University of California
President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
All fellows listed below are eligible for the President's Hiring Incentive with the exception of those who currently hold UC tenure-track appointments. This list was last updated on May 11, 2012.
Chancellors' Postdoctoral Fellows, 2005-06 through 2011-12
President's Postdoctoral Fellows, 1996-97 through 2011-12
Roberto M. Aguilar
2007-09, Neurosciences
Mentors: Oswald Steward, UC Irvine and Frances Leslie, Professor of Anatomy & Neurobiology, University of California, Irvine
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas - Health Science Center at San Antonio
Dorit Aharonov
1999-00, Computer Science and Physics
Mentor: Umesh Vazirani, Professor of Computer Science, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Joy Alcedo
1999-00, Molecular Biology
Mentor: Vazirani, Professor of Computer Science, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Group Leader, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland
Elbert Almazan
2006-08, Public Health
Mentor: Susan Cochran, UC Los Angeles
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Central Michigan
Jackelyn Alva
2008-2010, Molecular Biology
Mentor: April Pyle, UC Los Angeles
Current Position: Research Scientist, Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies, UC Santa Barbara
Anna L. Anderson-Lazo
2009-11, Anthropology
Mentor: Roberto Alvarez, UC San Diego
Current Position: UCSD Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Global California Studies, UC San Diego
Jennifer Andrew
2009-11, Materials Engineering
Mentor: Michael J. Sailor, UC San Diego
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Florida
Annette Angus
2009-11, Microbiology
Mentor: Ann M. Hirsch, UC Los Angeles
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, UC Los Angeles
Javier Arce-Nazario
2006-08, Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology
Mentor: Nancy Peluso, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, Utuado
Michelle Armstrong-Partida
2008-2010, History
Mentor: Teofilo Ruiz, UC Los Angeles
Current Position: Assistant Professor, History Department, University of Texas, El Paso
Sonya Atalay
2003-05, Anthropology
Mentor: Meg Conkey, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Indiana, Bloomington
Luis A. Avilés
1998-99, Public Health
Mentor: Peter H. Smith, UC San Diego
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez
Sarah Baker
2007-08, Biochemistry
Mentor: Galen Stucky, UC Santa Barbara
Current Position: Staff Scientist, Materials, Earth and Life Science (CMELS), Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)
Marlon Bailey
2005-07, Gender & Women's Studies
Mentor: Paola Bacchetta, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Departments of Gender & Women's Studies and African Diaspora Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington
George Barganier
2011-2012, Ethnic Studies
Mentor: Ramon Grosfoguel, UC Berkeley
Current Position: President’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Ethnic Studies, UC Berkeley
Katrina Barron
1997-98, Mathematics
Mentor: Geoffrey Mason, UC Santa Cruz
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Notre Dame
Bart Bartlett
2005-07, Chemistry
Mentor: Jeffrey R. Long, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan
Laura Bartley
2007-09, Molecular Biology
Mentor: Pamela Ronald, UC Davis
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma
William Bauer
2005-07, Ethnic Studies
Mentor: Steve Crum, UC Davis
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Toby Beauchamp
2010-12, Women & Gender Studies
Mentor: David Serlin, UC San Diego
Current Position: President's Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Communication, UC San Diego
Sara Benson
2011-12, History
Mentor: Kelly Lytle Hernandez, UC Los Angeles
Current Position: President’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of History, UC Los Angeles
Natalia Berloff
1997-98, Mathematics
Mentor: Paul Roberts, UC Los Angeles
Current Position: Reader in Mathematical Physics, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge
Marisol Berríos-Miranda
2001-03, Ethnomusicology
Mentor: Jocelyne Guilbault, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Assistant Director, Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, University of Washington
Bonnie Bertolaet
1997-98, Chemistry
Mentor: Jean Y. Wang, UC San Diego
Current Position: Independent Biotechnology Professional
Guoqiang Bi
1996-97, Neurosciences
Mentor: Mu-ming Poo, UC San Diego
Current Position: Professor, Department of Neurobiology, University of Science & Technology of China
Brent C. Blair
2003-05, Plant Ecology
Mentor: Deborah Letourneau, UC Santa Cruz
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Xavier University (Ohio)
Courtney Bonam
2011-2012, Psychology
Mentor: Jack Glaser, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Berkeley Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Public Policy, UC Berkeley
Mary Pat Brady
1996-98, English
Mentor: Jose David Saldivar, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of English, Cornell University
Nicholas Bravo
2011-2012, History
Mentor: Luis Alvarez, UC San Diego
Current Position: President’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of History, UC San Diego
Daphne Brooks
1997-98, English
Mentor: Barbara Christian, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Professor, Department of English, Princeton University
Long Bui
2011-2012, Ethnic Studies
Mentor: Jodi Kim, UC Riverside
Current Position: President’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Ethnic Studies, UC Riverside
Cullen Buie
2008-2009, Engineering
Mentor: Liwei Lin, Mechanical Engineering, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Elise Burmeister-Getz
1998-99, Engineering
Mentor: Roger Cooke, UC San Francisco
Current Position: Associate Director of Clinical Pharmacology, Oriel Therapeutics, Inc.
Jennifer Burney
2010-2012, Engineering
Mentor: Veerabhadran Ramanathan, UC San Diego
Current Position: President’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Climate Sciences, UC San Diego
Jennifer Moss Burns
1997-98, Marine Biology
Mentor: Dan Costa, UC Santa Cruz
Current Position: Associate Professor, Biological Sciences, University of Alaska, Anchorage
Marne Campbell
2008-10, History
Mentor: Vincent Franklin, UC Riverside
Current Position: Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of African American Studies, Loyola Marymount University
Luis M. Campos
2008-10, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Mentors: Craig J. Hawker and Dennis O. Clegg, UC Santa Barbara
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Columbia University
Anita Casavantes Bradford
2011-2012, History
Mentor: Raul Fernández, UC Irvine
Current Position: President’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Chicano-Latino Studies Program, UC Irvine
María Bianet Castellanos
2003-05, Anthropology
Mentor: Robert Alvarez, UC San Diego
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of American Studies, University of Minnesota
Elizabeth Castle
2002-04, History
Mentors: Bettina Aptheker and Angela Y. Davis, UC Santa Cruz
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of American Indian Studies, University of South Dakota
Gloria Chacón
2006-08, Languages/Literature
Mentor: Inés Hernández-Ávila, UC Davis
Current Position: Part Time Faculty/Production, YRL Library and Cesar Chavez Department, UC Los Angeles
Sukanya Chakrabarti
2008-2010, Astronomy
Mentor: Leo Blitz, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University of Florida Atlantic
Sylvia Chan-Malik
2009-11, Ethnic Studies
Mentor: Eric Porter, UC Santa Cruz
Current Position: President's Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of American Studies, UC Santa Cruz
Ming M. Chiu
1996-97, Education
Mentor: Kris Gutierrez, UC Los Angeles
Current Position: Professor, School of Education, State University of New York at Buffalo
Julie Chu
2004-05, Anthropology
Mentor: Lisa Rofel, UC Santa Cruz
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Chicago
Ricardo Cisneros
2009-11, Environmental Systems/Air Quality
Mentor: Deborah H. Bennett, UC Davis
Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Public Health Sciences, UC Davis
Wesley Clapp
2007-09, Neurosciences
Mentor: Adam Gazzaley, UC San Francisco
Current Position: Co-founder and Director, NeuroEnhance, NeuroScouting LLC
Theotis Clark, Jr.
1998-00, Chemistry
Mentor: Marcin Majda, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Division of Science, Truman State University
Kamari Clarke
1997-98, Anthropology
Mentor: Stephen Small, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Professor, Department of Anthropology, Yale University
Mary Cloninger
1997-98, Chemistry
Mentor: Larry Overman, Professor of Chemistry, UC Irvine
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Montana State University
Katherine Coffing
1999-00, Functional Anatomy
Mentor: Henry McHenry, UC Davis
Current Position: Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, UC Los Angeles
Michael Cohen
2004-2006, History
Mentor: Richard Candida Smith, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Lecturer, Department of African American Studies, UC Berkeley
Susan Cohen
2011-12, Molecular Biology
Mentors: Susan Golden and Joseph Pogliano, UC San Diego
Current Position: President’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Biological Sciences , UC San Diego
David Colon
2005-07, English
Mentor: Bharati Mukherjee, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Departments of English, Texas Christian University
Kevin Connelly
2001-02, Linguistics
Mentor: Leanne Hinton, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Independent Research
Eduardo Contreras
2009-2010, History
Mentor: Richard Walker, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department, Department of History, Hunter College – CUNY
Tosha Comendant
2002-04, Ecology
Mentor: Pete Raimondi, UC Santa Cruz
Current Position: Senior Conservation Scientist, Conservation Biology Institute
Frank Corsetti
1999-00, Geological Sciences
Mentor: John Crowell, UC Santa Barbara
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California
Lorenzo Covarrubias
2000-02, Anthropology and Political Science
Mentor: Kathleen Bruhn, UC Santa Barbara
Current Position: Professor, International Studies & Public Policy, University of Sinaloa, Mexico
Kathleen Crowe
1996-97, Ecology
Mentor: Alan Hastings, UC Davis
Current Position: Analytics Manager, Opera Solutions
Alberto Cruz-Martín
2007-08, Neurosciences
Mentor: Carlos Portera-Cailliau, UC Los Angeles
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Neurobiology, UC San Diego
Ofelia Ortiz Cuevas
2008-10, Ethnic Studies
Mentor: Dylan Rodriguez, UC Riverside
Current Position: Visiting Scholar, Center for Social Theory and Comparative History, UC Los Angeles
Christina Cuomo
1999-00, Genetics
Mentor: Andrew Murray, UC San Francisco
Current Position: Research Scientist, Genome Sequencing & Analysis Program, Broad Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Delores Delgado-Bernal
1997-98, Education
Mentor: Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell, UC Davis
Current Position: Professor, Graduate School of Education, University of Utah
Douglas Densmore
2007-2008, Electrical Engineering
Mentor: Alberto Sangiovanni-Vicentelli, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Boston University
Thomas Desch-Obi
1999-00, History
Mentor: Christopher Ehret, UC Los Angeles
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of History, City University of New York – Baruch College
Gerardo Dominguez
2007-09, Physics
Mentor: Mark Thiemens, UC San Diego
Current Position: Associate Project Scientist, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego
Julie Dowling
2004-05, Sociology
Mentor: Denise Segura, UC Santa Barbara
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Latina & Latino Studies, University of Illinois – Champagne-Urbana
Nathaniel Dudley
2006-08, Molecular Biology
Mentor: Joel Rothman, UC Santa Barbara
Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology and Neuroscience Research Institute, UC Santa Barbara
Nathaniel Dumas
2010-11, Linguistics
Mentor: Mary Bucholtz, UC Santa Barbara
Current Position: President's Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Linguistics, UC Santa Barbara
Julianne Dunphy
1999-00, Molecular Cell Biology
Mentor: Christine Guthrie, UC San Francisco
Current Position: Vice President and Science Director, Publicis Healthcare Communications Group
Katherine Dunphy Gúzman
2004-06, Earth Science
Mentor: Jill Banfield, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Senior Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratory, Livermore, CA
Lauren Duquette-Rury
2011-12, Sociology
Mentor: Roger Waldinger, UC Los Angeles
Current Position: President's Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Sociology, UC Los Angeles
Lisa Dyson
2007-08, Physics
Mentor: Ori Ganor, UC Berkeley
Current Position: CEO and co-founder, Kiverdi
Lucila Ek
2002-04, Education
Mentor: Ana Celia Zentella, UC San Diego
Current Position: Associate Professor, Division of Bicultural and Bilingual Studies, University of Texas, San Antonio
Adrian Felix
2011-2012, Political Science
Mentor: Jonathan Fox, UC Santa Cruz
Current Position: President’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Latin American & Latino Studies, UC Santa Cruz
Ellen Fernandez-Sacco
1998-99, Art History
Mentor: Dell Upton, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Visiting Scholar, Office for History of Science & Technology, UC Berkeley
Jason Ferreira
2003-05, Ethnic Studies
Mentor: Angela Y. Davis, UC Santa Cruz
Current Position: Assistant Professor, College of Ethnic Studies, San Francisco State University
Andrew Fisher
2002-03, History
Mentor: Kevin Terraciano, UC Los Angeles
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of History, Carleton College
Alyson Fletcher
2005-07, Engineering
Mentor: Laurent El Ghaoui, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, UC Berkeley
Thomas Yoshio Fujita Rony
1997-98, American Culture
Mentor: Takashi Fujitani, UC San Diego
Current Position: Associate Professor, Asian American Studies, California State University, Fullerton
Galit Furhmann Alpert
2006-08, Neuroscience
Mentor: R. T. Knight, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Research Associate, Department of Psychology, Hebrew University
Sandra Garcia
2007-2009, Chemistry
Mentor: Michael J. McCarthy, UC Davis
Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Food Science & Technology, UC Davis
Bethany Lyles Goldblum
2008-2010, Nuclear Engineering
Mentor: Jasmina Vujic
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of Tennessee
Francisca (Gonzalez) Godinez
2000-02, Education
Mentor: Adaljiza Sosa Riddell, UC Davis
Current Position: Researcher and Writer, All Our Relations: Integrated Knowledge and Practices
Gloria González-López
2000-02, Sociology
Mentor: Barrie Thorne, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin
Tiros A. Gonzales
1996-98, Sociology
Mentor: Stefano Varese, UC Davis
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Chinese University, Hong Kong
Gayatri Gopinath
1998-99, English & Literature
Mentor: Lisa Lowe, UC San Diego
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department ofSocial and Cultural Analyis, New York University
Monique Guillory
1997-99, Comparative Literature
Mentor: Patricia Cline Cohen, UC Santa Barbara
Current Position: Director, The Mississippi Learning Institute
Gema R. Guevara
1999-00, Literature
Mentor: Rau’l Fernandez, UC Irvine
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Languages and Literature, University of Utah
Rudy Guevarra, Jr.
2007-2008, History
Mentor: Catherine Ceniza Choy, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Asian Pacific American Studies Program, Arizona State University
Ricardo Guthrie
2009-10, Communication
Mentor: Darnell M. Hunt, UC Los Angeles
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Ethnic Studies, Northern Arizona University
Michelle Habell-Pallan
1997-98, Literature
Mentor: Lisa Lowe, UC San Diego
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Women Studies, University of Washington
Terefe Habteyes
2009-11, Physical Chemistry
Mentor: Stephen R. Leon, Professor of Chemistry, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Postdoctral Scholar, Department of Chemistry, UC Berkeley
Lachelle Hannickel
2007-08, French
Mentor: Jacqueline Bobo, Women's Studies Program, UC Santa Barbara
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of French, College of the Bahamas
Corey Harwell
2010-11, Neurosciences
Mentor: Arnold Kriegstein, UC San Diego
Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Neurology,
UC San Francisco
Roderick Hernandez
2001-03, English
Mentor: Rafael Perez-Torres, UC Los Angeles
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of English, California State University, Dominguez Hills
Antonia Herzog
2000-02, Energy and Environmental Policy
Mentor: Daniel Kammen, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Staff Scientist, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Climate Center, Washington, DC
Glake Hill
2003-04, Physical Chemistry
Mentor: William Lester, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Jackson State University
Tessa Hill
2004-06, Earth Sciences
Mentor: Howie J. Spero, UC Davis
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Geology, UC Davis
Carol Hirschmugl
1996-97, Physics
Mentor: Malcolm Howells, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Current Position: Professor, Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Anhthu Hoang
2001-03, Zoology
Mentor: Tyrone Hayes, UC Berkeley
Current Position: General Counsel, WE ACT for Environmental Justice, New York, NY
Todd Honma
2011-12, Ethnic Studies
Mentor: Nayan Shah, UC San Diego
Current Position: UCSD Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of History,
UC San Diego
Kelli Hoover
1997-98, Entomology
Mentor: Loy Volkman, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Professor, Department of Entomology, Pennsylvania State University
Ellen Huang
2008-2010, History of Art
Mentor : Patricia Berger
Current Position: Koriyama Teaching Postdoctoral Fellow, Art Department and Center for the Pacific Rim, University of San Francisco
Kristie Ibarra
2011-2012, Immunology
Mentor: Eva Harris, UC Berkeley
Current Position: President’s Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Public Health, Division of Infectious Diseases, UC Berkeley
Shalene Jha
2009-11, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Mentor: Claire Kremen, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology & Evolution, University of Texas at Austin
Candace Johnson
2005-08, Voice Performance
Mentor: Olly Wilson, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Voice Faculty, Department of Music, UC Berkeley
Orit Kalman
2000-01, Chemical Engineering
Mentor: Karen McDonald, UC Davis
Current Position: Independent Research
Brian Klopotek
2008-09, American Studies
Mentor: Tom Biolsi, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Ethnic Studies, University of Oregon
Jacqueline L. Kiplinger
1996-98, Chemistry
Mentor: Robert G. Bergman, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Lead Scientist, Structural Inorganic Chemistry, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Stephen Klisch
1999-00, Mechanical Engineering
Mentor: Anne Hoger, UC San Diego
Current Position: Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, California Polytechnic State University
Marlon Kuntze
2004-06, Psychology
Mentor: Dan Slobin, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Associate Professor, Departments of Literacy & Language and Counseling & Development, Boston University
Erik Kupperman
1998-99, Biochemistry
Mentor: Didier Stainier, UC San Francisco
Current Position: Researcher, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Jong Bum Kwon
2005-07, Anthropology
Mentor: Namhee Lee, UC Los Angeles
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Webster University
Susan Lambrecht
2002-04, Ecology
Mentor: Michael Loik, UC Santa Cruz
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Biology, San Jose State University
Julia Lee
2005-07, English
Mentor: Brook Thomas, UC Irvine
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of English, University of Texas at Austin
Mary Leech
2001-03, Geological and Environmental Sciences
Mentor: Bradley Hacker, UC Santa Barbara
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Geosciences, San Francisco State University
Fatema Legrand
2004-06, Immunology
Mentor: Douglas Nixon, UC San Francisco
Current Position: Senior Scientist, Research Division, Bavarian Nordic Immunotherapeutics
Adrian Lenardic
1997-98, Geophysics
Mentor: Mark Richards, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, Rice University
Amanda Lewis
2007-09, Microbiology
Mentor: Victor Nizet, UC San Diego
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University in Saint Louis
Kui Lin
1998-99, Biochemistry
Mentor: Cynthia Kenyon, UC San Francisco
Current Position: Researcher, Genentech, Inc.
Robert Liu
1999-00, Applied Physics
Mentor: Kenneth Miller, UC San Francisco
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Biology, Emory University
Ann López
2004-06, Environmental Studies; Ethnography
Mentor: Jeffrey Romm, UC Berkeley and Patricia Zavella, UC Santa Cruz
Current Position: Research Associate with the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, UC Santa Cruz
Julio Lopez
2006-08, Multidisciplinary Studies
Mentor: Stefano Varese, UC Davis
Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Native American Studies, UC Davis
Beth Lopour
2011-2012, Neurosciences
Mentor: Dario Ringach, UC Los Angeles
Current Position: President’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biomedical Engineering, UC Los Angeles
Mary Louie
2011-2012, Chemistry
Mentor: Alexis T. Bell, UC Berkeley
Current Position: President’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, UC Berkeley
Jia Grace Lu
1997-98, Applied Physics
Mentor: Paul McEuen, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Physics & Astronomy, USC
David Luis-Brown
1999-01, Literature
Mentor: Francine Masiello, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of English, University of Miami
Jason MacCannell
2005-07, Geography
Mentor: Walter Hood, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Lecturer, Department of Geography, UC Davis
Juan Mah y Busch
2002-03, English Language and Literature
Mentor: Maria Herrera-Sobek, UC Santa Barbara
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of English, Loyola Marymount University
Jelani Mahiri
2007-09, Anthropology
Mentor: Olga Najera-Ramirez, Anthropology, UC Santa Cruz
Current Position: Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Latin American & Latino Studies, Montana State University, Bozeman
Carolyn Malmstrom
1997-98, Biological Sciences
Mentor: F. S. Chapin, III, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University
Pedro Marenco
2007-08, Earth Sciences
Mentor: Timothy Lyons, UC Riverside
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department Geology, Bryn Mwr
Angela Marino
2010-12, Performance Studies
Mentor: Shannon Jackson, UC Berkeley
Current Position: UCB Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Theater, Dance & Performance Studies, UC Berkeley
Becky Marquez
2010-12, Psychology
Mentor: John Pierce, UC San Diego
Current Position: President’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Moores Cancer Center, UC San Diego
James R. Marston
2003-05, Geography
Mentor: Richard Church, UC Santa Barbara
Current Position: Assistant Researcher, Department of Geography, UC Santa Barbara
Courtney J. Martin
2009-11, History of Art
Mentor: Darcy Girmaldo Grigsby, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Assistant Professor, History of Art Department, Vanderbilt University
Antigona Martinez
1999-00, Psychology
Mentor: Richard Buxton, UC San Diego
Current Position: Associate Project Scientist, ERP Lab, Department of Neurosciences, UC San Diego
Julian Martinez
1996-98, Neurosciences
Mentor: Gary Lynch, UC Santa Barbara
Current Position: overseas
Lorraine Martínez
2000-02, Psychology
Mentor: Dacher Keltner, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Independent Research
Ashley Maynard
1999-00, Developmental Psychology
Mentor: Thomas Weisner, UC Los Angeles
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Hawai’i
Kathleen McAfee
1999-01, Geography
Mentor: David Goodman, UC Santa Cruz
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, San Francisco State University
Dwight McBride
1996-97, English
Mentor: Eric Sundquist, UC Los Angeles
Current Position: Dean Graduate School and Associate Provost, Graduate Education, Northwestern University
Sheryl Mebane
2005-07, Education
Mentor: Bernard Gifford, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Team Member, Sustainable Method Institute
Jerry Miller
2001-03, Philosophy
Mentor: Teresa de Lauretis, UC Santa Cruz
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Haverford College
Matthew Milnes
2006-07, Endocrinology
Mentor: Bruce Blumberg, UC Irvine
Current Position: Endocrinologist, Reproductive Physiology Division, Zoological Society of San Diego
Todd Minehardt
1999-00, Chemistry
Mentor: Peter A. Kollman, UC San Francisco
Current Position: Lecturer and Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, Princeton University
Lucrezia Miranda
2008-09, Urban Planning
Mentor: Michael Rios, UC Davis
Current Position: President’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Environmental Design,
UC Davis
Nicholas Mitchell
2011-12, Ethnic Studies
Mentor: Ula Taylor, UC Berkeley
Current Position: President’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of African American Studies, UC Berkeley
Stephen Mojzsis
1997-98, Geology
Mentor: T. Mark Harrison, UC Los Angeles
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder
Elizabeth Montalvo
2010-12, Chemistry
Mentor: Jeffery Long, UC Berkeley
Current Position: President’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, UC Berkeley
Elizabeth McDade-Montez
2011-12, Psychology
Mentors: Linda Cameron and Jan Wallander, UC Merced
Current Position: UCM Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts, UC Merced
Simanique Moody
2010-12, Linguistics
Mentor: Mary Bucholtz, UC Santa Barbara
Current Position: President's Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Linguistics, UC Santa Barbara
Scott Moura
2011-2012, Engineering
Mentor: Miroslav Krstic, UC San Diego
Current Position: President’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, UC San Diego
Dana Velasco Murillo
2009-11, History
Mentors: Rachel O’Toole and Steven Topik, UC Irvine
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Latin American-Hispanic Studies, Aldephi University
Minayo Nasiali
2010-11, History
Mentor: Tyler Stovall, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of Arizona
Althea Scott Nixon
2008-10, Education
Mentor: Michael Cole, UC San Diego
Current Position: Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Education, USC
Angela Nonaka
2006-07, Linguistics
Mentor: Leanne Hinton, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin
Ann-Marie Nuñez
2005-07, Sociology
Mentors: Kenji Hakuta, UC Merced and Sylvia Hurtado, UC Los Angeles
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, University of Texas at San Antonio
Kysa Nygreen
2005-07, Education
Mentors: Pamela Perry and Margaret A. Gibson, UC Santa Cruz
Current Position: Assistant Professor, School of Education, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Todd Ochoa
2005-07, Anthropology
Mentor: William Hanks, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Religious Studies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Karina Oliva Alvarado
2007-09, English and Ethnic Studies
Mentor: Rafael Perez-Torres, UC Los Angeles
Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Chicana/o Studies, UC Los Angeles
J. Richard Olivas
1997-98, History
Mentor: Sharon V. Salinger, UC Riverside
Current Position: Professor, Department of History, Los Angeles Community College (West)
Sidne Omori
1996-98, Immunology
Mentor: Cornelis Murre, UC San Diego
Current Position: Staff Scientist, Rickert Lab, Burnham Institute for Medical Research, La Jolla, California
Rosa C. Orellana
1999-00, Mathematics
Mentor: Mark Haiman, UC San Diego
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Dartmouth College
Laura O'Rourke
2005-07, Archeology
Mentor: Rosemary Joyce, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Independent Consultant
Karen Osborn
2008-2010, Biology
Mentor: Greg Rouse, UC San Diego
Current Position: Research Associate, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Lily Owusu-Darkwa
2002-04, Anthropology
Mentor: Phillipe Bourgois, UC San Francisco
Current Position: Political Analyst, African Union Commission, Addis Ababa
Jeanne Panek
1997-98, Forest Science & Plant Physiology
Mentor: Allen Goldstein, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Research Consulting, National Park Service
Keng-Fong Pang
1998-99, Anthropology
Mentor: Amin Sweeney, South & Southeast Asian Studies
Current Position: Visiting Scholar, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, UC Los Angeles
Suman M. Paranjape
2003-05, Biomedical Sciences
Mentor: Eva Harris, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Division of Infectious Diseases – Public Health, UC Berkeley
Marjorie Patrick
2001-03, Animal Physiology
Mentor: Sarjeet Gill, UC Riverside
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of San Diego
Rhacel Salazar Parrenas
1998-99, Ethnic Studies
Mentor: Karen Brodkin, UC Los Angeles
Current Position: Professor, Department of American Studies, Brown University
Sarah Peelo
2009-11, Anthropology
Mentor: Jelmer Eerkens, UC Davis
Current Position: IHUM Teaching Fellow, Division of Humanities, Stanford University
Jessica Perea
2011-2012, Music/Music History
Mentor: Jocelyne Guilbault, UC Berkeley
Current Position: President’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Music, UC Berkeley
Elizabeth Pérez
2010-11, Religion
Mentor: Loic Wacquant, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Religious Studies, Dartmouth College
Kylie Peppler
2007-08, Education
Mentor: Mark Warschauer, UC Irvine
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Indiana University-Bloomington
Dolen Perkins-Valdez
2003-04, American Literature
Mentor: Richard Yarborough, UC Los Angeles
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of English, University of Puget Sound
Vu Pham
2002-04, Ethnic Studies
Mentors: George Lipsitz, UC San Diego and Nayan Shah, UC San Diego
Current Position: Faculty, UCLA Extension, Founder and Head of Spectrum Knowledge
Stephen Pitti
1997-98, History
Mentor: David Gutierrez, UC San Diego
Current Position: Professor, Department of History and American Studies, Yale University
Chavella Pittman
2003-05, Sociology
Mentor: Walter Allen, UC Los Angeles
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Dominican University
Myisha Priest
2003-05, African American and American Literature
Mentor: Harryette Mullen, UC Los Angeles
Current Position: Assistant Professor, School for Individualized Study, New York University
Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor
2008-09, History
Mentor: Cheryl Harris, UC Los Angeles
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of History, Smith College
Amber L. Puha
1998-99, Mathematics
Mentor: Ruth Williams, UC San Diego
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, California State University, San Marcos
Gretchen Purser
2009-10, Sociology
Mentor: Professor Vicki Smith, UC Davis
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Syracuse University
Rand Quinn
2010-11, Education
Mentor: Janelle Scott, UC Berkeley
Current Position: President’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Graduate School of Education, UC Berkeley
Isabela Quintana
2010-2012, History
Mentor: Vicki Ruiz, UC Irvine
Current Position: President’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of History, UC Irvine
Christine Reif
2005-07, Earth Science
Mentor: Quentin Williams, UC Santa Cruz
Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, UC Santa Cruz
Iliana Reyes
2001-03, Psychology
Mentor: Eugene Garcia, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Teaching, Learning & Sociocultural Studies, University of Arizona
Manuel Reyes
2010-11, Mathematics
Mentor: Daniel Rogalski, UC San Diego
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Bowdoin College
Rema Reynolds
2009-11, Education
Mentor: Carolyn Murray, Professor of Psychology, UC Riverside
Current Position: Assistant Professor, School Counseling and School Psychology, Azuza Pacific University
Corinne Richards-Zawacki
2008-09, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Mentors: Jim McGuire and Eileen Lacey, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University
Matt Richardson
2005-06, Ethnic Studies
Mentor: Leila Rupp, UC Santa Barbara
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of English, University of Texas at Austin
Annie Ro
2011-12, Public Health
Mentor: Gilbert Gee, UC Los Angeles
Current Position: President’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Public Health, UC Los Angeles
Teri Robinson
2007-09, Chemistry
Mentor: Mattanjah deVries, UC Santa Barbara
Current Position: Chair, National Science Outreach Program, National Society of Black Physicists
Albert I. Roca
2003-05, Cellular and Molecular Biology
Mentor: Alex McPherson, UC Irvine
Current Position: Director of Outreach, Recruitment and Retention, SACNAS
Russell Rodriguez
2007-09, Anthropology
Mentor: George Lipsitz, UC Santa Barbara
Current Position: Lecturer, Department of Ethnomusicology, UC Los Angeles
Hilda Mercedes Romero
2008-10, Ethnic Studies
Mentor: Gina Dent, UC Santa Cruz
Current Position: Lecturer, Department of Feminist Studies, UC Santa Cruz
Lynn Sacco
2001-03, History
Mentor: Patricia Cline Cohen
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Elizabeth Batya Safran
1998-99, Geology
Mentor: Robert Anderson, UC Santa Cruz
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Geological Studies, Lewis and Clark College
Gilberto Sambrano
1996-98, Molecular Biology
Mentor: Shaun R. Coughlin, UC San Francisco
Current Position: Senior Review Officer, Francisco California Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Damien Schnyder
2009-11, Anthropology
Mentor: Cedric Robinson, UC Santa Barbara
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Africana Studies, The Claremont Colleges – Scripps College
Heidi Schutz
2008-10, Biology
Mentor: Theodore Garland, UC Riverside
Current Position: Full Time Lecturer, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Jana Sequoya-Magdaleno
1996-98, Modern Thought & Literature
Mentor: Hertha D. Wong, UC Berkeley
Current Position: overseas
Jeanne Serb
2003-05, Biology
Mentor: Todd H. Oakley, UC Santa Barbara
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University
Khanum Shaikh
2010-12, Women & Gender Studies
Mentor: Nancy Gallagher, UC Santa Barbara
Current Position: President's Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of History, UC Santa Barbara
Marilou Sison-Mangus
2009-11, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Mentor: Sunny Jiang, UC Irvine
Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Evolutionary Biology, Zoology Institute, University of Basel, Switzerland
Kiron Skinner
1996-97, Political Science
Mentor: Thomas Schwartz, UC Los Angeles
Current Position: W. Glenn Campbell Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Lisa V. Smith
2000-02, Epidemiology
Mentor: Zuo-Feng Zhang, UC Los Angeles
Current Position: Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of Epidemiology, UC Los Angeles and Chief of Surveillance, Epidemiology & Evaluation, County of Los Angeles
Stephen Sohn
2006-07, English
Mentor: Glen Mimura, Film & Media Studies
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of English, Stanford University
Lilia Soto
2008-10, Ethnic Studies
Mentor: Abel Valenzuela, Jr., UC Los Angeles
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of American Studies and Chicano Studies, University of Wyoming
Tamara Lea Spira
2009-11, History of Consciousness and Feminist Studies
Mentor: Michael Lazzara, UC Davis
Current Position: President's Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Spanish and Cultural Studies, UC Davis
D. Lee Taylor
1997-98, Plant Biology
Mentor: Scott Hodges, UC Santa Barbara
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Institute of Arctic Biology and Department of Biology and Wildlife, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Desiree Thayer
2007-08, Neurosciences
Mentor: Lily Y. Jan, UC San Francisco
Current Position: NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physiology, UC San Francisco
Lisa B. Thompson
2000-01, English
Mentor: David Van Leer, UC Davis
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of English, State University of New York at Albany
Timothy Thornton
2006-08, Genetics
Mentor: Terence Speed, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington
Karen Tongson
2003-05, English
Mentor: Judith Halberstam, UC San Diego
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Departments of English and Gender Studies, University of Southern California
Elva A. Torres
2003-05, Chemistry
Mentor: Stephen R. Leone, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Max Plank Institute for Quantum Optics, Germany
Trinh Tran
2004-06, Neuroscience
Mentor: Jane Gitschier, UC San Francisco
Current Position: Full-time Instructor – Faculty, Department of Biology, City College of San Francisco
Tania Triana
2004-05, Languages and Literature
Mentor: Angie Chabram-Dernersesian, UC Davis
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Romance Languages, University of Oregon
David Uminsky
2010-11, Mathematics
Mentor: Andrea L. Bertozzi
Current Position: NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Mathematics, UC Los Angeles
Nora Underwood
2001-02, Ecology
Mentor: Richard Karban, UC Davis
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Ecology, Florida State University
Heather Van Epps
2006-08, Neurosciences
Mentor: Yishi Jin, UC Santa Cruz
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Neurobiology, Western Washington University
Daniel Vasquez
2007-2008, Engineering
Mentor: Alex Zettl, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Electrical Engineer, Manager of Modeling and Customer Integration, Shocking Technologies
Luis Velarde
2008-10, Chemistry
Mentor: Alec Wodtke, UC Santa Barbara
Current Position: Research Associate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Jennifer Lisa Vest
2000-02, Philosophy and Ethnic Studies
Mentor: Sandra Harding, UC Los Angeles
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Central Florida
Sacha Vignieri
2006-08, Zoology
Mentor: Hopi Hoekstra, Biological Sciences, UC San Diego
Current Position: Associate Editor, Science
Orli Waarts
1996-97, Computer Science
Mentor: Christos Papadimitriou, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Independent Researcher
Devin Walker
2006-08, Physics
Mentor: Lawrence J. Hall, Professor of Physics, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, Center for the Fundamental Laws of Nature, Harvard University
Dorothy Wang
1999-00, English Literature
Mentor: Michael Davidson, UC San Diego
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of American Studies, Williams College
Suzanne Wash
2000-02, Linguistics
Mentor: Martha Macri, UC Davis
Current Position: Proposal Writer, Native American Technology Corporation
Kerstin Wasson
1997-98, Biology
Mentor: Peter Raimondi, UC Santa Cruz
Current Position: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, UC Santa Cruz
Vicki Wedel
2006-07, Anthropology
Mentor: Sabrina Agarwal, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Western University of Health Sciences
Christopher Wetzel
2007-09, Sociology
Mentor: Duane Champagne, UC Los Angeles
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Stonehill College
Desiré Whitmore
2011-12, Chemistry
Mentor: Stephen Leone, UC Berkeley
Current Position: UCB Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry,
UC Berkeley
Michael J. Williams
2008-10, Mathematics
Mentor: Martin Scharlemann, UC Santa Barbara
Current Position: Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, UC Riverside
Robin Wilson
2006-07, Mathematics
Mentor: Martin Scharlemann, UC Santa Barbara
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Cal Poly-Pomona
Grace Wolf-Chase
1996-98, Astronomy
Mentor: Mary Barsony, UC Riverside
Current Position: Senior Research Associate, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago
Eric W. Wong
2000-01, Chemical Physics
Mentor: James Heath, UC Los Angeles
Current Position: Researcher, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Kathleen S. Yep
2002-04, Ethnic Studies
Mentor: Alice Yang Murray, UC Santa Cruz
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Pitzer College and Department of Asian American Studies, The Claremont Colleges
Rolaine Young Owl
2000-02, Astronomy
Mentor: Michael Jura, UC Los Angeles
Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Physics and Astronomy, UC Los Angeles
Jin Yu
2007-2008, Physics
Mentors: Carlos Bustamante and George Oster, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Mangement, UC Berkeley
Lisa Ze
2005-06, Ethnic Studies
Mentor: Lindon Barrett, UC Irvine
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Departments of English and Africana Studies, Wayne State University