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2026 Governor's STEM Scholars

Meet the 2026 Governor's STEM Scholars. A class made up of 100 high school and college students from 19 New Jersey counties. When they graduate from the Governor's STEM Scholars in May 2026, they will join an alumni network of more than 1,000 STEM students and professionals.

Gabriela Acosta

Middlesex County

Gabriela Acosta is a senior at Perth Amboy High School.

Jailyn Agard

Bergen County

Jailyn Agard is a sophomore neuroscience major at Ramapo College of New Jersey.

Karen Agbolou

Essex County

Karen Agbolou is a senior at Science Park High School in Newark.

Petros Antonoglou

Middlesex County

Petros Antonoglou is a first-year Ph.D. student in Pharmaceutical Sciences at Rutgers University’s Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy.

Ishani Bakshi

Middlesex County

Ishani Bakshi is a senior at the Edison High School STEM Academy.

Armaan Balani

Mercer County

Armaan Balani is a junior at Robbinsville High School.

Pranati Bankupalli

Middlesex County

Pranati Bankupalli is a junior at Old Bridge High School.

Prerna Bankupalli

Middlesex County

Prerna Bankupalli is a junior at Old Bridge High School.

Francesca Baptiste

Essex County

Francesca Baptiste is a senior at Saint Vincent Academy.

Antonio Batistini

Hudson County

Antonio Batistini is a sophomore in the S.T.E.M. Academy at North Bergen High School.

Elena Beepat

Hudson County

Elena Beepat is a sophomore at Jose Marti STEM Academy.

Prisha Bhattacharjee

Middlesex County

Prisha Bhattacharjee is a junior at the Woodbridge Academy Magnet School in New Jersey.

Pranav Bhuvanesh

Middlesex County

Pranav Bhuvanesh is a junior at JP Stevens High School.

Laura Bowen

Hudson County

Laura Bowen is a senior at McNair Academic High School.

Trexlor Boyer

Gloucester County

Trexlor Boyer is a senior at Kingsway Regional High School in Gloucester County.

Marc Carames

Morris County

Marc Carames is a senior at West Morris Central High School.

Kaylee Carranza

Hudson County

Kaylee Carranza is a sophomore at Jose Marti STEM Academy.

Rohit Challa

Middlesex County

Rohit Challa is a junior at Monroe Township High School.

Tiffany Chan

Middlesex County

Tiffany Chan is a junior at Rutgers University–Camden majoring in Biology and Computational & Integrative Biology.

Johan Claros

Hudson County

Johan Claros is a sophomore at Jose Marti STEM Academy.

Ananya Datta

Monmouth County

Ananya Datta is a senior at the Academy of Allied Health and Science.

Victoria Diaz

Middlesex County

Victoria Diaz is a junior at the Wardlaw+Hartridge School.

Lauren Doggett

Camden County

Lauren Doggett is a junior at Gloucester County Institute of Technology.

Dev Doshi

Essex County

Dev Doshi is a third-year Biomedical Engineering major in the 7-Year BS/MD program at NJIT and New Jersey Medical School.

Owen DuHaime

Union County

Owen DuHaime is a senior at Montclair Kimberley Academy.

Maximus Elmorry

Hudson County

Maximus Elmorry is a senior at High Tech High School and a dual-enrollment student at Hudson County Community College pursuing an associate degree in Science and Mathematics.

Chidera Emeaso

Hunterdon County

Chidera Emeaso is a senior at North Hunterdon High School and a student in the Biomedical Sciences Academy.

Violet Fischer

Ocean County

Violet Fischer is a senior at the Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science (MATES).

Yohan Gil

Hudson County

Yohan Gil is a sophomore at Jose Marti STEM Academy.

Jaden Glogg

Morris County

Jaden Glogg is a junior at Morris Hills High School.

Santiago Gonzalez

Passaic County

Santiago Gonzalez is a senior at Wayne Hills High School.

Bhumija Grandhe

Somerset County

Bhumija Grandhe is a junior at Somerset County Vocational and Technical High School in the Academy for Health and Medical Sciences.

Anfisa Gubareva

Hudson County

Anfisa Gubareva is a sophomore at Jose Marti STEM Academy.

Sydney Guillaume

Essex County

Sydney Guillaume is a junior at Bard High School Early College.

Nathaly Guillen

Hudson County

Nathaly Guillen is a junior at North Bergen High School.

Jo Anastasia Harkins

Monmouth County

Jo Anastasia Harkins is a fourth-year biology major at Stockton University with minors in behavioral neuroscience and historical studies.

Sophia Hou

Essex County

Sophia Hou is a sophomore at Newark Academy.

Ayaan Jain

Hunterdon County

Ayaan Jain is a sophomore at Hunterdon Central Regional High School.

Zara Jain

Monmouth County

Zara Jain is a junior at Marlboro High School.

Arnav Janeesh

Mercer County

Arnav Janeesh is a junior at Robbinsville High School.

Pranayaa Jeyaraman

Middlesex County

Pranayaa Jeyaraman is a senior at Woodbridge Academy Magnet School.

Sarah Ji

Hudson County

Sarah Ji is a sophomore at McNair Academic High School.

Hassanah Kalimah

Essex County

Hassanah Kalimah is a junior at Donald M. Payne Sr. School of Technology.

Caitlin Kang

Morris County

Caitlin Kang is a junior at the Academy for Mathematics, Science, and Engineering.

Helena Kuchmek

Camden County

Helena Kuchmek is a senior at Audubon Junior-Senior High School.

Molay Kumar

Middlesex County

Molay Kumar is a junior at Thomas Edison Energysmart Charter School.

Yuri Lee

Bergen County

Yuri Lee is a junior at Bergen County Academies in the Academy for Medical Science Technology.

Sonia Leo

Burlington County

Sonia Leo is a senior at Moorestown High School.

Jophy Lin

Monmouth County

Jophy Lin is a senior in the Science & Engineering Magnet Program at Manalapan High School.

Jason Lu

Somerset County

Jason Lu is a junior at Montgomery High School.

Roshan Matrubai

Morris County

Roshan Matrubai is a junior at Parsippany Hills High School.

Charlotte McLaughlin

Somerset County

Charlotte McLaughlin is a junior at the Academy for Health & Medical Sciences at Somerset County Vocational & Technical High School.

Isabella Merlino

Ocean County

Isabella Merlino is a senior at Toms River High School East STEAM Academy.

Anish Mhaskar

Middlesex County

Anish Mhaskar is a sophomore at Edison Academy Magnet School.

Muzen Mohamedsaeed

Hudson County

Muzen Mohamedsaeed is a junior at Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic High School.

Zaira Nadeem

Union County

Zaira Nadeem is a junior at Frank J. Cicarell Academy in Elizabeth.

Iona Nandy

Union County

Iona Nandy is a sophomore at the Union County Academy for Allied Health Sciences.

Tze Chang Justin Ng

Middlesex County

Tze Chang (Justin) Ng is a second-year Ph.D. candidate in Cell and Developmental Biology at Rutgers University–New Brunswick.

Eliana Nunez

Hudson County

Eliana Nunez is a sophomore at Jose Marti STEM Academy.

Oyinoluwa Obakeye

Middlesex County

Oyinoluwa Obakeye is a senior at North Brunswick Township High School.

Tenioluwa Obakeye

Middlesex County

Teni Obakeye is a sophomore at North Brunswick Township High School.

Bryan Oko

Essex County

Bryan Oko is a senior at the Newark School of Data Science.

Siddhi Omesh

Monmouth County

Siddhi Omesh is a junior at Biotechnology High School.

John Palacios

Essex County

John Palacios is a second-year physics major at Essex County College pursuing an Associate in Science with plans to transfer to a four-year institution.

Hannah Park

Bergen County

Hannah Park is a sophomore at the Academy of the Holy Angels.

Henna Patel

Mercer County

Henna Patel is a junior at West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South.

Manntram Patel

Cumberland County

Manntram Patel is a junior at Cumberland Regional High School.

Carlos Pina

Middlesex County

Carlos Pina is a senior at Perth Amboy High School.

Razan Rabayah

Atlantic County

Razan Rabayah is a junior at Atlantic City High School.

Ujjwal Rameshwaram

Middlesex County

Ujjwal Rameshwaram is a fourth-year Biomedical Engineering student at Stevens Institute of Technology.

Manya Rana

Passaic County

Manya Rana is a senior at the PCTI STEM Academy in the Biomedical and Life Sciences program.

Amisha Rastogi

Monmouth County

Amisha Rastogi is a second-year Biology major and Chemistry minor at Rutgers University–Camden.

Rhea Rawat

Middlesex County

Rhea Rawat is a junior at John P. Stevens High School.

Angela Rodriguez

Hudson County

Angela Rodriguez is a junior at José Martí STEM Academy.

Anshuman Roy

Somerset County

Anshuman Roy is a sophomore at Bridgewater-Raritan High School.

Lucy Sandor

Essex County

Lucy Sandor is a sophomore at James Caldwell High School.

Ravi Sangani

Middlesex County

Ravi Sangani is a third-year public health major minoring in biology and chemistry in the Honors Program at The College of New Jersey.

Reindy Sanon

Middlesex County

Reindy Sanon is a senior at Carteret High School.

Catharina Santana

Bergen County

Catharina Santana is a junior at Dwight Morrow High School.

Graysen Shaffer

Monmouth County

Graysen Shaffer is a sophomore at Neptune High School.

Aum Shah

Morris County

Aum Shah is a senior at the Academy for Mathematics, Science, and Engineering.

Jainam Shah

Bergen County

Jainam Shah is a junior computer science major in the Albert Dorman Honors College at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.

Bill Shen

Sussex County

Zhekai Shen is a senior at Elite Preparatory Academy.

Lailah Siabei

Middlesex County

Lailah Siabei is a sophomore at the Woodbridge Academy Magnet School.

Aidan Smeglin

Camden County

Aidan Smeglin is a junior at Cherry Hill High School East.

Thomas Solitro

Burlington County

Thomas Solitro is a junior at Moorestown High School.

Carlos Sorto

Union County

Carlos Sorto is a senior at Elizabeth High School Frank J. Cicarell Academy.

Joshitha Sripada

Hudson County

Joshitha Sripada is a senior at County Prep High School, where she majors in Medical Science.

Owen Steed-Bordner

Union County

Owen Steed-Bordner is a sophomore at Union County Magnet High School.

Alina Sultan

Warren County

Alina Sultan is a senior at Hackettstown High School.

Kavi Sutaria

Hudson County

Kavi Sutaria is a junior at McNair Academic High School.

Leo Toake

Bergen County

Leo Toake is a junior in the Academy for Medical Science Technology at Bergen County Academies.

Essence Toone

Essex County

Essence Toone is a senior at Kean University majoring in Computational Science and Engineering with a concentration in physics.

Daisy Valerio Bautista

Middlesex County

Daisy Valerio Bautista is a junior at New Brunswick High School.

Amy Vazquez-Castillo

Passaic County

Amy Vazquez-Castillo is a sophomore at Passaic County Technical Institute.

Vinaya Vittal

Hudson County

Vinaya Vittal is a senior at McNair Academic High School.

Aaron Weinstein

Union County

Aaron Weinstein is a senior at Union County Magnet High School.

Ally Yim

Camden County

Ally Yim is a junior at Cherry Hill High School East.

Andres Zuniga

Mercer County

Andres Zuniga is a junior at Trenton Central High School.

2025 Governor's STEM Scholars

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Asaad Abdul-Hamid

David Adu

Pomaah Agyen-Kumah

Oluwadarasimi Ajewole

Blessing Anyangwe

Gabriel Arias

Jeffry Arteaga

Ahmed Ashraf

Maya Baireddy

Namish Bansal

Sarah Bansal

Warisha Bari

Sanjushree Bastia

Madelyn Boston

Happy Boutrus

Julio Cervantes

Shashwat Chakraborty

Melanie Chauca

Amy Chen

Anu Chidambaram

Isabella Cortes

Anyelo Cruz

Genesis DaSilva

Tanishka Dhake

Maria Diaz Quintero

Jonathan Duran

Shreya Dutt

Princess Eminue

Omoyemi Falana

Sean Fialcowitz

Fiona Gale

Sophia Gao

Aryan Garg

Ezra Goldfarb

Eliana Gonzalez Leon

Riya Goyal

Dylan Gray

Hillary Guarango

Ali Hagag

Sophia Halm

Amiri Hayes

Penelope Herra

Noah Hyun

Leah Inzana

Esther Ishola

Kevin Jin

Navneet Kalatheeswaran

Ashley Kim

Anya Konduru

Gauri Kshettry

Yasmine Lalani

Gary Leschinsky

Lukas Liakhovitch

Fatima Lira

Kriti Malhotra

Prisha Malhotra

Prisha Malik

Angel Marquez

Hillary Martinez

Mukund Maurya

Noah Meier

Haley Mody

Shaan Mody

Arnav Mohanty

Abdulqudus Morakinyo

Maira Nadeem

Mary Okolla

Lamarr Olive

Estefania Orjuela Parra

Taylor Pape

Anna Park

Eva Patel

Maahishee Patel

Yash Pathak

Kaavya Pratikantham

Joseph David Quinn-Vitabile

Rana Rabayah

Sanjay Ravishankar

Victoria Rose

Andres Ruiz Grijalva

Di'dyana Rutty

Christina Salazar

Rishabh Sankar

Krystal Santiago

Josephine Serrano

Krishi Shah

Siddharth Shankar

Megha Sikka

Breanna Smith

Florence So

Connor Stager

Daniel Steiner

Brianna Suazo

Rachel Sun

Elianna Taveras

Samuel Tobachnick

Paulina Tomlin

Delancey Van Meir

Nandini Venkatesh

Aaron Vivanco

Neeka Vojdani

Anhphi Vu

Tanvi Walia

Saniya Williams

Audrey Xu

Annabel Yin

Simon Youn

Sapjah Zapotitla

Bowen Zhang

Kevin Zhang

Matthew Abad

Fatima Abella

Yeheira Acosta

Nishi Agrawal

Myra Almeida

Cristina Altamirano

Sarvesh Anand

Krystinna Arevalo

Michelle Ayala

Kare Bangar

Mina Basaly

Suchit Basineni

Julissa Beltrán

Isha Bhatia

Hazel Bonilla

Animesh Borad

Bobby Bress

Malorie Brown

Alexandra Bruno

Kayrine Calderon

Kailan Campbell

Seidy Castillo

Pooja Challi

Sofia Colella

Michael Domenech

Tionna Dunn

Valerie Duran

Noor EL-Hawwat

Carolyn Eloy

Katherine Estevanell

Jolie Estevao

Omolola Falana

Aden Falk

Tunde Fasoro

Isabella Fernandes-Santinho

Mircea Florescu

Adam Freedman

Kenny Frias

Jenny Gao

Hector Gonzalez

Ian Grenda

Carolyn He

Lawrence He

Emily Hickey

Shelby Hilarczyk

Liliana Hopkins

Madeline Hunt

Cindy Hussein

Shreyaah Iyer

Andrés Jaquez Cruz

Claire Jiang

Kaelyn Johnson

Ellie Justin

Raifah Kader

Alexander Kang

Ashley Kim

Marlene Krueger

Anvita Kulkarni

Peter Kutuzov

Sonal Lakhani

Jiwoo Lee

Keira Lee

Anita Lemus Rivera

Dan Leykin

Angelina Lin

Charlotte Liu

Lily Liu

Alisson Lopez Donado

Lola López-Spencer

Madison MacKenzie

Ally MacMullin

Nidhi Mandrekar

Muhammad Mir

Brianna Mosley

Dennise Munyao

Arata Nakano

Pari Narang

Ashley Noboa

Jacob Normand

Alfardi Nuruzzaman

Aidan Ogborn

Niademi Ogundana

Kevin Ozkuyumcu

Chelsea Panton

Misha Patel

Axel Perez

Khushi Prajapati

Anika Pruthi

Annika Raj

Cesar Ramirez

Disha Rana

Ishir Rao

Alex Relovsky

Jerrick Romero

Kaelynn Ross

Reeti Rout

Lindsey Samuel

Lithra Sankari

Alex Savov

Hayden Schechter

Zashaan Shaik

Shubham Sharma

Ved Shenoy

Aaron Simpson

Isabela Simpson

Praise Sodimu

Shirin Sood

Marisa Syed

Jane Tenecota

Jennifer Tian

Nennin Toure

Pranav Tripathi

Vamsikrishna Vaidyula

Riyashi Varia

Shravani Vedagiri

Mia Velasco

Akhil Vemuri

Neeraj Venna

Amber Verma

Raunak Verma

Yash Verma

Madison Walia-Peters

Morgan Walia-Peters

Justen Wen

2023 Governor's STEM Scholars

Adeola Adeoye-Davids

Yara Aguilar

Emelin Almanzar

Juhi Amin

Reva Amritkar

Sumuk Anand

Niranjana Ananth

Angela Appiah-Kubi

Krithik Ashokkumar

Yhara Barba

Anmol Bhatia

Anthony Boyle

Bertila Bruka

Giancarla Burgos

Albert Caesar

Jocelyn Calderon

Isabella Castillo

Andrew Chang

Vibhav Chaturvedi

Kevin Chen

Duran Chukumba

Liv Chung

Jamie Lynn Connors

Deborah Cousin

Denise Coutinho

Jollen Dai

Ashley Diaz Saguay

Enzo DiMasi

Cole DuHaime

William Ee

Lilya Eid

Jennah Elghamrawi

Zayd Elhedoudy

Ryan Elyakoubi

Nima Fallah

Thomas Gallo

Catherine Gan Ung

Audrey Gang

Sriya Ghankot

Rachel Glantzberg

Saanvi Goel

Jack Goldberg

Jue Gong

Eric Gudiel

Rachel Guhathakurta

Supraj Gunda

Suhani Gupta

Nicholas Hagedorn

Ryen Hagg

Alexandria Hall

Alexis Halm-Owoo

Madeline Heng

Halimat Houandje

Atharva Inamdar

Emmanuel Ishola

Aashika Jagadeesh

Zoe Jenkins-Hiscox

Mrunmayi Joshi

Aaron Kahn

Sanika Karode

Joshua Karten

Paola Kotori

Katherine Krishtopa

Srivatsa Kundurthy

Audrey Kuo

Ryan Lalani

Aliya Laliwala

Makayla Lecky

Kevin Liu

Avantika Malla

Maya Mann

Naia Marcelino

Elizabeth McNamara

Saanvi Mehta

Sebastian Mercado

Sophia Merlino

Kaitlyn Miranda

Devam Mondal

Sareena Naganand

Meera Nair

Zachary No

Kosisochi Okaro

Giovanni Olaya

Allison Ore

Nikhil Osuri

Anas Owais

Udgita Pamidigantam

Danielle Park

Samiya Pathak

Ali-Tyana Peynado

Shuohao Ping

Sruthi Potluri

Steffani Rajapaksha

Sriya Sadhu

Sajoud Saleh

Yash Samat

Mauricio Sanchez

Abhay Sankar

Rhea Sethi

Diya Shah

Kareena Shah

Vinav Shah

Vinesha Shaik

Riya Shenvi

Trevor Sherman

Saloni Singh

Shriya Sudhakar

Davidi Tawfiles

Krishnan Tholkappian

Megan Tseng

Vjosa Ukella

Sarah Usman

Kavya Venkatesan

Vaishvik Vidavalapati

Advika Vuppala

Ananya Vuppala

Alex Weng

Grace Xia

Jeffrey Xu

Yug Yadava

Daisy Yao

Samuel Yeboah-Manson

Xinyi Zhang

Aleicia Zhu

Shawn Zou

2022 Governor's STEM Scholars

2021 Governor's STEM Scholars

Jacquelyn Anderson

Nikhil Arayath

Ananya Balaji

Arnuv Batra

Shrutee Sangeeta Behera

Sophia Benavente-Sayani

Cassidy Brennan

Sofia Capitillo-Villasmil

Willy Chan

Yuhua Chen

Shriya Dani

Shivam Dave

Sophia Dengler

Daisy Dong

Gabriella Dong

Shubhranshu Dutta

Kamila Esquivel

Fadi Farag

Cameron Farid

Vincent Fox

Nona Fulmore Harris

Elliot Fylstra

Ram Gadhamsetty

Sumana Gadiraju

Isha Gangavaram

Xavier Garay

Aleksander Garbuz

Moho Goswami

Amanda Guan

Lee Haglid

Leo Jasper

Alex Jean

Ella Joasil

Tamara Kasikovic

Madeline Keel

Annie Kersten

Isa Khan

Sanya Kohli

Shricharan K.S.

Siya Kulkarni

Darshan Lakshminarayanan

Aliza Lopez

Andric Lu

Elaina Mann

Emily Mawhinney

Deborah McDougall

Sweksha Mehta

Gianna Meurer

Ankit Mithbavkar

Jiya Mody

Lesslie Montiel

Habiba Morsy

Sydney Munn

JéVanni L. Napoleon

Abby Negron

Achunike Okafor

Anita Osuri

Bhavini Pandey

Hannah Park

Anika Parthiban

Diya Patel

Krisha Patel

Sade Peña

Justine Prophete

Ariyana Rahman

Janani Rajan

Aileen Rangel

Mihir Rao

Claudia Reines

Julia Schanen

Chris Sebastian

Ella Sharkey

Ananya Shrivastava

Isabela Simpson

Kayla Soto

Diana Stinkova

Lisa Stites

Prasiddha Sudhakar

Fhameda Sultan

Shivam Syal

Senay Tesfamichael

Mitchell Tillman

Erika Toliao

Devin Torres

PeTr Tran

Nicolle Vilca

Nathaniel Vinoya

Alvin Wu

Audrey Yan

June Yin

Sarah Zampino

Daniel Zhang

Helen Zheng

Antonio Abbondandolo

2020 Governor's STEM Scholars

Manuel Ackattupathil

2019 Governor's STEM Scholars

Margaret Agajanov

2018 Governor's STEM Scholars

Ritvik Agnihotri

2016 Governor's STEM Scholars

2015 Governor's STEM Scholars

Marwa Abdulhai

David Buckman

2017 Governor's STEM Scholars

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