Chemistry graduate student Nitza V. Falcón-Cruz has been selected to receive a 2024 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF-GRFP). Nitza is the first graduate student in the Department of Chemistry to receive this prestigious graduate research fellowship award from the NSF in the last 15+ years.

Nitza is a first-year PhD student and is part of Dr. Carlos Crespo’s Group in the Chemistry Department. You can find out more about the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship here!