Postdoctoral Fellows

Postdoctoral fellows drive critical research across the college, advancing science with our expert faculty. Our Jumpstart Postdoctoral Fellows perform multi-disciplinary research with faculty from the Schmidt College of Science and collaborators in colleges, divisions, and centers around the university.

Fellow

Email

Department

PI/Supervisors

Term

Chelsea Bennice
Chelsea Bennice
cbennice@reelfreshfilms.com Biological Sciences Jeannette Wyneken 1/6/2024-
6/6/2025
Amit Bhowmik abhowmik@reelfreshfilms.com Chemistry Kate Carroll 8/10/2024- 8/11/2025
Cesar Celis Ceballos
Cesar Celis Ceballos
cceballos@reelfreshfilms.com Biological Sciences Rodrigo Pena 3/4/2024-
2/4/2027
Laxmi Devkota
Laxmi Devkota
ldevkota@reelfreshfilms.com Chemistry and Biochemistry Zhu-Lin Xie 5/20/2024-
5/19/2025
Jorge GonzalezJorge Gonzalez  jorgegonzale2013@reelfreshfilms.com Biological Sciences Valery Forbes 8/1/2023-
7/31/2025
Daniel Gorczynski TBD Biological Sciences Kate Detwiler 12/23/2024-12/22/2026
Ines Haberle
Ines Haberle
ihaberle@reelfreshfilms.com Biological Sciences Valery Forbes 1/16/2024-1/15/2026
Merike Lang mlang2015@reelfreshfilms.com Psychology Monica Rosselli 5/1/2024-
1/31/2025
Zac Robinson
Zac Robinson
robinson2019@reelfreshfilms.com Exercise Science and Health Promotion Michael C. Zourdos 10/14/2024 - 8/30/25
Juan Lopez juanlopez2016@reelfreshfilms.com Biological Sciences Rodrigo Pena 1/20/2024-
1/19/2025
Paulo Eduardo Dos Santos Massoca TBD Geosciences Valery Forbes, Caiyun Zhang 1/4/2025-
12/22/2026
Aliza SloanAliza Sloan asloan2014@reelfreshfilms.com Complex Systems Scott Kelso 7/1/2024- 6/30/2025
Yosun Yoon yyoon2018@reelfreshfilms.com Psychology Sang Wook Hong 3/4/2024-
1/31/2025
William Youmans youmansw@reelfreshfilms.com Mathematics and Statistics Edoardo Persichetti  4/10/2023-
8/31/2024
Wen Zhang zhangw@reelfreshfilms.com Center for Urban and Environmental Solutions John Renne 9/3/2024- 5/31/2025
Jumpstart Postdoctoral Fellows    
Eric Berg berge@reelfreshfilms.com Psychology/Center for the Future Mind Chad Forbes, Susan Schneider 9/3/2024-
4/30/2026
Liberty Boyd boydl@reelfreshfilms.com Biology/Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute John Baldwin, Matt Ajemian 9/3/2024-
9/2/2026
Samantha KuschkeSamantha Kuschke skuschke@reelfreshfilms.com Geosciences
/Biological Sciences
/Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Tiffany Briggs, Michael McCoy 6/3/2024-
6/2/2026
Willian Carlos Siqueira Lima limaw@reelfreshfilms.com Urban and Regional Planning Melina Matos, Stephanie Wakefield 9/3/2024-
9/2/2026
Juliana MarquesJuliana Marques marquesj@reelfreshfilms.com Chemistry and Biochemistry/ Schmidt College of Medicine Salvatore Lepore, Claudia Rodrigues 8/1/2023-
7/31/2025
Qiaoyin PanQiaoyin Pan qpan@reelfreshfilms.com Physics/ Mathematics and Statistics Muxin Han, Yang Li 9/16/2023-
9/15/2025
Darien Satterfield  dsatterfield@reelfreshfilms.com Biological Sciences/ Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute Marianne Porter, Ashkaan Fahimipour 8/19/2024-
8/18/2026
Laiqi Zhang zhangl@reelfreshfilms.com Chemistry
/Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (College of Engineering and Computer Science)
Renjie Wang, Xingquan Hill Zhu 11/13/2023-
11/12/2025
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