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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	Program
Lynette Rummel	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	University of Tunis II	Political Science	Tunisia	1990-1991	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Milos Hudlicky	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	University of Santiago de Compostela	Chemistry	Spain	1991-1992	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Bernard Dukore	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Various Institutions	Theater Arts	United Kingdom	1991-1992	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Neil Shumsky	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	University of Graz	History	Austria	1990-1991	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Robert Siegle	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	affiliation and dates to be determined	Literature	India	1990-1991	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Milka Bliznakov	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Bulgarian Academy of Sciences	Architecture	Bulgaria	1990-1991	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Gary Long	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Weizmann Institute of Science	Chemistry	Israel	1990-1991	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Gary Selnow	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	University of Klagenfurt	Communications	Austria	1990-1991	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Cayelan Carey	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	University of Western Australia	Environmental Sciences	Australia	2020-2021	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Gordon Vining	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte	Mathematics	Brazil	2020-2021	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
James Hawdon	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	University of Turku	Sociology	Finland	2023-2024	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Kyungwha Park	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	The Wigner Research Centre for Physics , The Wigner Research Centre for Physics	Physics	Hungary	2022-2023	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
Janine Hiller	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	University of Lund	Law	Sweden	2010-2011	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
Marius Orlowski	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Polytechnic University of Turin	Engineering	Italy	2013-2014	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
Nicholas Copeland	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	University of San Carlos of Guatemala	Anthropology	Guatemala	2017-2018	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program

Visiting Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institutions	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years	Program
Arun Kulkarni	National Remote Sensing Agency	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Engineering	India	1984-1985	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Ramon Tubio	Universidad de la Republica	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Chemistry	Uruguay	1984-1985	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Edith Ajaiyeoba	University of Ibadan	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Chemistry	Nigeria	2002-2003	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Tibebu Habtewold	Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organization	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University , Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Agriculture	Ethiopia	2001-2002	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Andrejs Krasnikovs	Riga Technical University	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Engineering	Latvia	2001-2002	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Gustavo Pierdominici Sottile	University of Quilmes	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Chemistry	Argentina	2020-2021	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Liveness Banda	LUANAR	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Animal Science	Malawi	2021-2022	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Claudio De Francesco	Independent Scholar/Unaffiliated	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Biology	Argentina	2007-2008	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Blessilda Raposa	De La Salle University	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Mathematics	Philippines	2005-2006	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Khalid Abdullah Alnefaie	King Abdul Aziz University	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Engineering	Saudi Arabia	2006-2007	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Talcha Amankulova	Jalal-Abad State University	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Environmental Sciences	Kyrgyzstan	2006-2007	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Mohammed Belhaq	Hassan II University	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Engineering	Morocco	2004-2005	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Antun Husinec	Institute of Geology	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Geology	Croatia	2004-2005	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Carlos Leiro-Perez	Santa Maria La Antigua University	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Psychology	Panama	2002-2003	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Hafez Shaheen	An-Najah National University	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Engineering	Palestinian Territories (West Bank)	2002-2003	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Martin Vacha	Masaryk University	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Biology	Czech Republic	2002-2003	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Toolseeram Ramjeawon	University of Mauritius	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Environmental Sciences	Mauritius	2000-2001	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Peter Scharle	Szechenyi Istvan College	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Engineering	Hungary	2000-2001	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Muris Cicic	UPI Institute for Research and Development	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Economics	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1990-1991	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Georg Schrage	University of Dortmund	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Mathematics	Germany	1990-1991	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program