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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

State

Virginia

City

Blacksburg

Institution IPED

233921

Liaison(s)

Dr. Guru Ghosh

Title

Vice President for Outreach and International Affairs

Email

Dr. Nicole Sanderlin

Title

Director of Global Engagement

Phone

1 (540) 231-1755

Email

npsander@vt.edu

U.S. Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institution	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years	Program
Robert Siegle	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	University of Peradeniya	Literature	Sri Lanka	1995-1996	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
John Crunkilton	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	University of Thessaloniki	Education	Greece	1995-1996	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Dianne Hobbs	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	University of Monterrey	Linguistics	Mexico	1995-1996	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Thomas Caceci	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Mangalore University	Biology	India	1997-1998	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Michael Hochella Jr	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	University of Muenster	Environmental Sciences	Germany	1997-1998	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Wayne Moore	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Osaka University	Political Science	Japan	1997-1998	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Thomas Gardner	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	University of Helsinki	Literature	Finland	1996-1997	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Nevin Frantz	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	University of Jyvaskyla	Education	Finland	1994-1995	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Theo Dillaha	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	University of Mauritius	Engineering	Mauritius	1994-1995	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Sandra Hodge	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Federal University of Santa Catarina	Environmental Sciences	Brazil	1994-1995	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Ota Barta	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Vienna University of Veterinary Medicine	Medical Sciences	Austria	1994-1995	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Timothy Luke	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Victoria University	Political Science	New Zealand	1994-1995	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Diana Farkas	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul	Physics	Argentina	1992-1993	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Rhys Payne	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	University of Tunis	Political Science	Tunisia	1992-1993	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Lynette Rummel	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	University of Tunis	Political Science	Tunisia	1992-1993	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Mary Fariello	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	University of Panama	Arts	Panama	2000-2001	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Joseph Chen	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Shin Hsin University	Business	Taiwan	2000-2001	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Daniel Thorp	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Alexander Turnbull Library	History	New Zealand	2001-2002	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Charles Taylor	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Budapest University of Economics	Political Science	Hungary	1991-1992	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Rhys Payne	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	University of Tunis	Political Science	Tunisia	1991-1992	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program

Visiting Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institutions	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years	Program
Diana Abu Ghunmi	University of Jordan	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Accounting/Finance	Jordan	2015-2016	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Daniel Azarias Chongo	Eduardo Mondlane University, Faculty of	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Agriculture	Mozambique	2016-2017	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Ghazi Nazzal Othman Al Karaki	Jordan University of Science & Technology	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Agriculture	Jordan	2017-2018	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Soumendra Patnaik	University of Delhi	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Anthropology	India	2011-2012	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Vishal Kumar	Bhai Gurdas Institute of Engineering and Technology	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Astronomy	India	2012-2013	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Sangeeta Sonak	Srujan	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Biology	India	2011-2012	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Isaac Adeyinka	National Animal Production Research Institute, Ahmadu Bello University	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Agriculture	Nigeria	2012-2013	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Luis Segundo Mayorga	National University of Cuyo	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Biology	Argentina	2017-2018	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Ernawati Giri Rachman	Bandung Institute of Technology	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Biology	Indonesia	2012-2013	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Olayeni Olonitola	Ahmadu Bello University	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Biology	Nigeria	2012-2013	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Iliya Denev	University of Plovdiv	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University , Pennsylvania State University	Biology	Bulgaria	2015-2016	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Michal Vinkler	Charles University in Prague	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Biology	Czech Republic	2015-2016	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Francisco Jose Plou Gasca	Spanish Research Council	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Chemistry	Spain	2015-2016	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Raouf Medimagh	National Institute for Research and Chem	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Chemistry	Tunisia	2015-2016	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Elsaid Abdelfattah Elsaid Nouh	Nuclear Materials Authority	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Chemistry	Egypt	2018-2019	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Mauro Sebastian Maza	National University of C??rdoba	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Engineering	Argentina	2018-2019	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Divyapriya Govindaraj	Independent Scholar/Unaffiliated	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Engineering	India	2019-2020	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Manef Bourogaoui	High Institut of Information and Communication technologies	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Engineering	Tunisia	2019-2020	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Mythily Ramaswamy	Tata Institute of Fundamental Institute	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Mathematics	India	2016-2017	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Mythily Ramaswamy	Tata Institute of Fundamental Research	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Mathematics	India	2016-2017	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program