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A Conversation with 2022 Marshall Scholar Jonathan Kuo

Interview and article by L&S Communications assistant Juan Rivera https://ls.berkeley.edu/news/conversation-marshall-scholar-jonathan-kuo UC Berkeley undergraduate Jonathan Kuo was recently named as a 2022 recipient of the Marshall Scholarship. Created after World War II by the Parliament of the United Kingdom, this prestigious scholarship selects and finances distinguished American students to pursue graduate studies and careers at any university in the U.K. On track to graduate with a B.A. in Rhetoric & Molecular and Cell Biology this Spring (Class of 2022), Jonathan exemplifies what it means to be a Golden Bear, as well

Namrata Ramesh Selected as 2020 Rhodes Scholar!

On November 17th UC Berkeley senior Namrata Ramesh was selected as a 2020 Rhodes Scholar. Namrata, an international student majoring in Physics, was selected as one of five Rhodes Scholars from India. One of the oldest and most prestigious scholarships of its kind, just under 100 Rhodes Scholars are selected each year from eligible regions around throughout the world to attend Oxford University. The Rhodes is well known for its extremely competitive and rigorous selection process. Namrata will graduate with Honors in spring 2020 with a B.A. in Physics. Namrata

Nathaniel Dolton-Thornton Named a 2018 Marshall Scholar

On December 4, 2017, the British Government announced the 2018 recipients of the Marshall Scholarship awards. Recent UC Berkeley graduate, Nathaniel Dolton-Thornton, was selected as one of 43 recipients of the new class of Marshall Scholars. The selection process was extremely competitive and rigorous both at the campus and regional level. Nathaniel graduated from U.C. Berkeley in 2016 with a B.S. in Conservation and Resources Studies with Highest Distinction and Honors. Nathaniel is U.C. Berkeley’s first Marshall Scholars since 2015. The Marshall Scholarship will enable him to study at Cambridge,

UCB Recent Grad Named 2019 Schwarzman Scholar!!

New York & Beijing, December 4, 2017 Schwarzman Scholars, the Masters degree program at Tsinghua University in Beijing, today announced its third class. Tanay Jaeel graduated from Berkeley, where he majored in Business Administration. During his time there, he went deep into social impact initiatives through his coursework and extracurriculars, including projects for the California State Government, rural districts in South India, and various nonprofits. After graduation, Tanay worked in Product Strategy at LinkedIn, building out the platforms job-seeking experience to help millions of members find their next career opportunity.

Carolyn Nguyen

Carolyn Nguyen (’26, Molecular and Cell Biology/Business Administration) is passionate about advancing next-generation therapeutics through epigenome editing, immunotherapy, and stem cell biology. At UC Berkeley, she conducts research in the lab of Dr. James Nuñez, applying CRISPR technology to modulate gene expression with the goal of advancing targeted epigenetic editing tools. With a dual background in science and business, Carolyn is particularly interested in bridging research and industry to make innovative treatments more accessible and equitable. In the future, she hopes to work at the intersection of biomedical research and

Sophia Tan

Sophia Tan (‘21, Molecular and Cell Biology/Data Science) is pursuing an MD at Stanford School of Medicine. She is fascinated with how analytic modeling can inform more effective public health interventions to mitigate infectious diseases. She hopes to bridge perspectives in public health and medicine and spearhead research that shapes more equitable health policy and improves patient care. Sophia has led research in infectious disease epidemiology, studying the impact of COVID-19 vaccines on SARS-CoV-2 risk and transmission. Her work has been used in the US Supreme Court to demonstrate the

Hannah Ousterman

Hannah Ousterman (’18, Peace and Conflict Studies) is pursuing a master’s degree in international policy at the Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences, where she will specialize in energy, natural resources, and the environment. Since graduating from UC Berkeley with highest distinction in 2018, Hannah has worked for the U.S. government on a variety of foreign policy and national security issues focused on the Middle East. Most recently, she served as an adviser to the Special Envoy for Yemen at the U.S. Department of State, supporting U.S. efforts to resolve Yemen’s

Angela Kim

Angela Kim (’26, Molecular Environmental Biology) is a climate advocate dedicated to the intersection of the environment and human health. She has spearheaded large-scale community gardens and global climate disaster recovery initiatives that have impacted more than 50,000 individuals worldwide. Angela also leads a National Hydrogen Blending Resistance Coalition and serves on the Public Health Advisory Council for Los Angeles and Orange County, where she actively shapes legislation outcomes. Driven by a lifelong commitment to social and environmental justice, Angela advocates for national policies that prioritize community well-being and cultivate a more

Kristie Moore

Kristie Moore (’26, Global Studies) is a Mexican-Slovak American from Southern California. She will use her Boren Scholarship to intensively study Tajiki Persian in Dushanbe, Tajikistan during the 2025-2026 academic year. Kristie’s academic interests include conflict, mass atrocity prevention, and migration, with a specific regional concentration in Central Asia and the South Caucasus. She  received a Critical Language Scholarship in 2022 and studied Russian in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Kristie hopes to use her Persian and Russian language abilities to pursue a future career in mass atrocity prevention.

Justin Hurley

Justin Hurley (’21, Political Economy) concentrated his studies at Berkeley in international development economics and minored in Chinese. After graduation, he began working at the Center for Global Development, a think tank focused on international development and global economic policy issues, where he aims to bridge research and policy to strengthen the effectiveness of US development policy. In 2024, he participated in a delegation to China with the Shanghai Institute of International Studies to discuss US-China relations, deepening his interest in studying China’s model of economic development and its role