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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Country

United States

State

Virginia

City

Blacksburg

Institution IPED

233921

Liaison(s)

Dr. Guru Ghosh

Title

VP for Outreach & International Affairs

Address

Blacksburg, VA
United States

Email

Dr. Nicole Sanderlin

Title

Director of Global Engagement

Address

Blacksburg, VA
United States

Phone

Email

npsander@vt.edu

Dr. Guru Ghosh

Title

Vice President for Outreach and International Affairs

Email

Dr. Nicole Sanderlin

Title

Director of Global Engagement

Email

npsander@vt.edu

U.S. Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institution	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years Sort ascending	Program
Asim Esen	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	S.Seifullin Kazakh Agro Technical University	Genetics	Kazakhstan	2016-2017	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Kris Wernstedt	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Ardhi University	Urban Planning	Tanzania	2016-2017	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Nicole Sanderlin	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF)	Engineering	India	2015-2016	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
David Clubb	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	The German-American Fulbright Commission	Education	Germany	2015-2016	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Anne Staples	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Technion-Israel Institute of Technology	Engineering	Israel	2015-2016	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Deborah Milly	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	University of Tokyo	Political Science	Japan	2015-2016	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Erika Meitner	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Queen's University of Belfast	Literature	United Kingdom	2014-2015	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Christopher Zobel	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Karlsruhe Institute of Technology	Info Sciences/Systems	Germany	2014-2015	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Marius Orlowski	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Polytechnic University of Turin	Engineering	Italy	2013-2014	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Asim Esen	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Al-Farabi Kazakh National University	Biological Sciences	Kazakhstan	2013-2014	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Eva Marand	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic	Engineering	Czech Republic	2012-2013	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Ricardo Burdisso	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Southern University of Chile	Engineering	Chile	2012-2013	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
James Arthur	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	University of Dubrovnik	Physical Sciences	Croatia	2011-2012	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Martha Boucouvalas	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Education	Greece	2011-2012	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Thomas Burbey	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	University of Rennes I	Physical Sciences	France	2010-2011	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Cynthia Bonner	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	The German-American Fulbright Commission	Education	Germany	2010-2011	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Janine Hiller	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	University of Lund	Law	Sweden	2010-2011	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Thomas Fox	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Pontifical Catholic University of Chile	Physical Sciences	Chile	2010-2011	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Barbara Allen	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	University of Trento	Sociology	Italy	2008-2009	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Mary Barksdale	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University	Education	South Africa	2008-2009	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program

Visiting Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institutions	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years Sort ascending	Program
Tsuyoshi Yamada	Okayama University	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University , University of Texas at Austin	Psychology	Japan	2016-2017	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
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
Diana Abu Ghunmi	University of Jordan	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Accounting/Finance	Jordan	2015-2016	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Ndidi Chinyelu Ngwuluka	University of Jos	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Medical Sciences	Nigeria	2015-2016	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Chandra Pandey	Central Arid Zone Research Institute	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Environmental Sciences	India	2014-2015	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Ranjan Hettiarachchige	Sri Palee Campus- University of Colombo	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Communications	Sri Lanka	2014-2015	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Radim Ctvrtlik	Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Engineering	Czech Republic	2013-2014	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Danielle Moreau	University of Adelaide	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Engineering	Australia	2013-2014	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Bibhuti Jha	Kathmandu University	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Environmental Sciences	Nepal	2013-2014	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Marcin Pietrzykowski	Forest Faculty, University of Agriculture in Krakow	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Environmental Sciences	Poland	2013-2014	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
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
Isaac Adeyinka	National Animal Production Research Institute, Ahmadu Bello University	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Agriculture	Nigeria	2012-2013	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Davinia Hernandez Leo	Pampeu Fabra University	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Engineering	Spain	2011-2012	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Quy Le	Hanoi University of Science and Technology	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Engineering	Vietnam	2011-2012	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Soumendra Patnaik	University of Delhi	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Anthropology	India	2011-2012	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program