Career Pipeline

Doctoral Student Wins Prestigious Fellowship

David Reynoso, an Oak Cliff native pursuing a doctoral degree in aerospace engineering, is headed to Washington, D.C., after being selected for the National Nuclear Security Administration Graduate Fellowship Program.

Reynoso will join an NNSA office that oversees research funding for national nuclear security initiatives. The fellowship provides a pathway into careers supporting the nation's security and scientific infrastructure.

“This program isn't just about gaining experience,” Reynoso says. “It's meant to be a pipeline into national nuclear security careers. Being selected gives me confidence that I'm where I'm supposed to be and that I can continue pursuing research at the national level.”

Through the fellowship, he will gain experience reviewing and managing research proposals—the other side of the scientific process he now approaches as a researcher. He hopes the fellowship will lead to a career at a national laboratory focusing on publicly funded research. ₪