Presidential Fellows

JOE HIDAKATSU-2014 Scholarmajor & degree: Mathematics, Ph.D.hometown: East Jordan, MIcontact: jfhidakatsu@hotmail.comI was born in Osaka, Japan, and moved to the United States with myfamily when I was five years old. I have been a Michigan residentfor the past 12 years and recently graduated from the University ofMichigan, where I studied mathematics and computer science. Myprimary research interests are in discrete mathematics. In particular,I enjoy learning about graph theory and its many applications. As anundergraduate, I worked in many different areas, taking on a completelydifferent project every summer, but I hope to lean towards discrete mathematics as a graduatestudent. I enjoy playing the piano and the saxophone—improving my musical abilities is probablymy biggest hobby.TIMOTHY HINES-2012 Scholarmajor & degree: Biomedical Science, Ph.D.hometown: Fayetteville, NCcontact: hinestj@email.sc.eduI was born in Ansbach, Germany, and moved around some when I waslittle because my dad is in the army. I stayed in Fayetteville, NC, fora long time and then went to Appalachian State University, where Istudied psychology, chemistry, and German. Now I’m here learningbiology.19