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
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.