Current Fulbrighters
This list showcases Fulbright Iceland grantees for the current fiscal year. Below you will find some basic information about them and their projects. Please note that additional names may be added as the year progresses.
Icelandic Students
Fulbright Student Grant
Birgir Ólafur Helgason
LL.M. – Master of Law
Sports Law
Host Institution: Harvard University
Home Institution: Reykjavik University
Kamilla Kjerúlf
LL.M. – Master of Law
Criminal Law
Host Institution: Columbia University
Home Institution: University of Iceland
Icelandic Scholars
Iceland - U.S. Educational Commission Scholar Grant
Oddur Snorrason
Project: Crosslinguistic Patterns of Omission
Host: University of Southern California
Home: Queen Mary University of London
Sólveig Hilmarsdóttir
Project: Quantitative Approaches to Ancient Language Data: Modelling Latin Sociolinguistic Patterns
Host: University of California, Los Angeles
Home: University of Cambridge
Elsa Björk Valsdóttir, Associate Professor of Medicine
Project: Interprofessional Curriculum and Patient Care
Host: MGH Institute of Health Professions
Home: University of Iceland
U.S. Students
Fulbright Student Grant
Chen Li
Independent research: AI-based Early Detection of Mental Illness & Substance Abuse in Arctic Communities-Iceland
Host: Reykjavik University
Home: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Liam Moser
Postdoctoral Research: Deep Heat: Earthquake Imaging of Iceland’s Hengill Geothermal Area and Volcanic System
Host: Reykjavik University
Home: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Fulbright-Icelandic Ministry of Culture Grant for Studies in Icelandic
Maya Schimelfenyg
BA studies in Icelandic as a Second Language
Host: University of Iceland
Home: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Fulbright-NSF Arctic Research Grant
Karen Beard, Professor of Ecology
Project: Disentangling herbivore impacts to reveal drivers of Arctic ecosystem dynamics
Host: Agricultural University of Iceland
Home: Utah State University
Leif Karlstrom, Associate Professor of Geophysics
Project: How do volcanic eruptions end?
Host: University of Iceland
Home: University of Oregon
Joe Roman, Faculty Fellow of Marine Biology
Project: North Atlantic Right Whales in Iceland and the Cape Farewell Grounds During Shifting Oceanic Regimes
Host: University of Iceland Research Centre in Húsavík
Home: University of Vermont
U.S. Scholars
Fulbright Scholar Grant
Lisa Gilman, Professor of Folklore
Project: Augmenting the Curriculum: Teaching Public and African Folklore in Iceland
Host: University of Iceland
Home: George Mason University
Balaji Palanisamy, Associate Professor of Computer Sciences
Project: Safeguarding Blockchain-based Decentralized Finance (DeFi) platforms
Host: Reykjavik University
Home: University of Pittsburgh
Fulbright Iceland-Ministry for Foreign Affairs Arctic Scholar
Brittany Ericksson, Associate Professor of Mathematics
Project: A Mathematical Approach to Understanding Volcanic Unrest in Iceland
Host: University of Iceland
Home: University of Oregon
Fulbright Greece-Iceland Joint Award for Arts and Design
Michel Droge, Visiting Assistant Professor of Arts
Project: Light, Salt and Stone
Host: University of Akureyri
Home: Bates College
Fulbright-NSF Distinguished Scholar Award in Arctic Research
Mark Patterson, Professor of Environmental Biology
Project: Eyjafjörður Hydrothermal Vents: Survey using Marine Robotics, Advanced Sensors, and Machine Learning
Host: University of Iceland Research Centre in Suðurnes
Home: Northeastern University
Fulbright Distinguished Award in Cyber Security
Justin Cappos, Professor of Computer Sciences
Project: Enhancing Iceland's Governmental Software Security
Host: University of Iceland
Home: New York University
Fulbright Ukraine Beyond Borders Award
Maksym Kovalov, Instructor of Security Studies
Project: The Weaponization of Everyday Life in Ukraine and Beyond
Host: University of Iceland
Home: College of Charleston
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