Level 3 Future Faculty Fellows are advanced PhD students and postdocs in Rice Engineering and Computing who are actively applying and preparing for tenure-track faculty positions. Through this competitive program, fellows receive a $1,000 travel stipend, participate in mock interviews and job talks, and gain access to personalized mentoring, targeted workshops, and one-on-one support from faculty in the Activate Engineering Communications Program. Meet this year’s fellows below.
Current Fellows
Past Fellows
Joshua Chen (2022-23)
Soheil Hemmati (2022-23)
Roger Paredes (2022-23)
Constantinos Chamzas (2022-23)
Fan Yang (2022-23)
Andrey Baydin (2022-23)
Roy Lycke (2022-23)
Rambod Mojgani (2022-23)
Soumyabrata Roy (2022-23)
Evan Kwiatkowski (2022-23)
Rachael Alfant (2023-24)
Hongchen Shen (2023-24)
Sujitkumar Bontapalle (2023-24)
Jiarong Xing (2023-24)
Zhongyuan Zhao (2023-24)
Sohini Bhattacharyya (2023-24)
Jaihee Choi (2023-24)
Eric Wold (2023-24)
John Zito (2023-24)
Paola Cascante-Bonilla (2023-24)
Aditya Desai (2023-24)
Keegan Kirk (2023-24)
Sarah Adrian (2024-25)
Elyse D.Z. Chase (2024-25)
Sara Denison (2024-25)
Yingying Fan (2024-25)
Shane King (2024-25)
Bishal Lamichhane (2024-25)
Barun Mahata (2024-25)
Thiago Pinheiro Dos Santos (2024-25)
Peizhu “Pam” Qian (2024-25)
Raúl Rincón (2024-25)
Ali Siahkoohi (2024-25)
Jimin Wu (2024-25)
Peng Yang (2024-25)
Yifan Zhu (2024-25)