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Jean-Pierre Roussarie
Jean-Pierre Roussarie, PHD Jean-Pierre Roussarie earned the Toffler Scholar Award in 2023 at Boston University FIND ME ON Biography When Jean-Pierre Roussarie was born, his father was studying particle physics at Stanford University, so Dr. Roussarie spent his first two years of life in Northern California before his family moved back to France, just outside…
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Elena Barbieri, PHD Elena Barbieri earned the Toffler Scholar Award in 2023 at Northwestern University FIND ME ON Biography Elena Barbieri was born in Milan, Italy, and grew up in a small town just outside the city. Dr. Barbieri’s parents encouraged her to pursue her education, and she was the first person in her extended…
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Andrew Holbrook, PHD Andrew Holbrook earned the Toffler Scholar Award in 2023 at UCLA FIND ME ON Biography Andrew Holbrook grew up in Orange County, California, with an older brother and a younger sister. From early childhood through his teenage years and beyond, he’s always been an intensely curious person. He loved all the subjects…
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Calina Glynn, PHD Calina (Callie) Glynn earned the Toffler Scholar Award in 2023 at Harvard FIND ME ON Biography Calina Glynn grew up in a small town in Connecticut as the oldest of three children. Dr. Glynn’s father is an engineer, and her mother is a librarian. The two passed their love of learning and…
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JEREMIAS SULAM, PHD Jeremias Sulam earned the Toffler Scholar Award in 2022 at Johns Hopkins University FIND ME ON Medicine and engineering run in Dr. Jeremias Sulam’s family. His mother is a physician, his father is a civil engineer, and his younger brother a mechanical engineer. In his early years, Dr. Sulam liked hearing about…
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KATIE IRWIN Katie Irwin earned the Toffler Scholar Award in 2022 at Johns Hopkins University FIND ME ON Biography Katie Irwin grew up 30 minutes outside of Atlanta, Georgia, in a place called Berkeley Lake, and graduated from Greater Atlanta Christian School. She has one brother, Andy, who is almost three years her senior. Irwin’s…
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DOUGLAS STORACE, PHD Doug Storace earned the Toffler Scholar Award in 2022 at Florida State University FIND ME ON Biography Dr. Douglas Storace didn’t think he was particularly curious as a child. He grew up in Connecticut in what he describes as an average family. He developed an interest in music and studied piano with…
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Roch Nianogo, PHD Roch Nianogo earned the Toffler Scholar Award in 2022 at UCLA’s Fielding School of Public Health FIND ME ON Biography The middle child of three boys, Dr. Roch Nianogo grew up in Ouagadougou (pronounced “Wagadugu”), which is the capital and largest city of Burkina Faso, a country in West Africa. Dr. Nianogo’s…
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ELISA CANEPA, PHD Elisa Canepa earned the Toffler Scholar Award in 2022 at Temple University FIND ME ON Biography Elisa Canepa was born and grew up in Genoa, Italy, a city on the Ligurian Sea. At the age of six, she discovered that she loved playing volleyball. Her passion for the sport carried well into…
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Julia TCW, PHD Julia TCW earned the Toffler Scholar Award in 2025 and 2022 at Boston University FIND ME ON Biography Julia TCW was born in South Korea but spent her early childhood in Rockville, Maryland. Dr. TCW’s early interest in science and biology was inspired by her grandfather, who helped raise her. A microbiologist…
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