2026 Candidates—N
AYUSH NADIGER — Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics and Data Science
General Studies & Departmental Honors
Billiard-Theoretic Geometry Diagnostics for Patch-Induced Heating in Trapped-Ions
Christopher Cox, Mathematics & Statistics
MIHIR S. NAGARKATTI — Computer Science
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Uniform and Non-Uniform Coverage with Large Language Model-Powered and Statistically-Optimal Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems
Hossein Pishro-Nik, Electrical & Computer Engineering
SIVASREE NAGAVARAPU — Political Science
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Framing Empowerment: an Analysis of Women’s Narratives in BRAC Publications
Signe Louise Predmore, Political Science
RISHABH V. NAIR — Psychology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Patents and Power: Understanding Exploitation in the WTO
Deepika Marya, Commonwealth Honors College
MUKIL NAIR — Biology
Advanced Scholarship - Multidisciplinary Honors
The Relationship Between Rapid Eye Movement Sleep and Emotional Reactivity During Menstrual Phases in Young Reproductive Women
Rebecca M. C. Spencer, Psychological & Brain Sciences
DINOR NALLBANI — Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering
General Studies & Departmental Honors
Analytical Modeling of Wind Turbine Dynamics Using Symbolic Lagrangian Mechanics
Emmanuel Branlard, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
RACHNA R. NAMBIAR — Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Psychology
Advanced Scholarship - Multidisciplinary Honors
Conquest by Law: The Use of Law to Subjugate and Marginalize in the US
Kathleen A. Brown-Pérez, Commonwealth Honors College
SIMON A. NAM-KRANE — History
Advanced Scholarship - Multidisciplinary Honors
"The Holy Revolt of the Oppressed": René Girard and the French Revolution
Daniel L. Gordon, History
PRIYAL HITESH NANDA — Computer Science
Advanced Scholarship - Multidisciplinary Honors
Analyzing and Reducing Server-Level Skew in Distributed IVF Retrieval Systems
Marco Serafini, Information & Computer Science
ANN-RITA NANYUNJA — Biomedical Engineering
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Inflammation-Induced Micro-Injury and Tissue Repair: Cellular Mechanisms and Implications for Electroporation-Based Drug Delivery
Govind Srimathveeravalli, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
JINESHWAR NARIANI — Computer Science, Mathematics
General Studies & Departmental Honors
Strategic Deception and Detection in Multi-Agent Environments: A Game - Theoretic Reinforcement Learning Framework
Patrick Flaherty, Mathematics & Statistics
NOURA M. NASAH — Operations & Information Management
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Exploring the Roots of Trust in Artificial Intelligence and the Role of Personality in Shaping AI Reliance
Zach Sheffler, Isenberg School of Management
ISKANDAR NAZHAR — Mathematics, Electrical Engineering
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
HASSAN Z. NEJMELDEEN — Physics, Mathematics
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
MEGHAN C. NEVILLE — Political Science, Spanish
Advanced Scholarship - Multidisciplinary Honors
From Isolation to Influence: Spain's Position in the European Union
Albert Lloret, Spanish and Portuguese Studies
TIYE T. NGACHOKO — Informatics
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
LISA E. NGUYEN — Public Health Sciences
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Policy Analysis on the Healthcare of Incarcerated Pregnant Women
Razvan Sibii, Journalism
DIEGO J. NIETO — Economics
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Reflections on Attention and Connection
Hans Despain, Economics
JOHNATHON P. NORDMAN — Mechanical Engineering
Advanced Scholarship - Departmental Honors
Design of CO2 Cylinder Weighing System
David Schmidt, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
HAYLEY NORTON — Biomedical Engineering
Advanced Scholarship - Multidisciplinary Honors
Probiotic Bacterium Lactococcus lactis Adhesion on Polydimethylsiloxane Substrates to Model Maintenance of Healthy Gut Flora
Jessica Schiffman, Chemical Engineering
HADASS NOVICK — Psychology, Individual Concentration
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Single-Host Parasitism: A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Humanity’s Ecological Relationship with Earth
Thomas G. Brashear-Alejandro, Isenberg School of Management
RYO NOZAWA — Management, Legal Studies
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
The War Abroad and on the Homefront: How the Vietnam War Redefined and Mobilized Black Resistance
Martha L. Yoder, Commonwealth Honors College