HAGLER FELLOWS AND
STUDENT INSPIRATION
Funding collaborations between A&M’s advanced students and world-renowned scholars is one of the crown jewels of the Hagler Institute.
Dr. Peter Hotez 2019-20 Hagler Fellow
Ms. Tasmiah Nuzhath, a student in Texas A&M’s School of Public Health and Hagler Institute Fellowship recipient, has been working with 2019-2020 Fellow, Dr. Peter Hotez. Dr. Hotez is an internationally renowned physician-scientist in tropical diseases and vaccine development at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston’s Texas Medical Center. Using data from 191 countries, Ms. Nuzhath and Dr. Hotez are working to create a global metric for vaccine–preventable disease risk to identify areas where vaccine coverage may be at risk of decline. Ms. Nuzhath writes,
“This unique experience has afforded me with invaluable exposure to research at the highest level, and provided me with a life-changing opportunity to learn under the guidance and mentorship of a world-renowned expert in the field of infectious diseases.”
Dr. Stefan H.E. Kaufmann 2018-19 Hagler Fellow
Before graduating in May 2020, Ms. Caitlyn Hoffpauir was a graduate student in Texas A&M’s College of Medicine. Ms. Hoffpauir received a fellowship from the Hagler Institute to collaborate with one of the world’s greatest scientists, 2018-2019 Hagler Fellow, Dr. Stefan H.E. Kaufmann, from the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Germany. Ms. Hoffpauir wrote to the Hagler Institute:
“ I am honored to be working with…Dr. Stefan H.E. Kaufmann, who is a leading pioneer in the fields of immunology and infectious disease biology.….My research project focuses on understanding the exact mechanism that host cell proteins use to respond to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection….. This fellowship has allowed me to get out of my scientific comfort zone, pushed me to be creative, as well as funded my last year of research…”
Dr. Sharon Donovan 2019-20 Hagler Fellow
Since receiving a Hagler Fellowship in January 2020, Ms. Destiny Mullens, a graduate student in nutrition, has been working with 2019-2020 Hagler Fellow, Dr. Sharon Donovan. This is an amazing opportunity for Ms. Mullens. Dr. Donovan is a professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a member of the National Academy of Medicine, served as president of the American Society for Nutrition, and currently serves on the 2020-25 Dietary Guidelines for Americans Advisory Committee. Ms. Mullens reports that she is testing the hypothesis that, improving the mapping of exfoliome-derived mRNA sequences will give a more complete annotation of the host epithelial cell transcriptions.
Dr. Donovan and Ms. Mullens have bi-weekly virtual meetings due to the current pandemic, and they are making significant improvements in the mapping samples with Ms. Mullens’ research.
Dr. Peter Shor 2019-20 Hagler Fellow
Mr. Reed Nessler is a student working in the Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering with Dr. Peter Shor, a 2019-2020 Hagler Fellow and professor of applied mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mr. Nessler has undertaken research on rotational symmetry. Nessler's Hagler Fellowship has advanced his career opportunities by introducing him to a pool of potential collaborators in the quantum computing community. He writes,
“The Institute’s stated ambition for ‘freedom to pursue their own research interests, as well as collaborate in disciplinary and multidisciplinary research’ certainly rings true for me.”
2016-17 Hagler Fellow, V. Kumar, from Georgia State University, gives the Hagler Institute Eminent Scholar Lecture on corporate marketing strategy
Texas A&M Student, Caitlyn Hoffpauir presents her research results at the Cold Springs Harbor Laboratories Conference
2016-17 Hagler Fellow, Robert Kennicutt Jr. gives Hagler Institute Emminent Scholar Lecture on the formation of galaxies and stars
2014-15 Hagler Fellow, Robert Skelton presents a lecture on tensegrity to students in engineering
Students listening to 2014-2015 Hagler Fellow, Jack Dongarra
2014-2015 Hagler Fellow, Jack Dongarra presents work on super computers
2017-18 Hagler Fellow, Jerry Tessendorf presents a lecture to students
CORNERSTONE: AN IMPORTANT FEATURE ON WHICH A PARTICULAR THING DEPENDS OR IS BASED
