
PhD Candidate
North Carolina State University
Lena Heffern, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Southwest Research Institute
Ana Lobo, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
University of California, Irvine
Sarick Matzen, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
University of Minnesota
Murti Nauth
PhD Candidate
University of California, Berkeley
Kathryn Rico, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Arizona State University & Iowa State University
Olivia Wilkins, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
NASA Goddard Space Flight Facility
Cristina Wilson, PhD
Research Faculty
Oregon State University
NASA SCoPE sponsorship
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