Resume of Failures

This particular section of my page was inspired by Melanie Stefan, who wrote a Nature, Naturejobs Column article in 2010 advocating to keep an alternate visible record (CV format) of rejected applications as a way to remind ourselves that success is often riddled with failures. I have modified this to a Resume of Failures, and while these are hard failures for me to take it, I have learned from them immensely and continue to develop myself professionally and personally.

For my professional CV/Resume, click on this link.

Paper Rejections from Academic Journals

2022/2023 - Earth and Planetary Science Letters (EPSL) [Paper 1]

2022 - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (PPP) [Revision Paper 1]

Program Rejections

2021 - Presidential Management Fellowship (PMF)

2016 - Fulbright Amizade Service-Learning

2015 - MS PHD - GEO REU (Alternate)

2011 - Bigelow Laboratory REU

2009 - QuestBridge National College Match

PhD Program Rejections

2016 - PhD Program in Geosciences, University of Arizona

2016 - PhD Program in Earth Sciences, University of Southern California

2014 -PhD Program in Geosciences, Princeton University

2014 -Joint Program in Oceanography/Applied Ocean Sciences and Engineering, MIT/WHOI

Fellowships/Grants I did not Receive

2020 - GWIS National Fellowship Program

2020 - AAPG Grant

2019 - Mellon Mays Research Grant

2019 - Harriet Evelyn Wallace Scholarship

2019 - GSA Student Research Grant

2018 - Harriet Evelyn Wallace Scholarship

2018 - National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG); Fellowship Finalist

2018 - Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship

2017 - Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship

2017 - Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) Science Policy Fellowship

2017 - P.E.O Scholar Award

Life Fails