NextGen Professors

This talented group of graduate students and postdocs spans the major subject areas of humanities, social sciences, life sciences, and physical sciences and engineering, and engages in series of monthly professional and career development activities. Learn more about the program.

Lucila Andrea Acevedo, Doctoral Alumna, Biophysics

• Current position: Postdoctoral scholar, University of Pennsylvania
• Acevedo’s LinkedIn profile
• Acevedo’s personal website
• Interview with Dr. Acevedo

Ryan Buyco, Doctoral Alumnus, Asian Studies

• Current position: Riley Scholar-in-Residence in Asian American and Global Asian Studies and Visiting Assistant Professor at Colorado College
• Interview with Dr. Buyco

Joseph Cammarata, Doctoral Alumnus, Plant Biology

• Current position: Postdoctoral Researcher at Duke University
• Cammarata’s LinkedIn profile

Younas Dadmohammadi, Postdoctoral Alumnus, Chemical Engineering

• Current position: Research Associate, Cornell University and Entrepreneurial Lead, National Science Foundation
• Dadmohammadi’s LinkedIn profile

Jared Enriquez, Doctoral Alumnus, City and Regional Planning

• Enriquez’s LinkedIn profile
• Enriquez’s graduate student spotlight

Romy Fain, Doctoral Alumna, Electrical and Computer Engineering

• Current position: Founder/CEO at Heat Inverse
• Fain’s LinkedIn profile

Jayme Kilburn, Doctoral Candidate, Performing and Media Arts

• Kilburn’s professional website

Daniel Mutyambai, Postdoctoral Scholar, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

• Mutyambai’s LinkedIn profile
• Mutyambai’s postdoc spotlight

Aravind Natarajan, Doctoral Alumnus, Microbiology

• Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University
• Natarajan’s LinkedIn profile

Amanda Recupero, Doctoral Candidate, Romance Studies

LaDeidra Monet Roberts, Doctoral Alumna, Biomedical Engineering

• Current position: Postdoctoral researcher at Virginia Tech
• Roberts’s LinkedIn profile

Theresa Rocha Beardall, Doctoral Alumna, Sociology

• Current position: Assistant Professor of Sociology, Virginia Tech
• Beardall’s professional website
• Beardall’s LinkedIn profile
• Beardall’s graduate student spotlight

Josh Strable, Postdoctoral Alumnus, Plant Biology

• Current position: Assistant Professor, Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, North Carolina State University
• Strable’s departmental website
• Strable’s postdoc spotlight

Jermaine Toney, Postdoctoral Alumnus, Applied Economics and Management

• Current position: Assistant Professor of Economics, Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University
• Toney’s LinkedIn profile
• Toney’s professional website
• Toney’s departmental website
• Toney’s postdoc spotlight

Gargi Wable Grandner, Doctoral Alumna, Nutrition

• Current position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, Cornell University
• Wable’s LinkedIn profile

Michelle Wong, Doctoral Alumna, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

• Current position: Postdoctoral Scientist, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
• Wong’s professional website
• Wong’s departmental website
• Wong’s LinkedIn profile

Frances Zhu, Doctoral Alumna, Aerospace Engineering

• Current position: Assistant Research Professor at Hawai’i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology and Associate Director of the Hawai’i Space Grant Consortium, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa
• Zhu’s LinkedIn profile
• Blog post by Dr. Zhu