Laidlaw Scholars 2021
The inaugural cohort of Laidlaw Scholars comes from every corner of Cornell University. Over two years, the Laidlaw Scholars Program will support them in their research, provide extensive leadership training, and give them opportunities to apply their skills at home and abroad.
Medha Bulumulla '23
Biometry & Statistics
Project: Innovations in Feed the Future Monitoring and Evaluation: Harnessing Big Data and Machine Learning to Feed the Future
Elena Chatrchyan '23
International Agriculture & Rural Development
Project: Developing a Comprehensive Soil Health Roadmap for Armenia
Kristen D'Souza '24
Industrial and Labor Relations
Project: Intercultural Communication in the Call Center
Ethan Goldman '24
Computer Science & Linguistics
Project: Interpopulation Competition and Cooperation: Mexican Maquiladoras and Local Entrepreneurial Opportunity
Mira Kudva Driskell '23
International Agriculture & Rural Development
Project: Grassroots Organizing within Podemos' Political Project
Melanie Marshall '24
Food Science
Project: Japanese Understanding of Insects in the Age of Mass Extinction
Samuel Meisner '24
Information Science
Project: Using Big Data to Investigate the Impact of Immigrants
Dana Oshiro '24
Chemistry
Project: Quantifying Violence against Women in Trinidad and Tobago
Tina Ou '24
Information Science & Economics
Project: Biculturalism and Social Changes
Emily Park '23
English & Business and Cognitive Science
Project: French Complicity in the Holocaust during German Occupation
Shilvaan Patel '24
Policy Analysis and Management
Project: Environmental Impacts of Index-Based Livestock Insurance on Local Rangeland Health
Ainav Rabinowitz '23
Government
Project: Consequences of Militarized Law Enforcement: Middle East and Latin America
Makenna Ramsay '23
Animal Science
Project: International Comparison of Animal Shelter Oversight, Policies, and Results
Kobi Rassnick '24
Biological Sciences
Project: Genetic Evaluation to Improve Dairy Cattle Health and Production
Chris Rivera '24
Environment & Sustainability
Project: Addressing Food Insecurity through Kodomo Shokudo
Maiko Sein '23
Architecture
Project: Snakes, Insects, Straw Roofs and Sustainability
Scott Siegel '24
Industrial and Labor Relations
Project: Assessing Priorities of Transatlantic Building and Construction Unions during COVID-19
Lia Sokol '23
Government & College Scholar Program
Project: Competition in an Authoritarian Regime: New Actors in Russian Politics
Andrew Talone '24
Undeclared
Project: Barbados's Implementation of the UN Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Krinal Thakkar '23
Psychology & Biology and Society
Project: Addressing Disability in Currently and Formerly Incarcerated Individuals
Desai Wang '24
Architecture
Project: 20-Minute Cities: Using Mobility Simulation to Strengthen Urban Resiliency
Sarina Zhou '24
Economics & Law and Society
Project: Implementing UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Barbados