Our Rales Fellows

CMU has always been the kind of place where groundbreakers and risk takers grow and thrive, making it a natural home for the Rales Fellows Program, as we know the biggest breakthroughs are shaped by leaders who represent all perspectives and origins.

2025 Rales Fellows

Meet our 2025 Cohort

2024 Rales Fellows

Meet our 2024 Cohort

We are proud to introduce you to our current cohort of Rales Fellows, studying a range of STEM degree programs and working across disciplines to advance science and human progress.

2025 Cohort

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Noemi Banda Computational Biology
Teddi Bishop Biomedical Engineering
Arturo Bohuchot Information Security
Edward Chanquin Human-Computer Interaction Institute
Laila Dancy Human-Computer Interaction Institute
Nolan Golden Human-Computer Interaction Institute
Michael Gomez Engineering & Technology Innovation Management
Melissa Juarez Applied Data Science
Jacob Lawrence Information Networking Institute
Jay Louissaint Applied Data Science
Sofia Loya Mechanical Engineering
Zury Marroquin Data Analytics for Science
Kayla McFarlane Robotics Institute
Julian Millan Chemical Engineering
Christopher Obiozor Mechanical Engineering
Olapeju Otusajo Human-Computer Interaction Institute
Jordan Quinones Engineering & Technology Innovation Management
Dominick Robinson Applied Data Science
Grace Rojo Mathematical Sciences
Melanie Saenzpardo Electrical and Computer Engineering
Caitlyn Santiago Mechanical Engineering
Meilin Scott Automated Science
Ramiya Shelton Biomedical Engineering
Bethany Vazquez Smith Computational Biology
Elizabeth Smith Chemistry
Kynnedy Smith Human-Computer Interaction Institute
Lauren Smith Human-Computer Interaction Institute
Noah Stein Mechanical Engineering
Chloe Yawen Taylor Information Networking Institute
Habiba Tawfiq Integrated Innovation Institute
Zeltzin Reyes Trejo Engineering and Public Policy
Claire Vlases Human-Computer Interaction Institute
Haylee Viramontes Information Networking Institute
Emily Wan Computer Science

2024 Cohort

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Isabel Agadagba Software and Societal Systems
Lizeth Anaya-Ojeda Human Computer Interaction
Lameck Beni Mechanical Engineering
Wendy Bickersteth Software and Societal Systems
Erick Cohen Data Analytics for Science
Cameron Drewery Materials Science and Engineering
Nicholas Dunn Computer Science
Nicole Villavicencio Garduno Information Networking Institute
Stacy Godfreey-Igwe Engineering and Public Policy
Christian Johnson Human Computer Interaction
Maxwell Jones Machine Learning
Zoe Mercado Human Computer Interaction
Christa Michel Neuroscience
Micah Nye Robotics
Nathan Odonkor Computational Biology
Ola Owodunni Biomedical Engineering
Abraham Polanco Chemical Engineering
Natural Premier Civil and Environmental Engineering
Nisha Shah Materials Science and Engineering
Hilton Stallworth Mechanical Engineering
Michael Sutton Educational Technology & Applied Learning Sciences
Eric Zhao Mechanical Engineering
Open space for meeting and relaxing

The Rales Fellows Gathering Space

Fellows have a community space on CMU鈥檚 campus in the WQED Building, famous for being home to the studio that filmed 鈥淢ister Rogers鈥 Neighborhood.鈥 The Rales Fellows Gathering Space has conference rooms, shared office spaces, a kitchenette and a community cohort lounge.