Second Class of Simons Dissertation Fellows in Mathematics Announced

Established in memory of Simons Foundation co-founder Jim Simons, these fellowships support research from exceptional graduate students in mathematics.

The Simons Foundation is pleased to announce the latest recipients of its Simons Dissertation Fellowship in Mathematics. This program was created in 2024 to commemorate the foundation’s late co-founder, Jim Simons, and to continue his commitment to supporting exceptional students in mathematics.

The Simons Dissertation Fellowship in Mathematics provides research support to graduate students in the fourth and fifth years of their mathematics Ph.D. programs. Over two years, it provides $30,000 in general research support for the student, $2,000 in discretionary funding for the student’s department and $6,400 for indirect costs.

This year’s awardees are listed below.

Ruben Ascoli
Georgia Institute of Technology

Gabriel Beiner
University of California, Berkeley

Isaac Broudy
Cornell University

Alexander Burgin
Georgia Institute of Technology

Qiyue Chen
University of Minnesota

Sergio Cristancho
Princeton University

Francesco D’Emilio
Washington University in St. Louis

Hang Du
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Qixuan Fang
Rutgers University, Newark

Yuchen Fang
University of California, Berkeley

Benjy Firester
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

William Fisher
University of California, Berkeley

Nicholas Forman
University of Maryland, College Park

Dauda Gambo
Iowa State University

Jernej Grlj
University of Southern California

Seokmin Ha
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Joseph Hlavinka
University of California, Berkeley

Yong Hwan Kim
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Dain Kim
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Daishi Kiyohara
Harvard University

Miles Kretschmer
University of Chicago

Aidan Lau
New York University

Jiayu Li
Princeton University

Xuanyu Li
Cornell University

Fang Liu
University of Michigan

Hanming Liu
University of Oregon

Xinyi Lu
University of California, Irvine

Jaewon Min
University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

Kyunghoo Mun
Carnegie Mellon University

Tan Özalp
University of Notre Dame

Azélie Picot
Columbia University

Tristán Radić
Northwestern University

Oriol Solé Pi
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Shuxian Song
Vanderbilt University

Bryce Thomson
University of California, Davis

Raphael Tsiamis
Columbia University

Hamilton Wan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Fuxiang Yang
University of Notre Dame

Ruofan Zeng
University of Washington

Xinyi Zhang
Columbia University