CLASS OF 2024
Meet the individuals selected for the 2024 Matthew Isakowitz Fellowship Program!
The press release announcement is available here.
Each Fellow’s name, school, and internship company are listed below.
(Schools where they previously earned degrees are indicated in parentheses.)
Click the photos below to learn more about each Fellow.
IKER AGUIRRE
University of Michigan
SpaceX
URVI ALAMELA
University of Texas at Austin
Ursa Major
KATHERINE ANDERSON
Georgia Institute of Technology
Starfish Space
CHRISTOPHER ARAUZO
University of California, Irvine
ABL Space Systems
NIKKI BERNUY HERQUINIGO
Colorado School of Mines
Gravitics
SHREYA CHANDRA
University of California, Davis
Mandala Space Ventures
JASON CHEN
University of Michigan
SpaceX
MICHAEL CHHAY
Stanford University
AstroForge
RUTH DAVIS
MIT
(Howard University)
Aerospace Corporation
TOSHIHIRO DAVIS
University of Utah
Astrolab
HENRY DEMAREST
Yale University
Relativity Space
EILEEN DUONG
Boston University
Gravitics
NATHAN EVANS
Harvard University
Relativity Space
ABIGAIL HARRISON
Queen's University
(Wellesley College)
Voyager Space
RYANN HEE
MIT
(CSU Sacramento)
Voyager Space
SAIMA JAMAL
University of Michigan
Rocket Lab
CONNOR JOHNSON
Georgia Institute of Technology
Firefly Aerospace
BEN KIM
Princeton University
Vast Space
ISABEL KIM
Princeton University
Sierra Space
DANIEL MARELLA
Brown University
Lynk
SABRINA MAYOR
Georgia Institute of Technology
Blue Origin
MARISA MILLER
University of Southern California
(University of Portland)
Millennium Space Systems
OREN MINSK
University of Pennsylvania
Mandala Space Ventures
NICO MOLDOVEAN
Tufts University
Redwire
JULIANNE OWEN
University of Florida
SpaceX
VRAJ PATEL
Princeton University
Redwire
ISABELLE PELOSO
University of California, Berkeley
SpaceX
JACOB RODRIGUEZ
MIT
Astrolab
JAMES SHIN
Georgia Institute of Technology
SpaceX
LAWTON SKALING
Stanford University
Astranis
KEVEN YEH
Georgia Institute of Technology
(United States Naval Academy)
Lynk
CLASS OF 2023
Click here to download the press release announcement about the 2023 class.
FARAZ AWAN
Princeton University
Millennium Space Systems
TYCHO BOGDANOWITSCH
Columbia University
Vast Space
HAILU DANIEL
University of Maryland, College Park
Blue Origin
HILLEL DEI
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Blue Origin
CANDACE DO
Princeton University
Rocket Lab
CATHERINE DOMINIC
University of Texas at Austin
Relativity Space
SKYLAR EISKOWITZ
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(The Cooper Union)
SpaceX
TAYLOR HAMPSON
Georgia Institute of Technology
Stoke Space
MADISON HOBBS
Harvey Mudd College
SpaceX
SYDNEY HSU
Stanford University
(Princeton University)
SpaceX
JUSTIN KAO
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Relativity Space
GRACE KRAHN
Georgia Institute of Technology
Sierra Space
SAMUEL KURTIN
University of Colorado Boulder
(University of Texas at Austin)
SpaceX
ANDREW LESH
Stanford University
Astrolab
RUSSELL LUBIN
Case Western Reserve University
Firefly Aerospace
CLARA MA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(Georgetown University)
Virgin Galactic
THERESE MALINOWSKI
Purdue University
Rocket Lab
EMILY MATTESON
Cornell University
Impulse Space
SYDNEY MENNE
University of North Dakota
Astra
JOSÉ MOREL
Georgia Institute of Technology
(Binghamton University)
Redwire
KATIE MULRY
University of Texas at Austin
Ursa Major
HANNAH NABAVI
University of California, Berkeley
Redwire
MARK PARAL
Purdue University
Lynk
JULIA PROCTOR
Cornell University
Astranis
SWATI RAVI
University College Dublin
(Columbia University)
Sierra Space
BENJAMIN RICH
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Blue Origin
THOMAS RIDGEWAY
San Diego State University
Astra
RASHMI RAVISHANKAR
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(Indian Institute of Technology Madras)
Gravitics
CHARLOTTE SILVER
Duke University
Astranis
RYAN SMITHERS
Yale University
ABL Space Systems
CLASS OF 2022
Click here to download the press release announcement about the 2022 class.
MAXIMILIAN ADANG
Caltech
Redwire
ADITHYA ARUN
University of Maryland, College Park
SpaceX
LOUBENSKY BAINE
University of Central Florida
Astra Space
RANDA BASSOU
Mississippi State University
(Université Internationale de Rabat)
Redwire
CARSON COURSEY
Georgia Tech
Aerospace Corporation
SHANE CULLEN
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
SpaceX
FLYNN DREILINGER
Stanford University
SpaceX
ALLEGRA FARRAR
MIT
(George Washington University)
Aerospace Corporation
MICHAEL GANOTAKI
Virginia Tech
(Western University, Canada)
Virgin Galactic
GRACE GENSZLER
Cornell University
(Dartmouth College; Wheaton College)
Virgin Orbit
KYLE HAMPTON
University of Kentucky
Rocket Lab
MAYA HARRIS
Stanford University
Virgin Galactic
SHAAN JAGANI
University of California, Berkeley
Blue Origin
EMMA JOHNSON
Georgia Tech
Planet
LOGAN KLUIS
Texas A&M University
(MIT)
Aerospace Corporation
OLIVIA LANGENDERFER
The Ohio State University
Rocket Lab
MAGGIE LEA
Utah State University
Axiom Space
ERIN LEVESQUE
University of Michigan
ABL Space Systems
STEPHANIE MANASTERSKI
University of Pittsburgh
Virgin Orbit
DANIEL NWACHUKWU
Georgia Tech
(University of South Carolina Aiken)
Nanoracks
WILBERT RUPERTO-HERNÁNDEZ
University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez
Millennium Space Systems
SHAN SELVAMURUGAN
Georgia Tech
Blue Origin
ARIEL SHAVER
University of Arizona
Hedron
BLAKE SHEPHERD
MIT
Millennium Space Systems
THEO ST. FRANCIS
MIT
Relativity Space
FERNANDO TABARES
Purdue University
(University of Pittsburgh)
Relativity Space
KEVIN TONG
Princeton University
Lynk
ALESSANDRO VERNIANI
University of Colorado Boulder
(University of California, Irvine)
Virgin Galactic
REBECCA WANG
Stanford University
(University of Texas at Austin)
Astranis
LIAM WARD
Boston University
Hedron
CLASS OF 2021
Click here to download the press release announcement about the 2021 class.
MICHAEL ADEYI
Yale University
Stratolaunch
RAGHAV BHAGWAT
Ohio State University
Intuitive Machines
SIDNEY BOAKYE
George Mason University
Rocket Lab
SAM BOLING
University of Michigan
Momentus
MADELINE BOWNE
Georgia Tech
(Rutgers University)
Made In Space
LUCY BROWN
Stanford University
SpaceX
MATTHEW CAMPBELL
MIT
Aerospace Corporation
SARAH CHU
Georgia Tech
(Smith College)
Analytical Space
MARY COOPER
Stanford University
Nanoracks
ANTHONY DANNA
CU Boulder
(University of Oklahoma)
Relativity Space
CHAVA FRIEDMAN
CU Boulder
(Pitzer College)
Commercial Spaceflight Federation
AMELIA GAGNON
MIT
(University of North Dakota)
SpaceX
MAOR GOZALZANI
Purdue University
Virgin Orbit
KADIN HENDRICKS
Stanford University
Roccor
KHALIL JONES
University of Washington
Virgin Galactic
RAY MARTIN
Rutgers University
Blue Origin
HALEN MATTISON
Stanford University
(North Carolina State University)
ABL Space Systems
THOMAS MCBRIDE
Princeton University
Roccor
KELLY REID
USC
(San Diego State University)
Axiom Space
THOMAS G. ROBERTS
MIT
(Princeton University)
Planet
ROBERTO RODRIGUEZ-OTERO
University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez
Virgin Galactic
ALAY SHAH
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Blue Origin
MILES SIMPKINS
Princeton University
Momentus
HANNAH TOMIO
MIT
(Tohoku University; CMU)
Made In Space
BRIANNE TREFFNER
Colorado School of Mines
Millennium Space Systems
DAVID DEZELL TURNER
MIT
(Des Moines Area Community College)
Aerospace Corporation
GAUTHAM VISWAROOPAN
UCLA
(CU Boulder)
Aerospace Corporation
Watch a video interview with Gautham here.
REILEY WEEKES
UCSD
ABL Space Systems
BRIT WYLIE
Caltech
Rocket Lab
AMBER YANG
Stanford University
Astranis
CLASS OF 2020
Click here to download the press release announcement about the 2020 class.
HOSSAIN AHMAD
Rutgers University
Blue Origin
Watch a video interview with Hossain here.
MILLEN ANAND
Columbia University
Planet
MICHAEL BARTON
North Carolina State University
Stratolaunch
JULIA BIGWOOD
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Bryce Space and Technology
BECCA BROWDER
MIT
Made In Space
MICHAEL BROWN
Caltech
The Spaceship Company
DOUGLAS CHIN
Princeton University
Astra
THOMAS COLLINS
University of New Hampshire
Rocket Lab
ALEX COULTRUP
Florida Institute of Technology
XPRIZE
HARRISON DELECKI
Georgia Tech
The Aerospace Corporation
BERNADETTE HAIG
Stanford University
ABL Space Systems
JOSHUA HARVEY
Tufts University
Roccor
MICHAEL HAUGE
Princeton University
Venturi Astrolab
ERIC HINTERMAN
MIT
Blue Origin
Watch a video interview with Eric here.
MEREDITH HOOPER
Princeton University
SpaceX
AMY HUYNH
University of California, Irvine
Astra
MEGAN JONES
CU Boulder
JPL
ABHISHEK KHANDAL
Georgia Tech
The Spaceship Company
JONATHAN LI
Yale University
Astranis
ALEX LIEM
CU Boulder
Virgin Galactic
MICHELLE LIN
CU Boulder
Blue Origin
MICHAEL LUU
MIT
The Aerospace Corporation
PATRICK MCKEEN
MIT
Venturi Astrolab
MAX NEWPORT
Stanford University
Relativity Space
CADENCE PAYNE
MIT
Millennium Space Systems
Watch a video interview with Cadence here.
CALVIN PHILLIPS
Purdue University
The Aerospace Corporation
DANIEL SHORR
Stanford University
Planet
MITCHELL WALL
University of Wisconsin-Madison
SpaceX
THOMAS WHITE
Stanford University
Blue Origin
AARON ZUCHERMAN
Cornell University
Altius Space Machines
CLASS OF 2019
Click here to download the press release announcement about the 2019 class.
NINA ARCOT
Princeton University
Accion Systems
Watch a video interview with Nina here.
PARKER BUNTIN
MIT
Virgin Orbit
MANWEI CHAN
MIT
Nanoracks
KONARK CHOPRA
Virginia Tech
SpinLaunch
LILLY CLARK
USC
The Aerospace Corporation
CAMERON FLANNERY
UCLA
Astranis
ANDREW GATHERER
Stanford University
Planet
NAKUL GUPTA
UCLA
Lockheed Martin Ventures
SHRAVAN HARIHARAN
Georgia Tech
SpinLaunch
Watch a video interview with Shravan here.
JOSHUA INGERSOLL
Georgia Tech
OneWeb Satellites
Watch a video interview with Joshua here.
EMILY JEWELL
Stanford University
Blue Origin
LEWIS JONES
Caltech
Millennium Space Systems
GARY LI
UCLA
The Aerospace Corporation
KAI MARSHLAND
Stanford University
LTA
PATRICK MIGA
Georgia Tech
Roccor
MAYA NAPHADE
Princeton University
Virgin Galactic
Watch a video interview with Maya here.
RICHARD NEDERLANDER
Vanderbilt University
XPRIZE
CHARLIE NITSCHELM
University of New Hampshire
Rocket Lab
SAHAJ PATEL
Georgia Tech
Accion Systems
AARON PICKARD
Columbia University
OneWeb LLC
Watch a video interview with Aaron here.
ANNIKA ROLLOCK
CU Boulder
Blue Origin
Watch a video interview with Annika here.
ANJALI ROYCHOWDHURY
Stanford University
SpaceX
Watch a video interview with Anjali here.
MADELINE VORENKAMP
Princeton University
Stealth Space
DANIEL ZANKO
Johns Hopkins University
The Spaceship Company
JAYDEN ZUNDEL
Stanford University
OneWeb Satellites
CLASS OF 2018
Click here to download the press release announcement about the 2018 inaugural class.
EVA ABRAMSON
UCLA
Lockheed Martin Ventures
SAMUEL ALBERT
Purdue University
Moon Express
YASH CHANDRAMOULI
Georgia Tech
OneWeb
DYLAN COHEN
MIT
XPRIZE
DYLAN DICKSTEIN
UCLA
SpaceX
SYDNEY DOLAN
Purdue University
Nanoracks
CHLOE DOWNS
Georgia Tech
OneWeb Satellites
DANIEL DYCK
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Blue Origin
JOSH ETKIND
Tufts University
Planetary Resources
AXEL GARCÍA BURGOS
MIT
Planet
MAX GOLDBERG
University of Wisconsin
Strike Force/XPRIZE
Watch a video interview with Max here.
HENRY HA
Princeton University
Virgin Orbit
BRIAN HARDY
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Altius Space Machines
HAILEE HETTRICK
MIT
Virgin Orbit
SHAYNA HUME
University of Miami
The Aerospace Corporation
Watch Shayna conduct our Navigating NewSpace interview series here.
LEON KIM
Columbia University
LTA
CALVIN LIN
Stanford University
Astranis
PADRAIG LYSANDROU
Cornell University
SpaceX
GOLDA NGUYEN
Georgia Tech
Virgin Galactic
TODD SHEERIN
MIT
Millennium Space Systems
ALEX ST. CLAIR
CU Boulder
The Spaceship Company
JEREMY STROMING
MIT
Blue Origin
IAN VORBACH
Stanford University
Stratolaunch
ADAM ZACHAR
University of Pennsylvania
Accion Systems