Texas A&M Set to Host Young Scientists Selected to Participate in the 2024 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting

A group of young scientists (student and postdocs) from Texas A&M University and other American universities selected to attend the summer 2024 Nobel Laureate Annual Meeting in Lindau, Germany, will first convene in College Station for networking and a preparatory workshop.

Per an agreement between the Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings and Texas A&M, the university is set to support 21 exceptional undergraduates, graduate students and postdocs, eight of whom are Aggies, to attend the upcoming annual 73rd Nobel Laureate Meeting in Lindau, Germany from June 30 - July 5, 2024. These young scientists will be among over 600 of their peers from more than 90 nations who were nominated by their institutions and then selected by a Lindau’s scientific review panel to attend this year’s meeting. 

On May 16 and 17, Texas A&M will host these 21 scholars for a pre-Lindau Meeting preparatory workshop. They will be joined by an additional 11 young scientists supported by Amgen, allowing for an intellectual exchange between all 32 individuals. While in College Station, the group will tour the Texas A&M campus and research facilities, network with members of their cohort, and meet with distinguished Texas A&M faculty and administrators. Campus sites the group will visit include the Cyclotron Institute, Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, and Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics. 

“The Office of the Provost is honored to partner with the Division of Research, the Graduate and Professional School, the Office for Faculty Affairs, the Hagler Institute for Advanced Study and University Distinguished Professor Joerg Steiner to help prepare these young scholars for the upcoming Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting,” said Dr. Alan Sams, Executive Vice President and Provost at Texas A&M. “At the same time, we can acquaint them with Texas A&M’s research opportunities, including faculty, facilities, support and infrastructure, perhaps inspiring them to return to Texas A&M to pursue advanced degrees or potentially serve as future faculty,” Sams said. 

Established in 1951, the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings provide an international forum for intellectual exchange and collaboration and feature lectures, Agora talks, open discussions and workshops that cover a wide range of scientific disciplines, rotating annually between physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, and economic sciences. This year, in addition to the more than 600 students and postdocs, nearly 40 Nobel Laureates in physics will be in attendance.

In addition to covering the travel, lodging and associated expenses for these 21 students and postdocs from U.S. institutions, Texas A&M will host the Nobel Laureate Meeting’s “International Evening,” which features the sharing of food and cultural activities. 

“We are excited to give our students the opportunity to engage with the world’s most preeminent scholars and to support high-impact research,” said Sams. “Our expanded partnership with the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings demonstrates Texas A&M’s commitment to participating actively on the international stage and addressing the world’s most pressing challenges.” 
 

Students and Post-Docs Selected to Attend the 73rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, Supported by Texas A&M:

Kevin Allen, Doctoral Student, Rice University
Hillary Diane Andales, Undergraduate Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Keyu Ding, Doctoral Student, University of South Dakota
Madison Edwards, Doctoral Student, Texas A&M University
Addy Evans, Doctoral Student, Texas A&M University
Pratiksha Balasaheb Gaikwad, Doctoral Student, University of Florida
Shachar Gottlieb, Undergraduate Student, Texas A&M University 
Alex Hilty, Undergraduate Student, Texas A&M University
Gabriel Larios, Post-Doc, Texas A&M University
Adrià Delhom i Latorre, Doctoral Student, Louisiana State University
Siyang Li, Doctoral Student, Johns Hopkins University
Ali Binai Motlagh, Doctoral Student, Columbia University
Emery Nibigira, Post-Doc, University of Tennessee
Junellie Gonzalez Quiles, Doctoral Student, Johns Hopkins University
Alex Strasser, Doctoral Student, Texas A&M University
David Thomas, Undergraduate Student, Texas A&M University
Sarah Vickers, Master's Student, University of North Carolina
Jiaxuan Wang, Doctoral Student, Texas A&M University
Ziqin Yue, Doctoral Student, Rice University
Barkotel Zemenu, Undergraduate Student, Yale University
Michael Zengel, Undergraduate Student, University of Alabama
 
 

Students and Post-Docs Attending the 73rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting and the Pre-Meeting Workshop, Supported by Amgen  

Jeffrey Backus, Doctoral Student, Princeton University
Hannah Dattilo, Doctoral Student, Vanderbilt University
Dipa Ghindani, Post-Doc, Harvard University
Miriam Hiebert, Post-Doc, University of Maryland
Noah Hoppis, Doctoral Student, University of Maryland
Pratik Prasad Joshi, Post-Dock, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Anurag Panda, Post-Doc, Harvard University
Kamal Rudra, Master’s Student, University of Michigan
Adam Shaw, Doctoral Student, California Institute of Technology
Ariana Shearin, Doctoral Student, University of Maryland
Kathryn Sturge, Doctoral Student, University of Maryland