Fellows 2026

B.A., Political Science, The American University in Cairo; M.A., Sociology-Anthropology, The American University in Cairo; Ph.D., Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara

Disillusioned Belonging: Wartime Migration, Statecraft, and the Labor of Life-Making in Abkhazia

Elana Resnick, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara

Threads of Belonging: Afterlives of Dispossession the Caucasus

Salih Can Açiksöz, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles 

B.A., Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley; M.S., Planetary Science, California Institute of Technology; Ph.D., Planetary Science, California Institute of Technology

Habitability Through Time: Photochemistry and Aerosols of Planetary Atmospheres

Yuk Yung, Professor of Planetary Science, California Institute of Technology

The Missing Methane Problem & Its Implications for the Composition, Structure, and Evolution of Exoplanets

Hilke Schlichting, Professor of Earth Planetary and Space Science, University of California, Los Angeles

B.Tech., Meteorology, Federal University of Technology Akure; M.Eng., Engineering Mechanics and Energy, University of Tsukuba; Ph.D., Engineering Mechanics and Energy, University of Tsukuba

Generalizable Physics-Constrained Machine Learning for Climate Bias Correction: Enhancing Renewable Energy and Extreme Weather Risk Assessment

Koji Dairaku, Professor of Regional Hydro-climate, University of Tsukuba

Physics-Informed Deep Learning for Drought Prediction in Semi-Arid Regions: Western Central U.S. and African Savannas

Rong Fu, Professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles

B.S., Biomedical Engineering, San Jose State University; Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, Brown University  

Network dynamics of cognitive control and mood during deep brain stimulation for depression  

David Borton, Professor of Engineering, Brown University; and Sameer Sheth, Professor of Neurological Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine  

Decoding Depression: Building Neural Circuit Motifs of Cognitive-Affective Dysfunction

Edward Chang, Professor of Neurological Surgery; and Andrew Krystal, Professor of Psychiatric and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco 

B.A., Latin American and Latino Studies/Politics, University of California, Santa Cruz; M.A., Journalism and Latin American and Caribbean Studies, New York University; M.A., Gender Studies, University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D., Gender Studies, University of California, Los Angeles

Disorientive Choreographies on Violent Grounds: Feminist Performance and the Aesthetic Politics of Feminicide

Shannon Speed, Professor of Gender Studies and Joshua Javier Guzmán, Professor of Gender Studies

Disorientive Aesthetics: Feminist Performance, Feminicide, and the Sensorium in the Borderlands

Xóchitl C. Chávez, Professor of Music, University of California, Riverside and María Regina Firmino-Castillo, Professor of Dance, University of California, Riverside

B.A., Environmental Studies, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill; M.S., Ecology, University of California, Davis; Ph.D., Ecology, University of California, Davis

The influence of anthropogenic-caused stressors on predator-prey interactions

Justine Smith, Professor of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology, University of California, Davis

Bridging the gaps: Evaluating wildlife use of crossings for ecological connectivity

Morgan Tingley, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles

B.S., Biology, University of West Florida; M.S., Coastal Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi; M.S., Biology, University of California, Irvine; Ph.D., Biology, University of California, Irvine

Linking Microbial Communities with Geochemical and Physical Dynamics Across Marine Environments

Adam Martiny, Professor of Earth System Science and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine

Quantifying the Indirect Effects of Phage Therapy on Gut Bacterial Communities and Patient Health Outcomes

Travis Wiles, Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, and Katrine Whiteson, Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine

B.A., Human Rights and Media, University of Oklahoma; M.S.W., American Indian/Alaska Native Concentration, Washington University in St. Louis; Ph.D., Behavioral and Social Health Sciences, Brown University 

Reframing Aging With HIV: Pathways to Aging Well for Two-Spirit and Indigenous LGBTQ+ People

Jeffrey Proulx, Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University 

Out of the Shadows: Two-Spirit and Indigenous LGBTQ+ Stories of Aging with HIV 

Andrew Jolivette, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara 

B.S., Marine Biology, University of San Carlos; M.S., Botany with specialization in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa; Ph.D., Botany with specialization in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Illuminating the Hawaiian Mesophotic Red Blades: Genomic Insights Uncover Novel Biodiversity and Genomic Novelties in the Evolution of Rhodophyta Associated with the Hawaiian Mesophotic Ecosystems

Alison R. Sherwood, Professor of Life Sciences, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Decoding Genomic Drivers of a Regenerating, Symbiotic Cnidarian

Aide Macias-Muñoz and Joanna Kelley Professors of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz

B.A., Architecture, University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D., Architecture and Materials Science, Princeton University  

Taking shape: Strategies for Functional Nonlinearity at Scale 

Andrej Košmrlj, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and P.-T. Brun, Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University 

Soft, living architectures 

Mark Bowick, Professor of Physics, and Ousmane Kodio, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara 

B.A., History & International Studies, Illinois Wesleyan University; M.S.W., Urban Development and Public Policy, Washington University in St. Louis; Ph.D., Black Studies, Northwestern University 

Black Placemaking: Histories and Black Feminist Literary Imaginations of U.S. Settler Colonialism in Indian Territory, the United States, and Liberia 

Nitasha Sharma, Professor of Asian American Studies, Northwestern University 

Unsettled: A History and Black Feminist Theory Black Placemaking in Indian Territory and Liberia

Dylan Rodríguez, Professor of Black Study, University of California, Riverside

B.S., Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University; M.S., Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University; M.A., Earth & Planetary Sciences, Harvard University; Ph.D., Earth & Planetary Sciences, Harvard University

The Sub-Neptune to Rocky Planet Transition Mediated by Atmospheric Escape and Magma Ocean Evolution

Robin Wordsworth, Professor of Earth & Planetary Sciences and David Charbonneau, Professor of Astronomy, Harvard University

Exoplanet atmospheres (Mass Fractionation in the Escaping Atmospheres of Small Planets, and the Hunt for Helium and Oxygen Worlds)

Jonathan Fortney, Professor of Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz

B.A., Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Philosophy, The College of Wooster; Ph.D., Immunology, University of Toronto 

Microbiota-regulated host determinants of intestinal immune homeostasis 

Arthur Mortha, Professor of Immunology, University of Toronto

The role of immune sensing by the vagus nerve on brain health after respiratory viral infection 

Anna Molofsky, Professor of Psychiatry, and Ari Molofsky, Professor of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco 

B.A., Environmental Studies and Public Affairs, Seattle University; M.A., Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz; Ph.D., Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz

Socio-Ecological Complexity in Coffee Agroecosystems

Stacy Philpott, Professor of Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz

Gardens to Groves: Above- and Below-Ground Spillover 

Rebecca Ryals, Professor of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of California, Merced

B.S., Biology, Universidad Simón Bolívar, México; M.S., Biological Sciences - Ecology, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Ph.D., Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley

Mechanisms of Resilience to Anthropogenic Disturbance in Black Howler Monkeys (Alouatta pigra): Integrating Movement, Energetics, and Seed Dispersal

Onja H. Razafindratsima, Professor of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley

Information Sharing in Wild Grauer's Gorilla Groups

Damien Caillaud, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Davis

B.A., International Relations, Universitas Katolik Parahyangan; M.A., Development Studies, University of Sussex; Ph.D., International Development, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University

The Political Economy of Child Malnutrition: A Mixed-Method Study of Indonesia's Stunting Reduction Policy Process and Impact

Jeremy Shiffman, Professor of Global Health Policy, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University

The Political Economy of Health, Food, and Nutrition: A State and Global Approach

Denise Payán, Professor of Health, Society, and Behavior, University of California, Irvine

B.A., Physics, University of California, Berkeley; M.A., Physics, University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., Physics, University of California, Berkeley

The Tropical Geometry of Nonequilibrium String Theory

Petr Hořava, Professor of Physics, University of California, Berkeley

Failure Modes in Non-Verifiable Reinforcement Learning

David T. Limmer, Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley; Julian Hong, Professor of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco

B.A., Physics with a Specialization in Astrophysics, University of Chicago; M.S., Astronomy, University of Washington; Ph.D., Astronomy & Astrobiology, University of Washington

Exo-Earths from the Inside Out: Characterizing Earth-like Exoplanets with Future Space Telescopes 

Rory Barnes, Professor of Astronomy, University of Washington

Decoding Life's Fingerprints: Ensuring NASA's Next Telescope Can Recognize Living Worlds

Edward Schwieterman, Professor of Astrobiology, University of California, Riverside

B.A., Economics, University of Texas at Austin; M.A., Latin American Studies, University of Texas at Austin; Ph.D., Anthropology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Urban Extractivism: Land, Elites and the Political Ecology of Real Estate in Postwar El Salvador

Donald M. Nonini, Professor of Anthropology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Making Sense of Central America's Crypto-Libertarian City Experiments

Desiree Fields, Professor of Geography, University of California, Berkeley

B.A., History, University of California, San Diego; B.S., General Biology, University of California, San Diego; Ph.D., US History, University of Chicago

Leonidas: Black Physicians and Public Health in the Jim Crow North

Adam Green, Professor of History & Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity, University of Chicago

History of Addiction, Public Health, and the Law

James Doucet-Battle, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Santa Cruz

B.S., Physics and Theatre, Harvey Mudd College; Ph.D., Earth Sciences, University of California, San Diego

Investigating the origin of the plume-thermal dichotomy on Venus 

Dave Stegman, Professor of Geophysics and Geoscience, University of California, San Diego

Mantle Convection on Venus vs. Earth

Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni, Professor of Earth Planetary and Space Science, University of California, Los Angeles

B.A., Anthropology, University of California, Santa Cruz; M.F.A., Art Practice, University of California, Berkeley

Assemblage sculpture and site specific installation integrating the foundations of structural vulnerability

Anne Walsh, Professor of Art Practice, University of California, Berkeley

Breaking Bread / Consuming Culture: Hybridity, Multiplicity, Meaning, and Metaphor of Diasporic SWANA Breads Through Ethnography and Sculpture

Anna Betbeze, Professor of Art, University of California, Riverside

B.S., Mathematics-Physics, Brown University; M.A., Mathematics, San Francisco State University; Ph.D., Mathematics, University of California, Riverside 

Towards Analysis on Fractals: Piecewise C^1-Fractal Curves, Spectral Triples, and the Gromov-Hausdorff Propinquity

Michel Lapidus, Professor of Mathematics, University of California, Riverside

Hack's Law, Erosion, and Optimal Transport: Developing Mathematical Models and Computational Methods

Björn Birnir, Professor of Mathematics, University of California, Santa Barbara

B.A., Psychology and Social Behavior, University of California, Irvine; Ph.D., Neuroscience, University of California, Irvine 

Neural Circuit Connectivity and Function of Hippocampal Formation and Retrosplenial Cortex in Memory and Navigation 

Xiangmin Xu, Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of California, Irvine

Retrosplenial Circuit Dynamics for Predictive Spatial Computation 

Michael Goard, Professor of Psychology and Brain Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, and Doug Nitz, Professor of Cognitive Science, University of California, San Diego 

B.A., Environmental Studies and American Studies, Amherst College; M.A., Native American Studies, University of California, Davis; Ph.D., Native American Studies, University of California, Davis

Ksa’itpen hu šna’nanwaš hitʼinšup: Environmental histories of the 19th century Chumash maritime Borderlands

Beth Rose Middleton Manning, Professor of Native American Studies, University of California, Davis

Practicing ʼeqwel hiltomol hi štapan [tule boat making]: Twining together a vessel of Chumash resurgence 

Vicente Diaz, Professor of American Indian Studies, University of California, Los Angeles 

B.A., Africana Studies, and Educational Studies, Dickinson College; M.Ed., Higher Education, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Ph.D., Afro-American Studies, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Black Ecologies of Repair: Worldmaking and the Next Generation

Amilcar Shabazz, Professor of Afro-American Studies, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Black Political Thought and Behavior

Damien Sojoyner, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Irvine

B.A., Zoology, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Ph.D., Biology, University of New Mexico

Recruitment Dynamics and Landscape Genomics in a Climate-Change Vulnerable Tree Species, the Piñon Pine

William Pockman, Professor of Biology, University of New Mexico

Improving Resilience of Dryland Forests to Climate Change: Genomics of Reproductive Tempo in the Pinyon Pines

Miranda Redmond, Professor of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley

B.A., Psychology, The City College of New York; Ph.D., Psychology (concentration in Cognitive Neuroscience), University of California, Berkeley 

The Role of Visual Attention Towards Context During Emotional Inferences 

David Whitney, Professor of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley 

Uncovering the Neural and Computational Mechanisms of Context Integration in Frontotemporal Dementia

Katherine Rankin, Professor of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco

B.A., English, University of Hawaiʻi-West Oʻahu; M.A., Women & Gender Studies, San Francisco State University; Ph.D., Ethnic Studies, University of California, Riverside

Landscapes of Grief: Transborder Memory-Making and Specters of Fort Hood

Emily L. Hue, Professor of Ethnic Studies, and Crystal Mun-hye Baik, Professor of Gender & Sexuality Studies, University of California, Riverside

Landscapes of Grief critically examines the U.S. military non-combat deaths of young women soldiers by tracking their remains through the aural and visual repertoires of transborder memory, the transnational bureaucracies of militarized humanitarian parole, and posthumous repatriation spanning the US-México borderlands.

Lilia Soto, Professor of Chicana/o/x Studies, University of California, Davis

B.A., Mathematics, Harvard University; Ph.D., Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Twisted string bordism in 7 dimensions with applications to anomaly cancellation

Michael Hopkins, Professor of Mathematics, Harvard University

Interactions between topology, geometry, and supersymmetric quantum field theory

Constantin Teleman, Professor of Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley

B.S., Chemistry, National University of Singapore; Ph.D., Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, University of California, San Diego

Organic Diradicals as Resources for Quantum Technologies

Joel Yuen-Zhou, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego

Topological catalysis and non-equilibrium effects in catalysis

Anastassia Alexandrova, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles

B.A., Mathematics, Amherst College; Ph.D., Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley

Positive and Projective Geometry

Bernd Sturmfels, Professor of Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley and Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig

Positive Geometry

Jaroslav Trnka, Professor of Physics, University of California, Davis

B.S., Organismic Biology and Ecosystem Ecology, Oniversiten'Antananarivo; M.S., Animal Conservation Biology, Oniversiten'Antananarivo; Ph.D., Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley

Cascading Impacts of Global Change on Biological Communities and Ecological Functions in Tropical Forests

Onja H. Razafindratsima, Professor of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley

Impacts of Vegetation Structure and Fire on Communities

Nathan Kraft, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles and Morgan Tingley, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles

B.S., Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine; M.S., Biomedical Sciences, University of California, Irvine; Ph.D., Biomedical Sciences, University of California, Irvine

Broken Circuits: How Diet and Genetics Rewire Liver and Kidney Metabolism to Fuel Disease

Cholsoon Jang, Professor of Biological Chemistry, University of California, Irvine

Metabolic Regulation of Virus-Specific T Cell Immunity

Roberto Tinoco, Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine

B.S., Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; M.S., Electrical Engineering, Columbia University; Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Columbia University

Novel Materials for Neural Interface Devices

Dion Khodagholy, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University

Real Time Modulation of Neural Networks for Conscious Memory Adaptation

Jennifer Gelinas, Professor of Pediatrics, University of California, Irvine

B.A., Sociology, California State University, Long Beach; M.A., Sociology, California State University, Fullerton; Ph.D., Sociology, University of California, Irvine 

 The Remnant Logics of Immigrant Illegality

Irene I. Vega, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Irvine

An Examination of How Legalization Reconfigures Racial and Social Exclusion Among Formerly Undocumented Immigrants 

Abigail L. Andrews, Professor of Urban Studies and Planning, University of California, San Diego

B.A., Literary Studies, Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts at The New School; M.A, Mexican-American and Latina/o Studies, The University of Texas at Austin; Ph.D., Mexican-American and Latina/o Studies, The University of Texas at Austin 

"Malcriada Performances: Queering Archives, Polaroids, and Worldmaking in the Rio Grande Valley”

Laura G. Gutiérrez, Professor of Mexican-American and Latina/o Studies, The University of Texas at Austin 

Queer of color archiving, worldmaking, and decolonial thought as well as Latinx/Chicanx sonic and visual culture. 

Jennifer Nájera, Professor of Ethnic Studies, University of California, Riverside 

B.S., Biochemistry, California State University San Marcos, Ph.D., Biomedical Sciences, University of California, San Diego

Study of Gut Pathobiont, Bacteroides vulgatus, in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: From Discovery to Therapeutic Development

David J Gonzalez, Professor of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego

Uncovering the proteomic landscape of Group A Streptococcus-driven rheumatic disease

Victor Nizet, Professor of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego

B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tehran; M.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Sharif University of Technology; Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois, Chicago

Structure-Property Relationships in Low-Dimensional Quantum Materials

Zizwe Chase, Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois, Chicago 

Bridging the gaps: Quantum Phase Engineering in Low-Dimensional Materials

Md. Shafayat Hossain, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles

B.A., English Literature, American University of Beirut; Psy.D., Clinical Psychology, George Washington University

Introjects in the Therapeutic Dyad: Towards "Decolonization"

Richard Ruth, Professor of Clinical Psychology, George Washington University

"Munadilat": Lessons from Defiant Arab Women

Suad Joseph, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Davis

B.S., Chemical Engineering, Banglaesh University of Engineering and Technology; M.S., Chemical Engineering, Stanford University; Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Stanford University

Interface Design and Characterization for Lithium Metal Batteries

Stacey F. Bent, Professor of Chemical Engineering and Yi Cui, Professor of Materials Science & Engineering, Stanford University

Interface design and characterization for electronics

Sayeef Salahuddin, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley

B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University; Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University

Discovering the mechanics of soft matter systems

Ellen Kuhl, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University

Investigating the "Timing Hypothesis" of Estrogen Therapy in a Mouse Model of Menopause

Naomi Chesler, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine

B.A., International Relations, Federal University of Santa Catarina; M.A., International Relations, University of Brasília; M.A., Politics, University of California, Santa Cruz; Ph.D., Politics, University of California, Santa Cruz

State Capacity Meets Individual Compliance: Explaining Uneven Healthcare Outcomes in Brazil

Sara Niedzwiecki, Professor of Politics, University of California, Santa Cruz

Preventive Health Politics, Subnational Governance, and Public Opinion in Latin America

Kim Yi Dionne, Professor of Political Science, University of California, Riverside 

B.S., Physics, California State University, Los Angeles; M.A., Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University; Ph.D., Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University

A New Era Of Planetary Interior Evolution

Adam Burrows, Professor of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University

Astrophysics/Planetary Science-- Planetary Interior Evolution

Jonathan Fortney, Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz

B.A., Spanish, Colorado College; M.A., Linguistics, University of Arizona; Ph.D., Linguistics, University of California, Santa Barbara

"Time Alone Will Tell What the Future Holds for Us": Language Regeneration, Family Language Policy and Practices, and Language Ideologies in Zuni Pueblo

Mary Bucholtz, Professor of Linguistics, University of California, Santa Barbara

Zuni/English Morphosyntax and Bilingualism

Wesley Leonard, Professor of Ethnic Studies, University of California, Riverside

B.S., Computer Science, University of Abuja; M.S., Software Development, Coventry University; Ph.D., Computer Science, Virginia Tech

AI-Driven Affective Captioning for Equitable STEM Access Among Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students

Denis Gracanin, Professor of Computer Science, Virginia Tech

From Notes to Captions to Emoticap: Empowering Deaf Students to Succeed in STEM Education

Stacy Branham, Professor of Informatics, University of California, Irvine

B.A., Mathematics, Pomona College; M.S., Mathematics, Cornell University; Ph.D., Mathematics, Cornell University

Hybrid pipe dreams and a cubulation of the associahedron

Allen Knutson, Professor of Mathematics, Cornell University

Polytopes, Lattices, and Toric Subvarieties of Products of Grassmannians

Laura Escobar, Professor of Mathematics, University of California, Santa Cruz

B.S., Chemistry, Clarkson University; Ph.D., Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University

Examination of the many regulatory roles of intrinsically disordered proteins

Scott A. Showalter, Professor of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University

BMALleable: How do intrinsically disordered regions of BMAL1 enable circadian rhythms?

Carrie L. Partch, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz

B.S., Biology, University of Houston-Downtown; M.S., Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine; Ph.D., Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine 

Effects of Climate Change on the Interactions Between Plants and Soil Microbes & Reclaiming STEM: A Model for Inclusion in Science Communication and Policy 

Travis Huxman, Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, and Kathleen Treseder, Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine

Culturally Responsive Leadership Development for Postdoctoral Scholars in Climate Justice 

Sikina Jinnah, Professor of Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz 

B.A., Mathematics, Hanoi National University of Education; M.S., Mathematics, Hanoi Institute of Mathematics; M.A., Applied Mathematics, Indiana University Bloomington; Ph.D., Applied Mathematics, University of Illinois at Chicago

Regularity of Solution Maps of the Generalized Surface Quasi-Geostrophic Equations

Jerry Bona, Professor of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science, University of Illinois at Chicago

Dynamics and Randomness in Complex Mathematical Systems

Tom Chou, Professor of Mathematics and Computational Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles and Bo Li, Professor of Mathematics, University of California, San Diego

B.S., Biochemistry, Northeastern University; M.S., Biodiversity and Conservation, Trinity College Dublin; Ph.D., Ecology Evolution and Conservation Biology, University of Nevada, Reno

Climate Change and Animal Microbiomes: Implications for Physiology and Survival

Michael Logan, Professor of Biology, University of Nevada, Reno

Host-Associated Microbes as Mediators of Winter Survival on a Changing Planet

Tobin Hammer, Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, and Jennifer Martiny, Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine

B.S., Biological Sciences, California State University, Chico; Ph.D., Plant Biology, University of California, Davis

Expansion and Evolution of Diterpenoid Metabolism in Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum)

Philipp Zerbe, Professor of Plant Biology, University of California, Davis

Innovating Multiomics to Resolve Cell Specific Coordination of Glucosinolates in Arabidopsis Thaliana

Daniel J. Kliebenstein, Professor of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis

B.S., Engineering Physics, Tecnológico de Monterrey; M.S., Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz; Ph.D., Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz

Mergers between stars and their companions

Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz

Stellar interactions

Smadar Naoz, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles

B.A., Women and Gender Studies, University of Toronto, Mississauga; M.A., Women and Gender Studies, University of Toronto; Ph.D., Gender Studies, University of California, Los Angeles

Quietly Pressing: The Racial and Gender Politics of Asian Massage Work

Ju Hui Judy Han, Professor of Gender Studies, University of California, Los Angeles 

Traveling Up North: Deservingness, Self-Deportation, and Chinese Women’s Resistance 

Victoria Reyes, Professor of Gender & Sexuality Studies, University of California, Riverside