Advancing excellence through faculty diversity

University of California Faculty Appointees

The University of California prides itself on placing former President's and Chancellor's(*) Postdoctoral Fellows with UC faculty appointments. Since 2003, an average of 10 former UC President’s and Chancellor’s postdoctoral fellows received faculty appointments at a University of California campus.

Berkeley

Norma Alarcon*
Gender & Women's Studies
Lisa Alvarez-Cohen
Civil & Environmental
Engineering
Gibor Basri*
Astronomy
Mel Y. Chen
Gender & Women's Studies
Rosemarie de la Rosa
Public Health: Environmental Health Sciences
Laura Enriquez
Sociology
Mark Fleming*
Public Health
David J.X. Gonzalez
Public Health
Roshanak Kheshti
Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies
Salar Mameni
Ethnic Studies
Angela Marino*
Theater, Dance &
Performance Studies
Waldo Martin*
History
Rachel Morello-Frosch
Public Health and
Environmental Science,
Policy & Management
Scott Moura
Civil & Environmental
Engineering
Ahmad Omar
Materials Science and Engineering
Caitlin Patler
Public Policy
Darieck Scott
African American Studies
Carolyn Smith*
Anthropology
Eric A. Stanley
Gender & Women's Studies
Aaron Streets
Bioengineering
Jun Sunseri*
Anthropology
Khatharya Um*
Ethnic Studies
Wen-Hsin Yeh*
History

Davis

Ralph Aldredge
Mechanical & Aeronautical
Engineering
Javier Arbona*
American Studies
Daniah Beleford
Pediatrics and Physiology & Membrane Biology
Rebecca Calisi Rodríguez
Neurobiology, Physiology,
and Behavior
Ofelia Cuevas
Chicana/Chicano Studies
Steven Crum
Native American Studies
Jeramy DeCristo
American Studies
Sam Diaz-Munoz*
Microbiology and Molecular
Genetics
Yvette Flores*
Chicana/Chicano Studies
Felipe Godinez*
Radiology
Erin Gray
English
Alyssa Griffin*
Earth and Planetary Sciences
Marie Heffern
Chemistry
Rebecca Hernandez
Land, Air, and
Water Resources
Tessa Hill
Geology
Brian Johnson
Entomology
Martha Macri
Native American Studies
Elisabeth Middleton
Native American Studies
Sabbie Miller
Civil and Environmental
Engineering
Susette Min
Asian American Studies
Fatima Mojaddedi
Anthropology
Victor Montejo
Native American Studies
Michael V. Singh
Chicano Studies
Julie Sze
American Studies
Abigail Thompson
Mathematics
Grace Wang
Asian American Studies
Kat Whiteley
Native American Studies
Louie H. Yang
Entomology

Irvine

Tayloria Adams*
Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Samar Al-Bulushi
Anthropology
Anna Boncompagni*
Philosophy
Long Thanh Bui
International Studies
Lee Cabatingan*
Criminology, Law & Society
Anita Casavantes Bradford
Chicano/Latino Studies
and History
Kwasi Connor
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Stacy Copp
Materials Science and Engineering
Alicia Caroll
Comparative Literature
Roderic Crooks
Informatics
Sohail Daulatzai
Film & Media Studies
Rina Dechter
Information & Computer Science
Laura E. Enriquez*
Chicano/Latino Studies
Donovan German
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Kyle Grady*
English
Sora Han
Criminology, Law & Society
Sandra Harvey*
African American Studies
Alexander Huezo
Global and International Studies
Sandra Irani
Information & Computer
Science
Laura Hyun Yi Kang
Women's Studies
Solmaz Sajjadi Kia
Mechanical & Aerospace
Engineering
Yatta Kiazolu
Global and International Studies
Mukul Kumar
Urban Planning & Public Policy
Adria Imada
History
Meryem Kamil*
Film & Media Studies
James Kyun-Jin Lee
Asian American Studies
Jennifer Lee
Sociology
Julia Lee
Asian American Studies
Beth Lopour
Biomedical Engineering
Anna Ma*
Mathematics
Mirian Martinez-Aranda
Sociology
Juliet McMullin
Family Medicine
Maria Montenegro*
Global and International Studies
Brittany Morey*
Public Health
Sylvia Nam
Anthropology
Nivedita Nath
History
Dequina Nicholas
Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Fantasia Painter
Global and International Studies
Kylie Peppler
Informatics
Isabela Quintana
Asian American Studies
Manuel Reyes
Mathematics
Annie Ro
Public Health
H. Mercedes (Mercy) Romero
Criminology, Law, & Society
Rocio Rosales*
Sociology
Ana Rosas
Chicana/Latino Studies
Steph Sallum*
Physics & Astronomy
Luis Sanchez-Lopez
Chicano/Latino Studies
Aomawa Shields
Physics and Astonomy
Jared Sexton
African American Studies
and Film & Media Studies
Nicole Renee Sparks*
Environmental and
Occupational Health
Celia Symons
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Katherine (Katie) Thompson-Peer
Developmental & Cell Biology
Roberto Tinoco*
Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Fatimah Tobing Rony
Film & Media Studies
Carolina Valdivia*
Criminology, Law and Society
Irene Vega*
Sociology
Linda Trinh Vo*
Asian American Studies
Sarah Whitt
Global and International Studies
DeWayne Williams*
Psychological Studies
Tiffany Willoughby-Herard
African American Studies
Ji Yu*
Physics and Astronomy
Salvador Zarate*
Anthropology

Los Angeles

Karina Alma
Chicana/o and Central American
Studies
Leisy Abrego
Chicana/o and Central American
Studies
Juliann Anesi
Gender Studies
Nohora Arrieta Fernandez
Spanish & Portuguese
Solange Ashby
Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
Delroy Baugh
Chemistry
Alisa Bierria
Gender Studies
Tria Blu Wakpa
World Arts Cultures/Dance
Maylei Blackwell
Chicana/o and Central American
Studies
Evelyn Blumenberg
Urban Planning
Lucy Burns
Asian American Studies
Jolie Chea
Asian American Studies
M. Kamari Clarke
Anthropology
Anthony J. Covarrubias
Microbiology, Immunology
and Molecular Genetics
Dorota Dabrowska
Biostatistics
Justin Dunnavant
Anthropology
Ugo Edu*
African American Studies
Michelle Erai
Women's Studies
Alyson Fletcher
Statistics
Timu Gallien
Civil and Environmental
Engineering
David G. Garcia
Education & Information Studies
Mishuana Goeman
Women's Studies
Joshua Guzman
Gender Studies
Juan Herrera
Geography
Raúl Hinojosa-Ojeda*
Chicana/o and Central American
Studies
Grace Hong
Gender Studies
Sylvia Hurtado
Education & Information
Studies
Gaye Theresa Johnson
Chicana/o and Central American
Studies
Nour Joudah
Asian American Studies
Rachel Lee*
English
Cindy Nguyen*
History Information Studies
Kelly Nguyen
Classics 
Maria Cristina Pons
Chicana/o and Central American
Studies
Loubna Qutami
Asian American Studies
Rodrigo Ranero*
Spanish & Portuguese 
Robert Chao Romero
Chicana/o and Central American
Studies
Hayden Schaeffer
Mathematics
Danielle L. Schmitt
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Michael Stoll
Public Policy
Caroline Streeter
English and African American
Studies
Wendy Sung
World Arts and Cultures/Dance
Courtney S. Thomas
Community Health Sciences
David C. Turner, III*
Social Welfare
Abel Valenzuela, Jr.
Chicana/o and Central American
Studies
Lee Ann Wang
Asian American Studies and
Social Welfare
Thaiesha Wright
Chemical and
Biomolecular Engineering
Jingwen Yao*
Radiological Sciences

Merced

Adeyemi Adebiyi
Life & Environmental Sciences
Myles Ali
History & Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
Asmeret Asefaw Berhe
Natural Sciences
Ricardo Cisneros
Social Sciences,
Humanities & Arts
Robin DeLugan
Social Sciences,
Humanities & Arts
Blythe George
Sociology
Felicia Rhapsody Lopez
Literature & Languages
Kit Myers*
Social Sciences,
Humanities & Arts:
History
Rudy Oritz
Natural Sciences
Aurora Pribram-Jones
Natural Sciences: Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Mayya Tokman
Natural Sciences
Ma Vang
Social Sciences,
Humanities & Arts
Jeffrey Yoshimi
Social Sciences,
Humanities, & Arts

Riverside

Sahin Acikoz*
Religious Studies
Chris Berardino*
English
Amalia Cabezas
Ethnic Studies
Jack Caravas*
Gender and Sexuality Studies
Mei-chu Chang
Mathematics
Roby Douilly
Earth Sciences
Adrián Félix
Ethnic Studies
Magda García
English
Emily Hue*
Ethnic Studies
Anthony Jerry
Anthropology
Suneal Kolluri
Education
John Marquez*
History
Tamar Mentzel*
Mechanical Engineering
Keith Miyake*
Ethnic Studies
Amy Murillo*
Entomology
Raquel Rall*
Education
Heather Rastovac Akbarzadeh*
Dance
Brandon Robinson
Gender & Sexuality Studies
Setsu Shigematsu
Media and Cultural Studies
Flip Tanedo
Physics & Astronomy
Jasmin Young
Ethnic Studies
Roya Zandi
Physics

San Diego

Sarah Aarons*
Oceanography
Adah Almutairi
Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical
Sciences, Nanoengineering and
Materials Science & Engineering
Theresa Stewart Ambo
Education Studies
Katherine Barbeau
Chemical Oceanography
Amanda Batarseh*
Literature
Jennifer Burney
International Relations
& Pacific Studies
Gloria Chacón
Literature
Alex Chaim*
Cell and Developmental Biology
Dennis Childs
Literature
Francisco Contijoch
Bioengineering
Yen-Le Espiritu
Ethnic Studies
Patrick K. Fox*
Anthropology
Jose Fusté
Ethnic Studies
David J. Gonzalez
Pharmacology
Sara Johnson
Literature
Joo Kim
Literature
Amanda Lewis
Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Science
Mark A. Lawson
Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Science
Becky Marquez
Family Medicine and Public Health
Jade Power*
Theatre
Padmini Rangamani*
Mechanical & Aerospace
Engineering
Lara Rangel*
Cognitive Science
Erik Romero*
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Shabnam Semnani
Structural Engineering
Andrea Tao
Nanoengineering
Daphne Taylor-García
Ethnic Studies
JoAnn Trejo
Pharmacology
Emily Troemel
Cell & Developmental Biology
Olga Vásquez
Communications
Bradley Voytek
Cognitive Science
K. Wayne Yang
Ethnic Studies

San Francisco

Laura Cocas
Neurology
Corey Harwell
Neurology and Center for Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research
Errol Lobo
Fetal Treatment Center
Melanie Morrison*
Radiology & Biomedical Imaging
Howard Pinderhughes
Social & Behavioral Sciences
Stacy Torres
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Catera Wilder*
Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences

Santa Barbara

Giovanni Batz
Chicana and Chicano Studies
Felice Blake
English
Peter Bloom
Film and Media Studies
Jacqueline Bobo
Women's Studies
Eve Lorane Brown
Black Studies
Dolores Inés Casillas
Chicana and Chicano Studies
Miroslava Chávez-García
Chicana/Chicano Studies
Alexander Cho
Asian American Studies
Nadège T. Clitandre
Global & International Studies
Vena Chu
Geography
Katy Craig
Mathematics
Summer Gray
Environmental Studies
Lynn Hou
Linguistics
Ashley Larsen
Environmental Science
 & Management
Nadia Léonard
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Esther Lezra
Global & International Studies
Mae Miller
Global Studies
Mireille Miller-Young
Women's Studies
Taylor Moore
History
Erin Ninh
Asian American Studies
Raquel Pacheco
Anthropology
Elizabeth Perez
Religious Studies
A.J. Rice
Political Science
Matt T. Richardson
Feminist Studies
Silvia Rodriguez Vega*
Chicana and Chicano Studies
Laura Romo
Education
Elizabeth Rubio*
Asian American Studies
Denise Segura
Sociology
David Stein
History
Sabrina Strings*
Black Studies
Cathy Thomas
English
Althea Wasow
Film & Media Studies
Grace Wu
Environmental Studies

Santa Cruz

Neda Atanasoski
Feminist Studies
James Battle
Sociology
Roxanne Beltran*
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Courtney Bonam*
Psychology
Russell Corbett-Detig*
Biomolecular Engineering
Gina Dent
Feminist Studies
Lindsey Dillon*
Sociology
Sylvanna M. Falcón
Latin American and Latino
Studies
Carolina Flores
Philosophy
Marcella Gomez*
Applied Mathematics
and Statistics
Javier Gonzalez-Rocha*
Applied Mathematics
Herman Gray
Sociology
Ashwak Hauter
Anthropology
Christine Hong*
Literature
Caitlin Keliiaa
Feminist Studies
Jennifer Kelly
Feminist Studies
L.S. Kim*
Film & Digital Media Studies
Jacqueline Kimmey
Microbiology & Environmental Toxicology
Debra Lewis
Mathematics
Amy Lonetree*
American Studies
Aide Macias-Muñoz*
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Ari Martinez*
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Jennifer Mogannam
Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
Maywa Montenegro de Wit
Environmental Studies
Allison Moreno*
Ocean Sciences
Nick Mitchell
Feminist Studies
Derek Conrad Murray*
History of Art and Visual
Culture Studies
Fuifuilupe Niumeitolu
Critical Race & Ethnic Studies
Justin Perez
Latin American & Latino Studies
Tamara Pico
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Eric Porter
History and
History of Consciousness
Olga Najera Ramirez*
Anthropology
Kathryn Ringland
Computational Media
Martin Rizzo*
Film & Digital Media Studies
Shelbi Russell*
Biomolecular Engineering
Tsim Schneider
Anthropology
Susan Schwartz
Earth Sciences
Marilou Sison-Mangus
Ocean Sciences
Tyler Stovall*
History
Kira Tait*
Politics 
Anjuli Verma*
Politics

*former Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow