Mariano Franco De Leon was awarded the Miguel Velez Scholarship for Spring 2014 through a campus-wide competition.  Mariano entered the PhD program Fall 2010.  He received his MS degree March 2013. He is expected to advance to PhD candidacy Spring 2014.  His research area is Applied Math.  His advisor is Professor John Lowengrub.
The Miguel Velez Scholarship provides support to Ph.D. or MS students who demonstrate outstanding past academic achievement as well as future promise and are citizens of a Latin American country.
Congratulations Mariano.