Santa Fe Institute

REU 2011 Student Roster

2011 REU Cohort: (Left to right) Eddie Lee, Brecia Young, Emily Lichko, Ronnie Garduno, Kevin Carlson, Jacob Jensen, Thomas Weinreich, Gregory Robinson, Jayanth Garlapati

Kevin Carlson, Indiana University • Mathematics/Cognitive Science

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Research Paper (928.7 KB)

Thomas Catanach, University of Notre Dame • Physics

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Ronnie Garduño, University of New Mexico• Computer Science

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Research Paper (159.2 KB)

Jay Garlapati, University of Chicago • Mathematics

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Jacob Jensen, Columbia University • Computer Science

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Eddie Lee, Princeton University • Physics

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Research Paper (1.1 MB)

Emily Lichko, University of Michigan • Physics

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Gregory Robinson, University of California at Davis • Mathematics/Physics

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Research Paper (164.4 KB)

Tom Weinrich, Brown University • Chemistry

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Brecia Young, Harvard University • Social Studies

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REU Alumni Visiting Fellows

Amy Wesolowski, REU 2009 (Mathematics, College of the Atlantic 2010; Carnegie Mellon)

Eleanor Brush, REU 2009 (Mathematics, U. Chicago 2010;  Princeton U. )

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