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Chancellor's and President's Postdoctoral Fellows 

These are the new and continuing Postdoctoral Fellows for the 2025 - 2026 academic year. For past Chancellor’s and President's Postdoctoral Fellows appointed in 1996 onward, please visit the fellows directory. 

  • Christopher William Anderson

    Christopher William Anderson

    2024 President's Postdoctoral Fellow
    Degree: Ph.D., Experimental Pathology, Yale University
    Department: Bioengineering
    Mentor: Dr. Andrew McCulloch, Professor of Medicine
    Research Topic: The role of cardiac-resident macrophages in decompensatory remodeling after non-ischemic injury
  • B. Gabriela Arango

    B. Gabriela Arango

    2025 President's Postdoctoral Fellow
    Degree: Ph.D., Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley
    Department: Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep Medicine, and Physiology 
    Mentor: Dr. Tatum Simonson, Professor of Respiratory Physiology
    Research Topic: Physiological and Cellular Adaptations to Hypoxia Tolerance in Latinx Populations and its Relevance to Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Christian Cazares

    Christian Cazares

    2024 Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow
    Degree: Ph.D., Neuroscience, University of California, San Diego
    Department: Cognitive Science
    Mentor: Dr. Bradley Voytek, Professor of Cognitive Science
    Research Topic: Developing multimodal biomarkers of cognitive ability in a genetic model of neurodevelopment
  • Lupita Chavez

    Lupita Chavez

    2025 President's Postdoctoral Fellow
    Degree: Ph.D., Politics, University of Oxford
    Department: School of Global Policy and Strategy 
    Mentor: Dr. Rafael Fernández de Castro, Professor of International Relations
    Research Topic: The Politics of Migration in Mexico: Governance and the Role of Nonstate Actors
  • Ana Georgina Cobián Güemes

    Ana Georgina Cobián Güemes

    2024 President's Postdoctoral Fellow
    Degree: Ph.D., Cell and Molecular Biology, San Diego State University and University of California, San Diego
    Department: Pathology
    Mentor: David Pride, Professor of Pathology
    Research Topic: Boosting jumbo phages to combat multidrug resistant bacteria infections
  • Michelle Herrera

    Michelle Herrera

    2024 Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow
    Degree: Ph.D., Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine
    Department: Scripps Institute of Oceanography
    Mentor: Dr. Ricardo Betancur-R, Associate Professor of Marine Biology & Dr. Patrick Rohner, Assistant Professor of Ecology, Behavior, & Evolution
    Research Topic: Revealing the drivers of the animal gut microbiome
  • Alexyss McClellan-Ufugusuku

    Alexyss McClellan-Ufugusuku

    2025 President's Postdoctoral Fellow
    Degree: Ph.D., History, Designated Emphasis in Critical Race & Ethnic Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz
    Department: History
    Mentor: Dr. Wendy Matsumura, Professor of History
    Research Topic: Defining USCAR: Islands, Indigeneity, and Identity in the Ryūkyū Archipelago
  • Lewis Miles

    Lewis Miles

    2025 President's Postdoctoral Fellow
    Degree: Ph.D., Sociology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
    Department: Ethnic Studies
    Mentor: Dr. Monika Gosin, Professor of Ethnic Studies
    Research Topic: Theorizing race, gender, and socioeconomic class selectivity in Black emigration to Mexico in the era of Blaxit
  • Caitlin H. Miller

    Caitlin H. Miller

    2024 Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow
    Degree: Ph.D., Neurobiology & Behavior, Cornell University
    Department: Psychology
    Mentor: Dr. Dhananjay Bambah-Mukku, Assistant Professor of Psychology
    Research Topic: Pregnancy-induced neural plasticity and its effects on maternal behaviors
  • Lamar Samanta Thomas

    Lamar Samanta Thomas

    2024 President's Postdoctoral Fellow
    Degree: Ph.D., Microbiology, The State University of New York at Binghamton University
    Department: Pediatrics
    Mentor: Dr. Victor Nizet, Professor of Pediatrics and Pharmacy
    Research Topic: Uncovering the ability of a current Strep throat vaccine, called Vax-A1, to provide cross protection for vaginal Strep colonization

For past Chancellor’s and President's Postdoctoral Fellows appointed in 1996 onward, please visit the fellows directory.