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.

Rama Alhabian, Doctoral Alumna, Near Eastern Studies

• Current position: Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Arabic, Bowdoin College
• Alhabian’s student spotlight

Mariana Amorim, Doctoral Alumna, Policy Analysis & Management

• Current position: Assistant Professor of Sociology, Washington State University
• Amorim’s departmental website

Elizabeth Carter, Doctoral Alumna, Biological & Environmental Engineering

• Current position: Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Syracuse University
• Carter’s departmental website

Susan Cheng, Postdoctoral Scholar, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

• Current position: Data Analytics and Assessment Instructional Consultant, Foundational Course Initiative and Affiliate, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan Center for Research on Learning and Teaching
• Cheng’s LinkedIn profile

Luisa Cortesi, Postdoctoral Alumna, Science & Technology Studies and Anthropology

• Current position: Assistant Professor, International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam
• Cortesi’s departmental website
• Cortesi’s postdoc spotlight

Michael Dunaway, Doctoral Alumnus, Natural Resources

• Current position: CELT Research Team Leader at the Climate Institute
• Dunaway’s LinkedIn profile

Fernando Galeana Rodriguez, Doctoral Candidate, Development Sociology

Ramina Ghods, Doctoral Alumna, Electrical & Computer Engineering

• Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
• Ghods’ departmental website
• Ghods’ LinkedIn profile

Robert Gingras, Doctoral Candidate, Biochemistry, Molecular & Cell Biology

• Gingras’ LinkedIn profile

Mohammad Haft Javaherian, Doctoral Alumnus, Biomedical Engineering

• Current position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Haft Javaherian’s LinkedIn profile

Anyimilehidi Mazo Vargas, Doctoral Alumna, Entomology

• Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Scientist, George Washington University
• Mazo Vargas’ LinkedIn profile

Clara Meaders, Postdoctoral Scholar, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

• Current Position: Assistant Teaching Professor, Biology, University of California San Diego
• Meaders’ postdoc spotlight

Oyebola Oyseola, Doctoral Alumna, Biomedical and Biological Sciences

• Current position: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Washington
• Oyseola’s LinkedIn profile

Catalina Pereira, Doctoral Alumna, Biochemistry, Molecular & Cell Biology

• Pereira’s LinkedIn profile

Ana Maria Porras, Postdoctoral Alumna, Biomedical Engineering

• Current position: Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida
• Porras’ departmental website
• Porras’ LinkedIn profile
• Porras’ postdoc spotlight

Andrea Restrepo-Mieth, Doctoral Alumna, City & Regional Planning

• Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania
• Restrepo-Mieth’s professional website

Hao Shi, Doctoral Alumnus, Physics

• Current position: Co-Founder and CEO at Kanvas Biosciences
• Shi’s LinkedIn profile

Bianka Takaoka, Doctoral Candidate, Philosophy

Lin Yao, Postdoctoral Alumnus, Electrical & Computer Engineering

• Current position: ZJU100 Young Professor, Zhejiang University
• Yao’s LinkedIn profile
• Yao’s postdoc spotlight

Duhan Zhang, Doctoral Alumna, Mechanical Engineering

• Current position: Postdoctoral Associate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
• Zhang’s LinkedIn profile