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GCI Fellows

  

Meet GCI Postdoctoral Fellow – Dr. Ari Jong-Levinger

October 11, 2024 by | GCI Fellows

Meet Ari Jong-Levinger, Ph.D., a Grand Challenges Initiative Postdoctoral Fellow at the Schmid College of Science and Technology! Dr. Jong-Levinger holds a Ph.D. in civil and environmental engineering from the University of California, Irvine. She earned her B.S. in environmental science and policy from Chapman University in 2016! Ari studies how the interactions between wildfire,

Meet GCI Postdoctoral Fellow – Dr. Rajeev Joshi

October 1, 2024 by | GCI Fellows

Meet Rajeev Joshi, Ph.D., a Grand Challenges Initiative Postdoctoral Fellow at the Schmid College of Science and Technology! Dr. Joshi obtained his Ph.D. in computer science and engineering from the University of South Florida, Tampa, in 2023. During his doctoral studies, he developed optimization techniques for machine learning inference and near-memory image processing in hardware

Meet GCI Postdoctoral Fellow – Dr. Lorenzo Leiva Araya

October 1, 2024 by | GCI Fellows

Meet Lorenzo Leiva Araya, Ph.D., a Grand Challenges Initiative Postdoctoral Fellow at the Schmid College of Science and Technology! Dr. Leiva Araya earned his BS and MS degrees in Biochemistry and his Ph.D. in Microbiology from the University of Chile, Santiago, Chile. During his Ph.D. project, Lorenzo became interested in understanding the adaptation of the bacterial

Meet GCI Postdoctoral Fellow – Dr. Cassandra Maya

October 1, 2024 by | GCI Fellows

Meet Cassandra Maya, Ph.D., a Grand Challenges Initiative Postdoctoral Fellow at the Schmid College of Science and Technology! Dr. Maya holds a Ph.D. in nutrition from the University of Copenhagen. She is a food and nutrition scientist specializing in the nutrition, quality, and consumer acceptance of alternative proteins, with a particular interest in edible insects.

Meet GCI Postdoctoral Fellow – Dr. Sayani Ghosh

October 1, 2024 by | GCI Fellows

Meet Sayani Ghosh, Ph.D., a Grand Challenges Initiative Postdoctoral Fellow at the Schmid College of Science and Technology! Dr. Ghosh earned her Ph.D. from Clemson University, where her doctoral research focused on developing graph-theory-based tools and applying them to nuclear astrophysical scenarios. She is an interdisciplinary researcher whose work bridges the fields of mathematics and

Meet GCI Postdoctoral Fellow – Dr. Sarah Arnette

September 27, 2024 by | GCI Fellows

Meet Sarah Arnette, Ph.D., a Grand Challenges Initiative Postdoctoral Fellow at the Schmid College of Science and Technology! Dr. Sarah Arnette completed her dissertation in Environmental Life Sciences from Arizona State University in June 2024. She is interested in the impact of changing environmental conditions across time scales on fish mechanics and physiology. Her current

Meet GCI Postdoctoral Fellow – Dr. Ana Belén Avilez García

September 27, 2024 by | GCI Fellows

Meet Ana Belén Avilez García, Ph.D., a Grand Challenges Initiative Postdoctoral Fellow at the Schmid College of Science and Technology! Dr. Avilez García holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Coimbra, Portugal. She recently completed a one-year postdoc position at

Meet GCI Postdoctoral Fellow – Dr. Aracely Acevedo

September 24, 2024 by | GCI Fellows

Meet Aracely Acevedo, Ph.D., a Grand Challenges Initiative Postdoctoral Fellow at the Schmid College of Science and Technology! Dr. Aracely Acevedo earned her Ph.D. in molecular, cellular, and integrative physiology from UCLA. Her doctoral studies focused on investigating the mechanism of action by which the pharmacological agent BT2 confers protection from heart failure and metabolic

4th Annual Outstanding Publication Award Grand Challenges Initiative Recognizes Research by Kamal Diki

May 23, 2023 by | Grand Challenges Initiative

We are pleased to announce our 4th annual Chapman University Grand Challenges Initiative Outstanding Research Publication Award by a Grand Challenges Initiative Postdoctoral Fellow. The award is supported by alumni of the Grand Challenges Initiative Postdoctoral Teaching and Research Fellows Program. The selection committee, which included Drs. Jason Keller (chair), Crystal Ng (Former GCI Fellow), & Aaron Harrison

Chapman University Joins National Postdoctoral Association Membership Strengthens Commitment to Postdoctoral Training

September 15, 2022 by | GCI Fellows

The Grand Challenges Initiative has joined the National Postdoctoral Association on behalf of Chapman University as an organizational member. Postdoctoral scholars, faculty and staff at the university can now become affiliate members by visiting nationalpostdoc.org The NPA advocates for, and provides resources aimed at improving, the postdoctoral experience.

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