In the news

Eleven Knight-Hennessy scholars received fellowships and awards administered by Stanford's Vice Provost for Graduate Education.

Aya Mouallem (2020 cohort) received the Walter J. Gores Award for championing inclusive tech education through All Girls Code and tools for blind engineering students.

Chinmay Sonawane (2021 cohort) co-led research showing that declining apex scavengers raise human disease risk as smaller, disease-carrying species proliferate.

Abu Rogers (2023 cohort) received an Impact Design Immersion Fellowship to support creating health tech that empowers patients through data access, transparency, and trust.

Salome Mikadze (2023 cohort) writes that Ukraine’s resilient tech sector needs urgent support to drive recovery and become a global innovation hub after the war.

Tony Liu (2021 cohort) co-led research showing emotions arise from persistent brain activity shaped by a flexible timescale, linked to neuropsychiatric disorders.

Ling-Yi Zhang (2023 cohort) co-led research on a noninvasive method using tartrazine to enable reversible transparency in mice, enhancing deep-tissue imaging in two weeks.

Salome Mikadze (2023 cohort) helps startups build scalable MVPs with strong architecture, using her framework to turn early products into adaptive, ecosystem-ready solutions.

A brief by Emerson Johnston (2023 cohort) on DeepSeek AI discusses China’s rising AI talent, with most researchers trained locally, challenging U.S. dominance in innovation.

Josh Waldman (2024 cohort) discusses the potential impact of cutting Medicaid spending.

Salome Mikadze (2023 cohort), the founder of Movadex, has turned adversity into success, helping startups grow with resilience, purpose, and a human-first approach.

Orr Zohar (2021 cohort) co-authored a paper on Video-STaR, which helps AI learn to analyze videos without costly labels—enabling smart coaches and surgical trainers.

Emerson Johnston (2023 cohort) highlights DeepSeek AI’s rise as a wake-up call for US innovation, driven by China's self-sufficient domestic talent pipeline.

Theodora Bruun (2020 cohort) co-led research on a one-time HIV-1 cure.

Research co-conducted by Ben Moran (2019 cohort) shows hybridization is widespread despite strong barriers, influencing genetic exchange and driving complex evolutionary outcomes.

Karishma Bhagani (2021 cohort) and Tami Gjorgjieva (2022 cohort) share their experiences as RAISE fellows on projects in public service and community engagement.

Rizwaan Malik (2022 cohort) explores how large language models can help middle school math teachers to structure tiered lessons for diverse skill levels.

Kate Reinmuth (2022 cohort) explores how gaps in contracts between merchants can harm consumers, proposing a regulatory solution to prevent the negative impact.

Syamantak Payra (2022 cohort) co-authored a paper on developing a fiber computer and networking them into a garment that learns to identify physical activities.

Azizjon Azimi (2018 cohort) is the CEO and founder of zypl.ai, a startup pioneering synthetic outliers in finance, which secured investment from one of the largest tech investors.