College Student and Alum Receive Churchill Scholarships
Adam Konkol, C’21, G’21, and Abigail Timmel, C’20, G’20, have each been awarded a Churchill Scholarship for a year of graduate research study at the University of Cambridge in England. They are among only 16 nationwide selected as 2021 Churchill Scholars.
The scholarship is considered one of the most prestigious and competitive international fellowships available to American students planning graduate study in the United Kingdom. Churchill Scholars are chosen from select universities nationwide in the disciplines of science, mathematics, and engineering.
Konkol is majoring in physics, biophysics, biochemistry, and mathematics and is submatriculating for a master’s degree in physics. Interested in the shapes and structures of living matter, he has studied physical and life sciences through the Vagelos Molecular Life Sciences program. At Cambridge, Konkol will pursue a master’s degree in applied mathematics and theoretical physics.
Timmel graduated in December with a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in physics. Since the summer of 2019, she has been conducting theoretical condensed matter research with Eugene Mele, Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Physics, developing a theory for electronic phenomena in one-dimensional moiré heterostructures. She has two published papers, including one as first author with Mele. At Cambridge, Timmel will pursue a master’s degree in physics.
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