OURS National Scholarships

Semester: 2019-2020

Bhavish Dinakar

Bhavish Dinakar graduated in 2020 with a B.S.E. in Chemical Engineering and a triple minor in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science. Bhavish is passionate about combating climate change. At Berkeley, he was the Vice President of the Biofuels Technology Club, a student organization that aimed to convert waste cooking oil from dining halls into biodiesel to power campus transit. He was also an undergraduate researcher in the labs of Professors Jeff Long and Jeff Reimer, where he developed new materials to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. As a recipient […]

Anthony Benjamin

“Anthony Benjamin, from Woodstock, IL, is a sophomore midshipman studying Chemistry and Russian at the University of California, Berkeley. As a future naval officer, Anthony is committed to developing a diverse professional and educational background to serve the United States dynamic national security needs. As a chemist, Anthony believes if one cannot effectively communicate or understand the implications of their work, then their expertise is useless and potentially dangerous to the world. Anthony is an intern for UC Berkeleys Nuclear Policy Work Group under Dr. Bethany Goldblum where he leads […]

Nicholas Shafer

Nicholas Shafer is a recent 2020 UCB grad inAnthropology & Near Eastern Languages and Literatures (Arabic). He was a 2019 recipient of the Boren Scholarship, a Fulbright Grant recipient, and a 2020 John Gardner Public Service Fellow. He is also one of 44 Marshall Scholars that will begin study in the United Kingdom in fall 2021 and will pursue study at the University of Oxford and the University of Sussex.