Leadership

Oversite and advancement of the program across every UC campus.

The President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program is organized under the UC Office of Faculty Affairs and Academic Programs in the Division of Academic Affairs

The program also works in consultation with the University of California Academic Senate. The program office is hosted by the UC San Diego campus.

PPFP Director Mark A. Lawson and the Faculty Advisory Committee provide academic oversight for the program, including the selection of fellows through an annual competition and review of fellows’ application for renewal. The Faculty Advisory Committee also provides academic oversight for program policies and procedures.

PPFP Program Staff

Mark A. Lawson, PhD

Director
President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Division of Equity & Inclusion, UC Berkeley

Kimberly M. Adkinson

Associate Director
President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Division of Equity & Inclusion, UC Berkeley

Portia Groce

Program Assistant
President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Division of Equity & Inclusion, UC Berkeley

Earnestine Harrison

Program Assistant
President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Division of Equity & Inclusion, UC Berkeley

Jennifer Morales

Program Assistant
President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Division of Equity & Inclusion, UC Berkeley

Faculty Advisory Committee Campus Representatives

Marisa Abrajano

Professor of Political Science
University of California, San Diego

Leisy Abrego

Professor of Chicana/o and Central American Studies
UCLA

Ralph Aldredge

Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
University of California, Davis

Sharon Block

Professor of History
University of California, Irvine

Amalia Cabezas

Professor of Media & Cultural Studies
University of California, Riverside

D. Inés Casillas

Professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies
University of California, Santa Barbara

Howard Chiang

Professor of East Asian Languages & Cultural Studies
University of California, Santa Barbara

Rudy Ortiz

Professor of Molecular & Cell Biology
University of California, Merced

Ketema Paul

Professor of Integrative Biology and Physiology
UCLA

Eric Porter

Professor of History
University of California, Santa Cruz

John Sauceda

Professor of Medicine
UCSF

Michael Scheibner

Professor of Physics
University of California, Merced

Aaron Streets

Professor of Bioengineering
University of California, Berkeley

Flip Tanedo

Professor of Physics and Astronomy
University of California, Riverside

Roberto Tinoco

Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
University of California, Irvine

Grace Wang

Professor of American Studies
University of California, Davis

Laurie Wilkie

Professor of Anthropology
University of California, Berkeley

Jin Zhang

Professor of NanoEngineering
University of California, San Diego