As a young child, Rehman Qureshi had a fascination with space travel and a dream of working for NASA, so he did what any ambitious kid would do: he went to the NASA career website, sorted by alphabetical order and decided he would become an aerospace engineer. Now, Qureshi is in his final semester of earning a doctorate in aerospace engineering, and his ambitious nature hasn’t slowed down.
Doctoral candidate Li Zhou has been named one of only six recipients nationwide of the 2026 K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award, a top honor recognizing emerging leaders in higher education.
After decades of building a career, raising a family and running a nonprofit, Sheila Sjolseth came to pursue a doctorate at Auburn University’s Graduate School.
Sampada Tamhankar’s innovative research recently earned her first place in Auburn’s Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) competition.
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Sampada Tamhankar, a Drug Discovery and Development doctoral student in the Harrison College of Pharmacy, won the 2025 Three Minute Thesis competition at Auburn University.
