Welcome to the 2025-2026 Cohort of Data Science Scholars

A warm welcome to the newest cohort of Data Science Scholars! 

This year, we have the pleasure of welcoming 15 Scholars (PhD students) from six different schools. Scholars are awarded half of their support for two years and participate in vibrant community events and impactful projects.

2025-2026 Stanford Data Science Scholars:

• Sinead Brennan-McMahon (Classics)

• Alexandra DiGiacomo (Biology)

• Sylvie Dobrota Lai (Epidemiology & Population Health)

• Lama El Halabi (Energy Science & Engineering)

• Aldís Elfarsdóttir (Management Science & Engineering)

• Luc Houriez (Mechanical Engineering)

• Takuma Iwasaki (Law)

• Aishwarya Mandyam (Computer Science) *starting Winter 2025

• Léon Marbach (Education)

• Anushka Murthy (Management Science & Engineering)

• Brian Rogers (Earth System Science)

• Michael Salerno (Statistics)

• Min Woo Sun (Biomedical Data Science)

• Jason Weitze (Economics)

• Lijin Zhang (Graduate School of Education)

Check out the Scholars Program section for more information on our early-career researchers community and the data science they engage in.

This article is a part of the Stanford Data Science legacy publication. Read more about the HAI and Stanford Data Science merger.