International Student Ambassadors
International Student Ambassadors
International Student Ambassadors serve as a representative for their specific academic department and/or country. Individuals listed below have volunteered to serve as points of contact for current, incoming, and prospective international students and scholars at NC State University. Anyone is welcome to reach out to our ambassadors through their designated contact information.
Don’t see your country, culture, or department represented? Sign up today to be an International Student Ambassador.
Country and Culture Ambassadors
Bangladesh

Samaher Salem
College of Natural Resources
PhD Student, Forest Biomaterials
Bangladesh

Tanmay Das
College of Engineering
PhD Student, Civil Construction and Environmental Engineering
Brazil

Ana Paula Bona Barros Medeiros
College of Engineering
PhD Student, Civil Engineering
Brazil

Douglas Martins Mocelin
College of Engineering
Graduate Student, Civil Engineering
Chile

Yamil Andres Essus Pradel
College of Engineering
PhD Student, Industrial and Systems Engineering
China

Ruoxuan Wang
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Undergraduate Student, Psychology (major), BA & Statistics (minor)
China

Jinlong Han
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
PhD Student, Plant Pathology
Colombia

Camilo Parada
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Graduate Student, Plant Pathology
Ecuador

Paul Andres Acuna Ochoa
College of Engineering
PhD Student, Civil Engineering
India

Monica Harshad Rathod
College of Engineering
Graduate Student, Chemical Engineering
India

Shivani Gera
College of Engineering
Undergraduate Student, Biomedical Engineering
India

Nakul Srivastava
College of Engineering
Graduate Student, Electrical Engineering
Iran

Niloufar Yarahmadi
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Graduate Student, Anthropology
Kenya

Anne Wangari Njathi
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
PhD Candidate, Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media
Kuwait

Fahad Alhadhaina
College of Engineering
Graduate Student, Civil Engineering
Kuwait

Nora Alaati
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Graduate Student, Anthropology
Mozambique

Stella Nhanala
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
PhD Student, Horticultural Science
Nigeria

Folasewa Oluwaseun Olatunde
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
PhD Student, Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media
Panama

Josue Pazmino Lombardo
College of Engineering
Graduate Student, Civil Engineering
Pakistan

Khawar Latif Khan
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
PhD Student, Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media
Peru

Luis Miguel Prieto Miranda
College of Engineering
PhD Student, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering
Rwanda

Nancy Ingabire Abayo
College of Engineering
PhD Student, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering
Saudi Arabia

Faisal Alghamdi
College of Engineering
PhD Student, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering
South Korea

Doyun Lee
College of Engineering
PhD Candidate, Civil Construction and Environmental Engineering
South Korea

Hyunjun Choi
College of Engineering
PhD Student, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering
Sri Lanka

Sarangi Joseph
College of Engineering
PhD Student, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering
Sri Lanka

Dhanushka Palipana
College of Engineering
PhD Student, Civil Engineering
Turkey

Kerem Ziya Akdemir
College of Natural Resources
PhD Student, Forestry and Environmental Resources
Vietnam

Anh Luu Hoang Nguyen
Poole College of Management
Graduate Student, MBA in Supply Chain Management
Vietnam

Long Vo
College of Engineering
PhD Candidate, Civil Construction and Environmental Engineering
Department Ambassadors
- Ana Paula Bona Barros Medeiros, Doctoral Student, abonaba@ncsu.edu
- Ayesha Vijay Kumar, Graduate Student, avijayk@ncsu.edu
- Dhanushka Palipana, Doctoral Student, dkpalipa@ncsu.edu
- Doyun Lee, Graduate Student, dlee34@ncsu.edu
- Maria Aleman, Doctoral Student, maaleman@ncsu.edu
- Monica Harshad Rathod, Graduate Student, mrathod@ncsu.edu
- Shivani Gera, Undergraduate Student, sgera@ncsu.edu
- Keertana Vellanki, Graduate Student, kvellan@ncsu.edu
- Muhammad Ramzy Altahhan, Doctoral Student, mraltahh@ncsu.edu
- Nakul Srivastava, Graduate Student, nsrivas3@ncsu.edu
- Nancy Ingabire Abayo, Doctoral Student, ningabi@ncsu.edu
- Sarangi Joseph, Doctoral Student, smjoseph@ncsu.edu
- Lochan Basnet, Doctoral Student, lbasnet@ncsu.edu
- Luis Miguel Prieto Miranda, Doctoral Student, lprieto@ncsu.edu
- Douglas Martins Mocelin, Graduate Student, dmarti23@ncsu.edu
- Faisal Alghamdi, Doctoral Student, fmalgham@ncsu.edu
- Long Vo, Doctoral Student, lhvo@ncsu.edu
- Yamil Andres Essus Pradel, Doctoral Student, yaessus@ncsu.edu
- Paul Andres Acuna Ochoa, Doctoral Student, paacuna@ncsu.edu
- Hyunjun Choi, Doctoral Student, hchoi24@ncsu.edu
- Josue Pazmino Lombardo, Graduate Student, japazmin@ncsu.edu
- Fahad Alhadhaina, Graduate Student, faalhadh@ncsu.edu
- Anh Luu Hoang Nguyen, Graduate Student, ahnguye6@ncsu.edu
- Hibah Mariam, Undergraduate Student, hmariam@ncsu.edu
- Mahin Mughal, Undergraduate Student, mmughal@ncsu.edu
- Diego Castedo Pena, Doctoral Student, dcasted@ncsu.edu
- Federico Portillo Chaves, Doctoral Student, feportil@ncsu.edu
- Sultan Ahmed, Graduate Student, sahmed27@ncsu.edu
- Camilo Parada, Graduate Student, chparada@ncsu.edu
- Stella Nhanala, Doctoral Student, senhanal@ncsu.edu
- Jinlong Han, Doctoral Student, jhan8@ncsu.edu
- Robin Roussos, Graduate Student, rnrousso@ncsu.edu
- Anne Wangari Njathi, Doctoral Student, awnjathi@ncsu.edu
- Folasewa Oluwaseun Olatunde, Doctoral Student, foolatun@ncsu.edu
- Ruoxuan Wang, Undergraduate Student, rwang46@ncsu.edu
- Niloufar Yarahmadi, Graduate Student, nyarahm@ncsu.edu
- Nora Alaati, Graduate Student, nsalaati@ncsu.edu
- Khawar Latif Khan, Doctoral Student, kkhan3@ncsu.edu
- Khandoker Samaher Salem, Doctoral Student, ksalem@ncsu.edu
- Kerem Ziya Akdemir, Doctoral Student, kakdemi@ncsu.edu
Looking to connect with an international alum of NC State University? These alumni have offered to serve as resources to current students.
- Lucie Crevier, Bachelors in Business Administration, Class of 2021, lcrevie@ncsu.edu
- Mohammad Alshboul, PhD in Computer Engineering, Class of 2021, maalshbo@ncsu.edu