Post by Cordell Umland

I am honored to be awarded with a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship! This fellowship supports graduate students who are pursuing full-time research-based master's and doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. This fellowship will support me during my Ph.D. in Physics at Auburn University, specializing in plasma physics. My research will focus on studying dust dynamics in magnetized plasmas, with applications in semiconductor processing, astrophysical environments, and fusion energy. I would like to sincerely thank my family, friends, colleagues, and mentors who have supported me through my academic career. I am very grateful for this opportunity and look forward to growing as a researcher in the years to come.