{"690418":{"#nid":"690418","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Sciences Scholars Join Prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Program","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis year, eight Georgia Tech students have been awarded the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship, and four have been named as alternates. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/fulbrightprogram.org.\/\u0022\u003EThe Fulbright U.S. Student Program\u003C\/a\u003E, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, provides opportunities for students and professionals to study, conduct research, and teach abroad while promoting mutual understanding between the United States and other countries.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAmong this year\u2019s recipients are several members of Georgia Tech\u2019s Class of 2026, as well as a doctoral student.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDivya Tadanki\u003C\/strong\u003E, who graduated with a bachelor\u2019s degree in neuroscience, expressed her enthusiasm about her future research plans. \u201cThrough the Fulbright,\u201d she explained, \u201cI\u2019ll be working in the Netherlands to research the predictors of preterm labor. I\u2019m very excited to delve deeper into my research interests with people from across the globe.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAfter double-majoring in biology and Spanish, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/news\/item\/690127\/double-major-graduate-take-stem-intercultural-skills-spain-fulbright\u0022\u003ESonali Kaluri\u003C\/a\u003E is headed to Spain to study the health of migrant workers under the digital platform economy. \u201cWith the Fulbright Scholarship,\u201d she said, \u201cI will conduct research on the gig economy and its implementation into health systems in Spain at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHaving earned his bachelor\u2019s degree in biochemistry, \u003Cstrong\u003ESeth Kinoshita\u003C\/strong\u003E will be working with Professor Urszula Stachewicz in the Electrospun Nanofibers group at AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow, Poland. \u201cI am excited to connect with my Polish heritage, explore Eastern Europe, and strengthen my research background,\u201d he remarked. \u201cThank you to Dr. Brunner for their endless support during this process, and I encourage everyone to consider applying for fellowships while at Tech!\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EZachary Beddingfield\u003C\/strong\u003E, who graduated with a bachelor\u2019s degree in biology, will travel to Germany as a Fulbright Research Scholar where he will explore the intersection of his two passions: biology and machine learning. \u201cI will be learning how to implement Protein Language Models to design de novo proteins that are unrelated to any proteins found in nature,\u201d he explained. \u201cI hope to design a de novo protease that degrades a specific protein responsible for most symptoms in human urinary tract infections, as proof of concept that these tools can be used to target a broad range of pathogenic proteins.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith a bachelor\u2019s degree in neuroscience, \u003Cstrong\u003EDiya Chutani \u003C\/strong\u003Ewill continue her academic journey as a Fulbright Canada recipient, beginning a Ph.D. in Neuroscience at the University of Western Ontario\u2019s Music and Neuroscience Lab. \u201cTo be able to return to the music cognition community I discovered in Ontario last summer,\u201d she noted, \u201cwhere there is value in both my musical and scientific background, is a privilege I am so grateful for. I am eager to begin contributing meaningfully to research that can enhance music-based interventions for neurodegenerative diseases.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAnya Martin\u003C\/strong\u003E, who is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Interactive Computing, plans to focus on weather and climate forecasting in India. \u201cI plan to use the Fulbright to do social-scientific work with meteorologists in India using AI machine learning (AI\/ML) methods for weather and climate forecasting,\u201d she said, reflecting on her selection for the award. \u201cAI\/ML methods have a lot of promise for meteorology, but we will see how the methods pan out in practice.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESince 1946, the Fulbright Program has provided nearly 450,000 talented and accomplished individuals with the opportunity to exchange ideas, build people-to-people connections, and work to address complex global challenges. More than 2,000 Fulbright U.S. Students \u2014 including recent college graduates, graduate students, and early career professionals \u2014 pursue graduate study, conduct research, or teach English in schools abroad each year.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFulbright is a program of the U.S. Department of State, with funding provided by the U.S. Government. Participating governments and host institutions, corporations, and foundations around the world also provide support to the Program, which operates in over 160 countries. In the United States, the Institute of International Education implements the Fulbright U.S. Student and U.S. Scholar Programs on behalf of the U.S. Department of State.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information about the Fulbright Program or other nationally competitive awards, visit the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.success.gatech.edu\/prestigious-fellowships\/\u0022\u003EPrestigious Fellowships Advising website\u003C\/a\u003E or contact the team at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:fellowshipsadvising@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Efellowshipsadvising@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Fulbright U.S. Student Program provides opportunities for students and professionals to study, conduct research, and teach abroad while promoting mutual understanding between the United States and other countries.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Among this year\u2019s recipients are several members of Georgia Tech\u2019s Class of 2026, as well as a doctoral student."}],"uid":"34528","created_gmt":"2026-05-21 15:04:00","changed_gmt":"2026-05-21 15:09:36","author":"jhunt7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-05-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-05-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"680325":{"id":"680325","type":"image","title":"A collage of this year\u0027s Fulbright recipients from Georgia Tech","body":null,"created":"1779375847","gmt_created":"2026-05-21 15:04:07","changed":"1779375847","gmt_changed":"2026-05-21 15:04:07","alt":"A collage of this year\u0027s Fulbright recipients from Georgia Tech","file":{"fid":"264572","name":"2026-27-Fulbright-Scholars-1024x751.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/05\/21\/2026-27-Fulbright-Scholars-1024x751.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/05\/21\/2026-27-Fulbright-Scholars-1024x751.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":121105,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/05\/21\/2026-27-Fulbright-Scholars-1024x751.jpg?itok=Yhj5iI0X"}}},"media_ids":["680325"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"66220","name":"Neuro"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"85951","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"},{"id":"443951","name":"School of Psychology"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBy \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/undergraduate.gatech.edu\/author\/choward85\/\u0022 rel=\u0022author\u0022 title=\u0022Posts by Alex Howard\u0022\u003EAlex Howard\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}