Math, Engineering, & Physical Sciences

Cullen R. Buie

Education: B.S., The Ohio State University, Mechanical Engineering; M.S., Stanford University, Mechanical Engineering; Ph.D., Stanford University, Mechanical Engineering

Dissertation: Application of Electroosmotic Pumps to Miniature Low Temperature Fuel Cells

Thesis Advisor: Juan G. Santiago, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford

Research Topic: Carbon Nanotube Enabled Energy Devices

Mentors: Liwei Lin, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Luis M. Campos

Education: B.S., California State University, Dominquez Hills, Chemistry; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, Chemistry and Biochemistry

Dissertation: Light-Induced Processes in Organic Chemistry: Quantum Tunneling, Decarbonylations in Crystals, and Solar Cells

Thesis Advisors: Miguel A. Garcia-Garibay, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles and K. N. Houk, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles

Research Topic: Robust, Efficient, and Orthogonal Materials Platforms: From Biomedical to Energy Applications

Mentors: Craig J. Hawker, Professor of Materials, University of California, Santa Barbara and Dennis O. Clegg, Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Columbia University

Sukanya Chakrabarti

Education: B.A., North Carolina State University , Physics, Philosophy; M.A., Georgia Institute of Technology, Physics; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, Physics, Astrophysics

Dissertation: Spectral Energy Distributions of Embedded Protostars and Dusty Galaxies

Thesis Advisor: Christopher F. McKee, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley

Research Topic: The Dynamical and Photometric Evolution of Galaxies

Mentor: Leo Blitz, Professor of Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley

Current Position: President's Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley

Luis Velarde

Education: B.S., Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, Engineering Physics; M.S., New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Physics; Ph.D., University of Arizona, Chemistry

Dissertation: Photoinitiated Dynamics of Cluster Anions via Photoelectron Imaging and Photofragment Mass Spectrometry

Thesis Advisor: Andrei Sanov, Professor of Chemistry, The University of Arizona, Tucson

Research Topic: Molecule-surface scattering with velocity controlled molecular beams

Mentor: Alec Wodtke, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara

Current Position: Research Associate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Michael J. Williams

Education: B.S., University of Georgia , Athens , Mathematics; M.A., University of Georgia, Athens, Mathematics; Ph.D., University of California, Davis, Mathematics

Dissertation: Lens Space Surgeries on Tunnel Number One Knots

Thesis Advisor: Abigail Thompson, Professor of Mathematics, University of California, Davis

Research Topic: Dehn Surgery and Genus Two Heegaard Splittings

Mentor: Martin Scharlemann, Professor of Mathematics, University of California, Santa Barbara

Current Position: President's Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Mathematics, University of California, Santa Barbara