The Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the School of Graduate Studies is delighted to announce that Kirsten Allen, a RISE alum, was recently named an inaugural 2023 QUAD fellow . This scholarship program, in its first year, is designed to build ties among the next generation of scientists and technologists as an initiative of the governments of Australia, India, Japan, and the United States. Over 3000 applicants applied, and Kirsten was selected as part of a cohort of 100 international fellows. Learn more about the QUAD fellowship here.
Kirsten is a fifth-year doctoral candidate at Rutgers University-New Brunswick studying plant biochemistry.
Read the press release announcements by Rutgers SEBS & NJAES here and by Kirsten's undergraduate alma mater, UGA here.
Congratulations again, Kirsten!