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