赫兹基金会宣布向三名麻省理工学院在读学生和一名即将入学的研究生颁发 2026 年奖学金。他们是: Annika Marschner, Alvin Q.Meng, Zachary S.Siegel, 和Matthew Wanta。

The Hertz Foundation announced that it awarded 2026 fellowships to three current MIT students as well as an incoming graduate student. They are: Annika Marschner, Alvin Q. Meng, Zachary S. Siegel, and Matthew Wanta.

这项享有盛誉的科学技术奖为每位获奖者提供五年的财政支持—、津贴和相当于全额学费—，这给了他们在研究生工作中追求突破性研究的不同寻常的自主权。

The prestigious science and technology award provides each recipient with five years of financial support — a stipend and full tuition equivalent — which gives them an unusual measure of autonomy to pursue ground-breaking research in their graduate work.

“这个群体给我留下特别深刻印象的是他们在接受新挑战和推进科学前沿方面的无畏精神,” Philip Welkhoff, 表示，他是赫兹研究员、盖茨基金会疟疾项目主任,，他共同领导了选拔过程。 “Each 展现了巨大的创造力, 毅力, 和远见,，我迫不及待地想看看每个人在赫兹奖学金提供的创新自由度下所取得的成就。”

“What particularly impresses me about this cohort is their fearlessness in taking on new challenges and advancing the frontiers of science,” says Philip Welkhoff, a Hertz Fellow and director of the malaria program at the Gates Foundation, who co-led the selection process. “Each has exhibited tremendous creativity, grit, and vision, and I cannot wait to see what each accomplishes with the freedom to innovate provided by the Hertz Fellowship.”

除了资助, 研究员之外，还可以终身参与赫兹基金会计划，包括活动, 指导, 和交流机会,，自 1963 年该奖学金成立以来，超过 1,300 名研究员被提名。这些人之间建立的联系激发了合作初创公司, 研究, 以及一系列技术, 科学, 和工程领域的商业化。赫兹研究员为先进医学疗法, 全球防御网络, 和詹姆斯·韦伯太空望远镜等领域的突破做出了贡献。

In addition to funding, fellows receive lifelong access to Hertz Foundation programs including events, mentoring, and networking opportunities, with the over 1,300 fellows named since the fellowship was established in 1963. The connections forged among these individuals have sparked collaborative startups, research, and commercialization in a range of technology, science, and engineering fields. Hertz Fellows have contributed to breakthroughs in such areas as advanced medical therapies, global defense networks, and the James Webb Space Telescope.

今年， 名麻省理工学院附属获奖者是从美国各地选出的总共 19 名赫兹基金会研究员学者之一。

This year的 MIT-affiliated recipients are among a total of 19 Hertz Foundation Fellows scholars selected from across the United States. 

Annika Marschner ’26 主修机械工程，将于秋季在麻省理工学院开始攻读博士学位。 Her undergraduate research centered on the development of novel technologies for both biointerfacing and bio-inspired systems, including a custom benchtop stereoscope-compatible incubator and extrusion-based desktop bioprinter for MIT的 Raman Lab, a light-based filamented bioprinting system for ETH Zürich的 Tissue Engineering and Biofabrication Lab, and large-scale hardware designs for robotic systems在 MIT的 仿生机器人实验室。 Marschner的本科论文重点关注提高仿生机器人肢体动态运动的速度和灵活性。 As a graduate student, she plans to continue her work on both hardware and control system design in biologically relevant settings, especially in the areas of assistive medical technology and surgical robotics.

Annika Marschner ’26 majored in mechanical engineering and will begin her PhD at MIT in the fall. Her undergraduate research centered on the development of novel technologies for both biointerfacing and bio-inspired systems, including a custom benchtop stereoscope-compatible incubator and extrusion-based desktop bioprinter for MIT的 Raman Lab, a light-based filamented bioprinting system for ETH Zürich的 Tissue Engineering and Biofabrication Lab, and large-scale hardware designs for robotic systems in MIT的 Biomimetic Robotics Lab. Marschner的 undergraduate thesis focused on improving the speed and dexterity of dynamic motions in bio-inspired robotic limbs. As a graduate student, she plans to continue her work on both hardware and control system design in biologically relevant settings, especially in the areas of assistive medical technology and surgical robotics. 

马修·旺塔 (Matthew Wanta) 是一名即将入学的博士生，将于秋季开始在麻省理工学院进行运筹学研究。他是美国西点军校 2026 届毕业生，以优异的成绩获得了计算机科学和数学科学, 学士学位的。他的工作重点是自主系统, 的机器学习，将概率建模和计算机视觉集成到协作无人机搜索和群体控制框架中。与 DEVCOM 军备中心, Wanta 合作开发了计算机视觉模型，用于检测火炮弹药, 中的高能缺陷，从而在国防制造中实现快速, 非侵入式质量控制。他与美国特种作战司令部和陆军 C5ISR 组织的合作重点是自主空中搜索和传感,，其中他构建了用于概率目标定位和多代理协调的模拟架构。 Wanta 担任 Bravo 连, 第 2 团; 连长，Upsilon Pi Epsilon; 主席和 Phi Kappa Phi 副总裁。他是一名宇航员学者和工兵学校毕业生,，并被任命为网络军团的陆军军官。

Matthew Wanta is an incoming doctoral student who will begin operations research at MIT in the fall. He is a class of 2026 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point with a bachelor的 degree in computer science and mathematical sciences, both with honors. His work centered on machine learning for autonomous systems, integrating probabilistic modeling and computer vision into cooperative drone search and swarm control frameworks. In collaboration with DEVCOM Armaments Center, Wanta developed computer vision models for detecting energetic defects in artillery munitions, enabling rapid, nonintrusive quality control in defense manufacturing. His work with U.S. Special Operations Command and Army C5ISR organizations focused on autonomous aerial search and sensing, where he built simulation architectures for probabilistic target localization and multi-agent coordination. Wanta served as company commander for Bravo Company, 2nd Regiment; president of Upsilon Pi Epsilon; and vice president of Phi Kappa Phi. He is an Astronaut Scholar and Sapper School graduate, and commissioned as an Army officer in the Cyber Corps.