Past MDI Scholars

Rebecca Ansell

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Computer Science ’25

Vagdevi Sahasra Bandaru (She/Her)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Computer Science ’25

Jorge Bris Moreno (He/Him)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science and Analytics ’25

Binhui Chen (She/Her)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science and Analytics ’25

Victor Chen

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Computer Science and Economics ’27

Aiden Ehrenreich (He/Him)

Georgetown College, Government & Computer Science, 2026

Jeffrey Gao (He/Him)

Walsh School of Foreign Service, Mathematics, Computer Science ’25

Zoucheng Hong (He/Him)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics ’25

Aastha Jha (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’25

Ziwen “Jasmine” Jia (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’25

Amy Li

Walsh School of Foreign Service, Business and Global Affairs, Minors in Statistics and French, Fall ’25

Ann Lian (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’25

Justin Liu (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Master of Public Policy ’26

Shun Liu (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’25

Kangheng Liu

Main Campus Research – Fellow

Katharyn Loweth (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’25

Yixin Luo (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy and Health Analytics’25

William McGloin (He/Him)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science and Analytics ’25

Sheeba Moghal (She/Her)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science and Analytics ’25

Rich Pihlstrom (He/Him)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science Science and Analytics ’25

Maggie Shen

Undergraduate Fritz Fellow
Georgetown College, Mathematics & Computer Science ’26

Vaishnavi Singh (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’25

Gabriel Soto (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’25

Zining (Cathy) Wang (She/Her)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science and Analytics ’25

Hexuan “Judy” Wang

Georgetown College, Political Economics and Studio Art ’27

Micaela Wells (She/Her)

Georgetown College of Arts & Sciences, Linguistics ’26

Joshua Wiesenfeld (He/Him)

Georgetown College, Computer Science, Government ’25

Miranda Xiong (She/Her)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, History & Classics ’25

Jason Yi (He/Him)

Georgetown College, Computer Science ’26

Quan Yuan (She/Her)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science and Analytics ’25

Rebecca Ansell

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Computer Science ’25

Sunaina Bakshi Kathpalia (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’25

Vagdevi Sahasra Bandaru (She/Her)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Computer Science ’25

Binhui Chen (She/Her)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science and Analytics ’25

Shun Liu (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’25

Yixin Luo (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy and Health Analytics’25

William McGloin (He/Him)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science and Analytics ’25

Katherine Merrill

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Computer Science ’27

Varun Patel (He/Him)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science and Analytics ’25

Gabriel Soto (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’25

Quan Yuan (She/Her)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science and Analytics ’25

Raunak Advani (He/Him)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science and Analytics ’24

JaeHo Bahng (He/Him)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science and Analytics ’25

Sunaina Bakshi Kathpalia (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’25

Corrina Calanoc (She/Her)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science and Analytics ’24

Sophia (Alivia) Castor (She/Her)

Georgetown College, Computer Science & Government ’25

Haiyang Chen (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’24

Holt Cochran (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’25

Alicia Gopal

Research Assistant
Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Political Economy ’25

Amanda Hao (She/Her)

Walsh School of Foreign Service, Science, Technology, International Affairs ’26

Brian Holland (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’24

Roy Hwang (He/Him)

Georgetown College, Computer Science ’25

Aastha Jha (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’25

Zhiqiang Ji (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’24

Himangshu Kumar (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’24

Xinyu Li (She/Her)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science and Analytics ’24

Kate Liggio (She/Her)

Georgetown College, Computer Science ’24

Katharyn Loweth (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’25

Madhvi Malhotra (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’24

Bernardo Medeiros (He/Him)

Georgetown College, Computer Science & Government ’24

Jahnavi Mukul (She/Her)

Masters of Art, Communication, Culture & Technology ’24

Julia Nonnenkamp (She/Her)

Georgetown College, Computer Science & Mathematics ’24

Jenny Park (She/Her)

Georgetown College, Computer Science and Justice and Peace Studies ’24

Rich Pihlstrom (He/Him)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science Science and Analytics ’25

Gabriel Soto (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’25

Maggie Sullivan (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’24

Linlin Wang (She/Her)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science and Analytics ’24

Jason Yi (He/Him)

Georgetown College, Computer Science ’26

Kefan Yu (He/Him)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science and Analytics ’24

Yunhan Zhang (He/Him)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science and Analytics ’24

Liel Zino (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Master of Public Policy ’24

Raunak Advani (He/Him)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science and Analytics ’24

Corrina Calanoc (She/Her)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science and Analytics ’24

Haiyang Chen (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’24

Alicia Gopal

Research Assistant
Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Political Economy ’25

Amanda Hao (She/Her)

Walsh School of Foreign Service, Science, Technology, International Affairs ’26

Brian Holland (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’24

Roy Hwang (He/Him)

Georgetown College, Computer Science ’25

Zhiqiang Ji (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’24

Himangshu Kumar (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’24

Andrew Lee (He/Him)

Walsh School of Foreign Service, Science, Technology, International Affairs ’24

Xinyu Li (She/Her)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science and Analytics ’24

Kate Liggio (She/Her)

Georgetown College, Computer Science ’24

Madhvi Malhotra (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’24

Bernardo Medeiros (He/Him)

Georgetown College, Computer Science & Government ’24

Anthony Moubarak (He/Him)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science and Analytics ’24

Julia Nonnenkamp (She/Her)

Georgetown College, Computer Science & Mathematics ’24

Rich Pihlstrom (He/Him)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science Science and Analytics ’25

Minh Quach (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’24

Jamie Spoeri (She/Her)

Georgetown College, Computer Science ’25

Maggie Sullivan (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’24

Fanni Varhelyi (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’24

Linlin Wang (She/Her)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science and Analytics ’24

Jason Yi (He/Him)

Georgetown College, Computer Science ’26

Kefan Yu (He/Him)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science and Analytics ’24

Alia Abdelkader (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Caroline Adams (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Didier Akilimali (He/Him)

Georgetown College, Computer Science ’23

Fiona Calcagnini (She/Her)

Georgetown College, Computer Science and Economics ’23

Yujie Chen (She/Her)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science and Analytics ’23

Sean Conner (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Master of Public Policy ’23

Phillip Cork

MDI Senior Data Scientist

Abby Fremaux (She/Her)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science and Analytics ’23

Sean Hambali (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’24

Nikhila Iyer (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Ahmad Jandal (He/Him)

Walsh School of Foreign Service, Science, Technology, International Affairs ’23

Grace Jensen (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’24

MinAh Kim (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’24

Himangshu Kumar (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’24

Sabrina Kwenda (She/Her)

Walsh School of Foreign Service, Science, Technology, International Affairs ’23

Xinyu Li (She/Her)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science and Analytics ’24

Kate Liggio (She/Her)

Georgetown College, Computer Science ’24

Yifan Liu (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Audrey McIntyre (She/They)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Ellis Obrien (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Jenny Park (She/Her)

Georgetown College, Computer Science and Justice and Peace Studies ’24

Rich Pihlstrom (He/Him)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science Science and Analytics ’25

Aidan Pizzo (He/Him)

Georgetown College, Mathematics ’23

Minh Quach (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’24

Jordan Rinaldi (He/Him)

Georgetown College, Mathematics and Data Science and Analytics ’23

Ryan Ripper (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Ethan Rodriguez-Shah

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’24

Ethan Rosenbaum (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Master of Public Policy ’23

Elise Rust (She/Her)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences,
Master of Science of Data Science and Analytics ’23

Hanjing Shi (She/Her)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science and Analytics ’23

Natalie Smith (She/Her)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science and Analytics ’24

Sai Srujana Illa (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Sonali Subbu Rathinam (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Maggie Sullivan (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’24

Shaila Sundram (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Sanha Tahir (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’24

Fanni Varhelyi (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’24

Qihang Wang (She/Her)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science and Analytics ’23

Haoxuan Weng (He/Him)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science and Analytics ’24

Abigail Wolfe (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Colette Yeager (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Master of Science in Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Naiqiu Zhan (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Linpei Zhang (She/Her)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science and Analytics ’23

Alia Abdelkader (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Caroline Adams (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Didier Akilimali (He/Him)

Georgetown College, Computer Science ’23

Fiona Calcagnini (She/Her)

Georgetown College, Computer Science and Economics ’23

Yongrui Chen (He/Him)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science and Analytics ’22

Sean Conner (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Master of Public Policy ’23

Phillip Cork

MDI Senior Data Scientist

Monroe Farris (She/Her)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science and Analytics ’23

Abby Fremaux (She/Her)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science and Analytics ’23

Justin Goldstein (He/Him)

Georgetown College, Computer Science ’24

Nikhila Iyer (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Ahmad Jandal (He/Him)

Walsh School of Foreign Service, Science, Technology, International Affairs ’23

Himangshu Kumar (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’24

Audrey McIntyre (She/They)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Ellis Obrien (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Jenny Park (She/Her)

Georgetown College, Computer Science and Justice and Peace Studies ’24

Rich Pihlstrom (He/Him)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science Science and Analytics ’25

Aidan Pizzo (He/Him)

Georgetown College, Mathematics ’23

Minh Quach (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’24

Jordan Rinaldi (He/Him)

Georgetown College, Mathematics and Data Science and Analytics ’23

Ryan Ripper (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Ethan Rodriguez-Shah

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’24

Josh Rosen (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Ethan Rosenbaum (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Master of Public Policy ’23

Elise Rust (She/Her)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences,
Master of Science of Data Science and Analytics ’23

Hanjing Shi (She/Her)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science and Analytics ’23

Natalie Smith (She/Her)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science and Analytics ’24

Sai Srujana Illa (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Sonali Subbu Rathinam (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Shaila Sundram (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Fanni Varhelyi (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’24

Qihang Wang (She/Her)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science and Analytics ’23

Abigail Wolfe (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Colette Yeager (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Master of Science in Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Shakhzod Yuldoshboev (He/Him)

School of Foreign Service – Qatar, International Economics ’23

Linpei Zhang (She/Her)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science and Analytics ’23

Alia Abdelkader (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Caroline Adams (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Ben Burnley, (He/Him)

Government Department, PhD ’25 and McCourt School of Public Policy, Master of Public Policy ’23

Sean Conner (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Master of Public Policy ’23

Phillip Cork

MDI Senior Data Scientist

Ya Gao, (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Master of Public Policy ’23

Nikhila Iyer (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Yifan Liu (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Ana Paula Pellegrino, (She/Her)

Government Department, PhD ’24

Aidan Pizzo (He/Him)

Georgetown College, Mathematics ’23

Sonali Subbu Rathinam (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Ryan Ripper (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Ethan Rosenbaum (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Master of Public Policy ’23

Elise Rust (She/Her)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences,
Master of Science of Data Science and Analytics ’23

Sudeeksha Yadav (She/Her)

Georgetown College, Computer Science and Justice and Peace Studies ’24

Xinyu Zheng, (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Master of Public Policy ’23

Alia Abdelkader (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Alex Adams, (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’22
 

Caroline Adams (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Robert Alward, (He/Him)

McDonough School of Business ’22

Merykokeb Belay, (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’22

Phillip Cork

MDI Senior Data Scientist

Paul-Emmanuel Courtines, (He/Him)

Georgetown College ’22

Samantha Dies, (She/Her)

Georgetown College, Computer Science ’22

Natasha Dolmon, (She/Her)

School of Continuing Studies, Masters ’23

Gwyneth Dunlevy, (She/Her)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Masters of Computer Science ’22

Gloria Li, (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’22

Nikhila Iyer (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Darren Jian, (He/Him)

Georgetown College ’22

Alexander Lin, (He/Him)

Walsh School of Foreign Service ’23

Ying Liu, (She/Her)

Georgetown College, Data Science and Analytics ’22

Chau Nguyen, (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Master of Science in Data Science for Public Policy ’22

Aidan Pizzo (He/Him)

Georgetown College, Mathematics ’23

Anna Pogrebivsky, (She/Her)

Georgetown College ’22

Abhinav Ramaswamy, (He/Him)

Walsh School of Foreign Service, Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service ’22
 

Matthew Ring, (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’22

Ryan Ripper, (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Shaila Sundram, (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Varun Uppala, (He/Him)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Computer Science ’22

Joyce Yang, (She/Her)

Walsh School of Foreign Service ’23

Colette Yeager (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Master of Science in Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Jack Zhang, (He/Him)

Georgetown College ’22