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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 Sort descending	Home Institution	Host Institution	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years	Program
Lawrence Kwart	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	University of the Republic	Chemistry	Uruguay	1985-1986	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Bernard LaBerge	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	The German-American Fulbright Commission	Education	Germany	1980-1981	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Robert Lambe	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	ITESM-Monterrey	Biology	Mexico	1985-1986	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
John Lesko	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Franco-American Commission for Educational Exchange	Engineering	France	2018-2019	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
Peizhen Lu	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Chalmers University of Technology , Chalmers University of Technology	Engineering	Sweden	2020-2021	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
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
Linsey Marr	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	National Taiwan University	Engineering	Taiwan	2017-2018	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Laurel McSherry	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Glasgow School of Art	Architecture	United Kingdom	2017-2018	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
Deborah Milly	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	University of Tokyo	Political Science	Japan	2015-2016	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
Robert Morrill	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	University of Turku	Geography	Finland	1985-1986	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Brian Murphy	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Autonomous University of Guadalajara	Environmental Sciences	Mexico	2003-2004	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Dawn Odell	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Fudan University	Art History	China	2006-2007	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
James Palmer	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	University of Sao Paulo	Chemistry	Brazil	1985-1986	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
Rhys Payne	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	University of Tunis	Political Science	Tunisia	1992-1993	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program

Visiting Grantees

Name Sort descending	Home Institution	Host Institutions	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years	Program
Raouf Medimagh	National Institute for Research and Chem	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Chemistry	Tunisia	2015-2016	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Antonio Menduina Sagrado	University of Barcelona, Faculty of Economics	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University , Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Economics	Spain	1982-1983	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Danielle Moreau	University of Adelaide	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Engineering	Australia	2013-2014	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Alia Munshi	Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Environmental Sciences	Pakistan	2004-2005	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
	University of Tunis II	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Engineering	Tunisia	2010-2011	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Kozma Naka	ALIMPEKS	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University , Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University , Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Environmental Sciences	Albania	1992-1993	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Sakuntala Narasimhan	Independent Scholar/Unaffiliated	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Communications	India	1989-1990	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
Elsaid Abdelfattah Elsaid Nouh	Nuclear Materials Authority	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Chemistry	Egypt	2018-2019	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Johanna Nurmi	University of Turku	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Sociology	Finland	2011-2012	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Moses Odinye	Administrative Staff College of Nigeria	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Political Science	Nigeria	1988-1989	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Kjellmar Oksavik	University of Bergen	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Physics	Norway	2017-2018	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Aderibigbe Olomola	Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University , Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Economics	Nigeria	1994-1995	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Olayeni Olonitola	Ahmadu Bello University	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Biology	Nigeria	2012-2013	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Patricia Onocha	University of Ibadan	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Chemistry	Nigeria	2006-2007	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Olukayode Oyesiku	Ogun State University	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Architecture	Nigeria	1996-1997	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
Elmira Pashayeva	Odlar Yurdu University	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Mathematics	Azerbaijan	2006-2007	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Soumendra Patnaik	University of Delhi	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Anthropology	India	2011-2012	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Senath Perera	University of Peradeniya	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University , Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Language	Sri Lanka	1998-1999	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program