Ingato Selected for Fletcher Jones Fellowship

Ingato receives the award to help fund her doctoral degree.

Oct. 13, 2016 - Dominique Ingato, a Ph.D. candidate in the Samueli School’s Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, is the winner of this year’s Fletcher Jones Fellowship from UC Irvine’s Graduate Division. The one-year fellowship, awarded to only one UCI doctoral candidate per year, is funded by the Fletcher Jones Foundation. The award of more than $19,000, given to a candidate with a high G.P.A. who exhibits leadership abilities, is intended to assist with doctoral degree completion.

Ingato, whose adviser is Professor Young Jik Kwon, researches nanotheranostics, the use of nanotechnology to integrate diagnostic and therapeutic functions into one system. She specifically investigates the development of cell-derived nano-carriers for biocompatible, targeted cancer therapy.

She also is interested and involved in engineering education, serving as a senior Pedagogical Fellow, a member of the STEM Future Faculty advisory committee, the DECADE (Diverse Educational Community and Doctoral Experience) Education Chair and a student representative to the Engineering Graduate Studies Committee. Ingato is a pedagogical coach for the ROCCT (Research Opportunities for Community College Teachers) program, which helps community college educators interest their students in STEM-related research.

-- Anna Lynn Spitzer