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Bridge-to-PhD Cohorts

2024 - 2026

The 2024-2026 cohort of C-CoMP Bridge-to-PhD Fellows take a group picture at the ASLO-SIL Joint Meeting in May 2026. Photo credit: Victoria Centurino, WHOI.
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Daniella Asturias

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Mentor: Mak Saito

Amanda Ellis

Columbia University

Mentors: Sarah Hurley and Sonya Dyhrman

Emily Hu

Brown University

Mentor: Mara Freilich

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Jillian Paquette

Columbia University

Mentor: Sonya Dyhrman

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Mariana Torres

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mentor: Rogier Braakman

2023 - 2025

Five individuals attending BIOS Research Week stand in front of the R/V Atlantic Explorer in Bermuda.
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Natalie Graham

Current position: Research Assistant at WHOI with Elizabeth Kujawinski

Bridge-to-PhD Fellow at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution with mentor Elizabeth Kujawinski

Maxfield Palmer

Current position: Graduate student at the University of Southern California with Dr. Noelle Held

Bridge-to-PhD Fellow at Columbia University with mentor Sonya Dyhrman

Loreto Paulino, Jr.

Current position: Graduate student at the University of Hawaii at Manoa

Bridge-to-PhD Fellow at Boston University with mentor Danel Segrè.

2022 - 2024

Hope Cobbs, a member of the C-CoMP 2022 B2P cohort.

Hope Cobbs

Bridge-to-PhD fellow at University of Georgia with mentor Art Edison

 

 

Herman Garcia, a member of the C-CoMP 2022 B2P cohort.

Herman Garcia

Current position: Graduate student at the University of Colorado Boulder with Boswell Wing

Bridge-to-PhD fellow at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution with mentor Liz Kujawinski

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Carl Gibson, IV.

Current position: Graduate student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with Dr. Laurie B. Leonelli

Bridge-to-PhD fellow at the University of Georgia with mentors Matthew Sullivan and Mary Ann Moran

Hannah Goldberg, a member of the C-CoMP 2022 B2P cohort.

Hannah Goldberg

Current position: Graduate student at the University of California Santa Cruz with Dr. Kendra Turk-Kubo

Bridge-to-PhD fellow at Columbia University with mentor Sonya Dyhrman

Dominique Kelly, a member of the C-CoMP 2022 B2P cohort.

Dominique Kelly

Current positions: GEM fellow at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory working with Dr. Wei Li and Dr. Xavier Mayali; Graduate student at Northwestern University with Dr. Ludmilla Aristilde and Dr. Magdalena Osburn.

Bridge-to-PhD fellow at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution with mentor Mak Saito

Rhegan Thomason, a member of the C-CoMP 2022 B2P cohort.

Rhegan Thomason

Current position: Graduate student at the University of California at Los Angeles with Dr. Tina Treude

Where have C-CoMP Bridge-to-PhD Fellows been accepted Into Graduate Programs?

  • Arizona State University
  • *Boston University
  • Colorado State University
  • Columbia University
  • *Florida Atlantic University
  • MIT-WHOI Joint Program
  • *Northwestern University
  • Oregon State University
  • The Ohio State University
  • Texas A&M University
  • *University of California – Los Angeles
  • University of California – San Diego
  • **University of California – Santa Cruz
  • *University of Colorado – Boulder
  • University of Connecticut
  • University of Delaware
  • *University of Georgia
  • *University of Hawaii – Manoa
  • *University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign
  • University of Massachusetts – Boston
  • *University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • University of Rhode Island
  • University of South Carolina
  • University of South Florida
  • **University of Southern California

*Indicates number of fellows matriculating

What Fellowships Have C-CoMP Bridge-to-PhD Fellows Received?

  • *National Gem Fellowship
  • *NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
    (2 awards, 3 honorable mentions)
  • Ohio State University Provost Fellowship
  • *University of California Chancellors Fellowship
  • *University of California – Los Angeles Cota Robles Fellowship
  • *University of California – Santa Cruz Cota Robles Fellowship
  • University of California – San Diego Scripps Institute of Oceanography Regents Fellowship
  • *University of Colorado Boulder Geological Sciences Award for Excellence
  • University of Delaware Unidel Fellowship
  • *University of Illinois Support for Under-Represented Groups in Engineering (SURGE) Fellowship
  • University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth First Year Doctoral Fellows

*Indicates accepted fellowships