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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Country

United States

State

Virginia

City

Blacksburg

Institution IPED

233921

Liaison(s)

Dr. Guru Ghosh

Title

VP for Outreach & International Affairs

Address

Blacksburg, VA
United States

Email

Dr. Nicole Sanderlin

Title

Director of Global Engagement

Address

Blacksburg, VA
United States

Phone

Email

npsander@vt.edu

Dr. Guru Ghosh

Title

Vice President for Outreach and International Affairs

Email

Dr. Nicole Sanderlin

Title

Director of Global Engagement

Email

npsander@vt.edu

U.S. Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institution	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years Sort ascending	Program
James Hawdon	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	University of Turku	Sociology	Finland	2023-2024	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Gabriel Isaacman-VanWertz	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	University of San Francisco de Quito	Environmental Sciences	Ecuador	2023-2024	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Kyungwha Park	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	The Wigner Research Centre for Physics , The Wigner Research Centre for Physics	Physics	Hungary	2022-2023	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Emmanuel Frimpong	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	University of Energy and Natural Resources	Fisheries	Ghana	2021-2022	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Ryan Stewart	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	University of Innsbruck	Environmental Sciences	Austria	2021-2022	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
John Gratto	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	University of Zadar	Education	Croatia	2020-2021	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Cayelan Carey	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	University of Western Australia	Environmental Sciences	Australia	2020-2021	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Gordon Vining	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte	Mathematics	Brazil	2020-2021	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Peizhen Lu	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Chalmers University of Technology , Chalmers University of Technology	Engineering	Sweden	2020-2021	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
James Westwood	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	French National Institute for Agricultural Research - Toulouse Centre	Crop Sciences	France	2019-2020	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
David Schmale	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	The University of Waikato	Environmental Sciences	New Zealand	2019-2020	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Toni Calasanti	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	McMaster University	Sociology	Canada	2019-2020	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Jennifer Irish	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	University of Haifa	Engineering	Israel	2018-2019	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
John Lesko	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Franco-American Commission for Educational Exchange	Engineering	France	2018-2019	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Nicholas Copeland	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	University of San Carlos of Guatemala	Anthropology	Guatemala	2017-2018	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Laurel McSherry	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Glasgow School of Art	Architecture	United Kingdom	2017-2018	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Erich Hester	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	National Taiwan University	Engineering	Taiwan	2017-2018	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Linsey Marr	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	National Taiwan University	Engineering	Taiwan	2017-2018	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
David Gerrard	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	National Institute of Agricultural Research	Agriculture	Uruguay	2017-2018	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Vivica Kraak	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Metropolitan University College	Nutrition	Denmark	2016-2017	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program

Visiting Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institutions	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years Sort ascending	Program
Nertil Xhaferaj	Albanian University	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Chemistry	Albania	2023-2024	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Hajar El Hammouti	Mohammed VI Polytechnique University	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Engineering	Morocco	2022-2023	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Reason Machete	Botswana Institute for Technology Research and Innovation	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Environmental Sciences	Botswana	2022-2023	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Joanie Mary Anne Willett	University of Exeter (Penryn Campus)	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Political Science	United Kingdom	2022-2023	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Liveness Banda	LUANAR	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Animal Science	Malawi	2021-2022	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Gustavo Pierdominici Sottile	University of Quilmes	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Chemistry	Argentina	2020-2021	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Lena Birgitta Gumaelius	KTH, Royal Institute of Technology	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Education	Sweden	2019-2020	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Divyapriya Govindaraj	Independent Scholar/Unaffiliated	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Engineering	India	2019-2020	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Manef Bourogaoui	High Institut of Information and Communication technologies	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Engineering	Tunisia	2019-2020	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Jan Tomastik	Palacky University	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Materials Science	Czech Republic	2019-2020	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Elsaid Abdelfattah Elsaid Nouh	Nuclear Materials Authority	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Chemistry	Egypt	2018-2019	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Mauro Sebastian Maza	National University of C??rdoba	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Engineering	Argentina	2018-2019	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Jae Heon Lee	Chung-Ang University	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Mathematics	South Korea	2017-2018	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Kjellmar Oksavik	University of Bergen	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Physics	Norway	2017-2018	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Suleiman M S Baraka	Al Aqsa University, Gaza	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Physics	Palestinian Territories (Gaza)	2017-2018	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Luis Segundo Mayorga	National University of Cuyo	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Biology	Argentina	2017-2018	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Ghazi Nazzal Othman Al Karaki	Jordan University of Science & Technology	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Agriculture	Jordan	2017-2018	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Mythily Ramaswamy	Tata Institute of Fundamental Institute	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Mathematics	India	2016-2017	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Mythily Ramaswamy	Tata Institute of Fundamental Research	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Mathematics	India	2016-2017	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Daniel Azarias Chongo	Eduardo Mondlane University, Faculty of	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Agriculture	Mozambique	2016-2017	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program