BME PhD students receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
Meghan Griffin and Emily Hoffmann
Meghan Griffin (right) and Emily Hoffmann (left) are Biomedical Engineering PhD students and newly named NSF Fellows.

April 27, 2023 — Congratulations to our 2023 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship recipients, Meghan Griffin and Emily Hoffmann.

Meghan Griffin 

Meghan is a Biomedical Engineering PhD student who is part of BME graduate faculty member Prof. Michael McAlpine’s lab. Her research applies 3D bioprinting techniques to cardiac tissue engineering, with a focus on recreating native biomechanical properties. The long-range goal of this project is developing improved disease models and contributing to advancements in clinically available tissue therapies.

Emily Hoffmann

Emily is a Biomedical Engineering PhD student and is part of Prof. Kyoko Yoshida’s lab. Her research focuses on the biomechanical changes that the uterus undergoes during pregnancy: the mechanical and hormonal factors that cause these changes, the growth and remodeling that occurs, and how this system can be computationally modeled.

About the award

The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees at accredited U.S. institutions. 

Fellowships provide the student with a three-year annual stipend of $37,000 along with a $12,000 cost of education allowance for tuition and fees (paid to the institution), as well as access to opportunities for professional development available to NSF-supported graduate students.

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