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2002

Rudyard Willis Sadleir (1998). University of Illinois at Chicago B.S., Earth and Environmental Science, 2001.

Oxford Subject: Evolutionary Biology and Paleontology.

Career Aspirations: Paleontologist at a university or museum, research and
education.

A Goldwater Scholar, Rudyard Sadleir has extensive field work as a two-time member of Dr. Paul Sereno's paleontology digs in the Sahara. Rudyard was part of Sereno's four-month expeditions to Niger in 1997 and again in 2000, helping discover at least three new species of dinosaurs and other fossils which will "rewrite the history of Africa during the Cretaceous." He has also done extensive field-work at Dinosaur Provincial Park in Alberta and received a bursary from the Royal Tyrrell Museum for part of that work. Rudyard won a spot in the Smithsonian's Research Training Program at the National Museum of Natural History in 1998 and began his own research project in 1999 - a mathematical analysis of the shapes of theropod dinosaur teeth for purposes of taxonomic identification - the preliminary results of which he presented to the Society of Vertebrate Paleontologists' annual meeting. He has co-authored two papers which have appeared in the journal Science and is deeply committed to science education for children -"I have found that dinosaurs are the perfect way to get their attention." To this end, he has volunteered at Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History for five years and helps with Project Exploration, a program which brings paleontology into city schools. A former North American Speedskating Champion, Rudyard is now an avid rugby player who would "love to try crew while at Oxford."

1996

John Barnaby Nicholas Marsh, IV (1994) Degree:Cornell University: B.A., Environmental Studies, Economics, Social
Policy, Ethics, 1996.

Career Goals: Scholar/Statesman

Oxford Course: D.Phil., Behavioural Ecology

For two summers Barnaby was a Scientific Research Intern at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, where he received grants from the National Museum of Natural History and the National Science Foundation for work on the classification of fishes and morphometric differences in vultures. He was president of the Ecological Conservation Society and has been a volunteer lecturer on ornithology and conservation biology in the Cambridge public schools. He is book reviewer for The Ibis, the Journal of the British Ornithologists' Union, and is foreign literature reviewer for Recent Ornithological Literature. He is a member of the Cornell Undergraduate Research Board in the College of Arts and Sciences, was a participant in the Model United Nations of Oxford University, and spent his junior year at Pembroke College, Oxford. Among his favorite sports are crew, basketball, tennis, soccer, swimming, skiing, golf, and jogging. His other interests include photography, classical music, and cooking. During his childhood in Alaska, Barnaby was schooled at home by his parents before he attended college.

Since 1996 the National Science Foundation has recognized more than 60 RTP alumni fellowship submissions, awarding 30 Graduate Research Fellowships and 31 honorable mentions.

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2006

XX (x) RTP alumni were awarded National Science Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowships in 2006.

• Amanda Cass

2005

XX (x) RTP alumni were awarded National Science Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowships in 2005.

• X

2004

XX (x) RTP alumni were awarded National Science Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowships in 2004.

• X

2003

Two (2) RTP alumni were awarded National Science Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowships in 2003.

• Andrew Allen Farke (2000) to University of Texas, Austin.
• Kristofer Michael Helgen (2000) to University of Adelaide - Australia..

2002

Five (5) RTP alumni were awarded National Science Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowships in 2002.

• Cynthia (Min-Yuen) Cheung (1999) to Baylor College of Medicine.
• Matthew Friedman (2001) to University of Chicago.
• Ann Jefferson (1999) to University of Washington.
• Elisa Maldonado (2000) to University of Washington.
• Nathan Muchhala (1997) to University of Miami.

Four (4) RTP alumni received National Science Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowship honorable mentions in 2002.

• Sarah Corbett (1999) to University of Florida.
• Kerry Inman (1992) to University of Washington.
• Molly Markey (1998) to Harvard University.
• Jennifer Quincey (1999) to University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Four (4) RTP alumni were awarded National Science Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowships in 2001.

• Sudha Arunachalam (2000) to University of California, Berkeley.
• Kurt Galbreath (1995) to University of Chicago.
• Laura Holladay (2001) to University of Michigan.
• Jeff Lake (1995) to Duke University.

Four (4) RTP alumni received National Science Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowship honorable mentions in 2001.

• Sarah Corbett (1999) to University of Florida.
• Kerry Inman (1992) to University of Washington.
• Molly Markey (1998) to Harvard University.
• Nathan Muchhala (1997) to University of Miami.

2000

One (1) RTP alumnus was awarded National Science Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowship in 2000.

• Matthew Kweskin (1996) to University of Texas, Austin.

Three (3) RTP alumni received National Science Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowship honorable mentions in 2000.

• Erica Guyer (1996) to Arizona State University.
• Colleen McLinn (1998) to University of Minnesota.
• Sean Menke (1998) to University of Oklahoma.

1999

Four (4) RTP alumni were awarded National Science Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowships in 1999.

• Emily Greenfest (1997) to University of Chicago.
• Tristan Kimbrell (1998) to University of California, Davis.
• Alan Krakauer (1994) to University of California, Berkeley.
• Jonathan Lee (1996) to University of Texas, Austin.

Three (3) RTP alumni received National Science Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowship honorable mentions in 1999.

• Lisa Dorn (1993) to University of California, Davis.
• Sean Menke (1998) to University of California, Davis.

1998

Four (4) RTP alumni were awarded National Science Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowships in 1998.

• Richard Glor (1996) to Washington University.
• Eugene Hunt (1995) to University of Chicago.
• Jonathan Marcot (1994) to University of Chicago.
• Joseph Tien (1996) to University of Washington.

Seven (7) RTP alumni received National Science Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowship honorable mentions in 1998.

• Erica Guyer (1996) to University of Michigan.
• Ryan Houston (1996) to University of Arizona.
• Dianella Howarth (1995) to Harvard University.
• Alan Krakauer (1994) to University of California, Berkeley.
• Matthew Palmer (1998) to Rutgers State University.
• K. Rebecca Thomas (1996) to University of Chicago.
• Karen Viskupic (1995) to Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

1997

Three (3) RTP alumni were awarded National Science Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowships in 1997.

• Carlos Bustamante (1994) to University of Chicago.
• Matthew Kosnik (1994) to University of Chicago.
• James Parham (1994) to University of California, Berkeley.

Five (5) RTP alumni received National Science Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowship honorable mentions in 1997.

• Ryan Bavis (1994) to University of Montana.
• Asher Cutter (1996) to University of Arizona.
• Teresa Friedrich (1995) to University of Michigan.
• Jonathan Marcot (1994) to University of Chicago.
• Bret Payseur (1995) to Northwestern University.

1996

Six (6) RTP alumni were awarded National Science Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowships in 1996.

• Glenn Almany (1995) to University of Illinois.
• AImee Betts (1994) to University of California, Santa Barbara.
• Jeffrey Lake (1995) to Duke University.
• Cesar Nufio (1994) to University of Arizona.
• Navin Rao (1994) to University of Washington.
• Alvaro Sagasti (1993) to University of California, San Diego.

Five (5) RTP alumni received National Science Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowship honorable mentions in 1996.

• Roberto Bello (1994) to University of California, Berkeley.
• Barnaby Marsh (1994) to Oxford University.
• Bret Payseur (1995) to Northwestern University.
• Laura Rose (1995) to University of California, Davis.
• Scott Rufolo (1995) to University of Chicago.