Zubia Hasan, a former PARADIM REU participant and current user of the platform, has been named a 2024 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow for New Americans. This highly selective, merit-based fellowship supports immigrants and children of immigrants who are pursuing graduate studies in the United States.

Hasan is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in materials science and engineering at Stanford University, where her research focuses on novel materials for brain-inspired computing.