Millhauser Fellowship

Annika Salzberg ’15

Annika graduated from Cornell University in 2019 with a bachelor’s degree in Entomology, and is currently finishing her Ph.D. there in the same field. Since her time at Park, where she always found opportunities to study insects, she hasn’t stopped pursuing her passion. In addition to publishing numerous posters, presentations, and other research related to entomology, Annika also uses her insect knowledge to create stunning paintings and murals of the bugs she knows best.

Ollie Thakar ’19

After graduating from Park in 2019, Ollie went on to study mathematics at Princeton University and is now continuing his passion, pursuing a Ph.D. in the same field at Harvard University. Much like Ollie’s time studying math now, he dove deep into the parts of math that he loved as a Park student. Ollie spent his senior project writing a 280-page book, entitled Enchanting Geometry, where he explains his philosophy on math. Ollie believes that math, and specifically geometry, is “intrinsically beautiful” and that “mathematics should not be tedious.”

Laila Phillips ’11

Laila is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Microbiology at the University of Texas at Austin, studying symbiotic bacteria living in the gut of insects under Principal Investigator Dr. Nancy Moran. After 14 years at Park, Laila completed her undergraduate studies at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, in 2015 with a minor in Studio Art, a major in Biology, and a Senior Honors Thesis in Microbiology. After discovering her passion for studying interactions between animals and bacteria, she moved back to Baltimore to work as a Clinical Research Coordinator in the Division of Gastroenterology at Sinai Hospital.

Eric Albuquerque ’16

Eric is pursuing his M.D./Ph.D. degree at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience with minors in Mathematics and Chemistry from the University of Rochester in 2020. Currently, he works in rodent nonclinical models and in humans leveraging skills and knowledge from all previous projects to develop novel noninvasive devices to improve rehabilitation outcomes in patients with spinal cord injuries. Throughout his time at Park and beyond, Eric has always tried to balance his academic pursuits with his interests outside of the STEM field (like musical performance and swimming) to build a holistic and professionally satisfying career in and outside of work.

Jeremy Cohen ’12

Jeremy graduated from Park in 2012 and went on to Princeton University, where he received his B.S. in Computer Science. After working at Spotify in New York for two years as a software engineer, he moved to Pittsburgh to begin a Ph.D. in machine learning at Carnegie Mellon University, where he is now in his fifth year. Jeremy’s research interests include machine learning and optimization, artificial intelligence, and robotics.

Elana Liebow-Feeser ’14

Elana is studying medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She graduated with a B.S. in Psychology from Tufts University. Elana initially developed an interest in delivering medical care to under-resourced Spanish-speaking populations during her senior project at Park when she volunteered at University of Maryland’s Shock Trauma Center. After graduating from Tufts, she worked for the JHU Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care as a Research Program Coordinator for a pulmonary auscultation and ultrasound study based at the National Institute of Child Health in Lima, Peru. 

Emma Bratton ’10 

Emma is studying to become a veterinarian at The Ohio State University (OSU) College of Veterinary Medicine. She is a graduate of Brown University where she double majored in Philosophy and Biology with a focus in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Emma is passionate about animal welfare science and has created her own clinical rotation track at OSU around issues related to this topic. She has presented her research nationwide. Emma was selected to represent the state of Ohio at the American Veterinary Medical Association Legislative Fly-In, where she was able to lobby members of Congress.

Samuel Hulse ’08

Samuel is a Ph.D. student studying evolutionary biology and computational neuroscience at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC). He is a graduate of Juniata College where he earned a B.S. in Environmental Science. Samuel is currently a Teaching Assistant for both Comparative Physiology Lab and Anatomy and Physiology Lab at UMBC. He is a recipient of the Chateaubriand Fellowship, given by the Embassy of France in the United States to foster research partnerships between the two countries.