Center for Molecular Analysis and Design, Stanford University

The CMAD sits at the forefront of innovation and risk taking in Chemistry research by providing a new mechanism for research students to collaborate across disciplines. CMAD Fellowships allow student researchers to move away from the traditional mold of research education tied to a single discipline and move toward more student focused, entrepreneurial, and collaborative model.

This new model will be enabled by granting portable fellowships to graduate students who aspire to solve our world’s most pressing problems, especially in health, energy and the environment.

Fellowships are awarded to students who propose the most innovative research projects. Fellows partner with at least two faculty members, in order to bring a variety of perspectives to bear on their projects. As financially independent scholars no longer tied to a single faculty member, graduate students will be able to pursue their own early-stage interdisciplinary research projects under the mentorship of several faculty members.

YFP has sponsored the following fellows in their academic pursuits:

James Flanagan, a PhD candidate in Chemistry, is researching ways to generate new plastics in a sustainable, environmentally responsible way from non-petroleum sources by working with the Environmental Engineering & Science and Chemistry departments.

Naomi Clayman, a PhD candidate in Chemistry, is researching inorganic materials in the perspectives of conductivity and porousness in responding to external stimuli.

Mary Anne Manumpil, a PhD candidate in Chemistry, is doing research at the intersection of inorganic chemistry and materials science, leading to renewable energy applications.