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Lindsay Birt
PhD Complete
Huff & Huff, Inc.
Greetings MS PHD'S and Earth System Science staff and mentors! My name is Lindsay Birt. I am originally from Houston, TX where I completed my master’s in Biological and Agricultural Engineering at Texas A&M University. My research evaluated stormwater run... » Read More
Quenton Bonds
Research AST Electronics Engineer
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Quenton Bonds was born and raised in Montgomery Alabama.

He received the B.S. degree in Mathematics from Alabama State University in Montgomery Alabama in 2001 and the M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering in 2006 from The University of South Florid... » Read More

Nicole Campbell
Nicole is looking for a post doc in applied Physics.
University of Michigan
Nicole Campbell is a Ph.D. candidate in Applied Physics at the University of Michigan. She received a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan in 2009. She received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and minors... » Read More
Howard Caro-Lopez
Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies The Graduate Center The City University of New York
City University of New York (CUNY), Graduate Center
See links to resume and research article.... » Read More
Alex Castro
AGEP Candidate in Mathematics seeking a post doc postion…
University of California, Santa Cruz

Research interests: I'm in interested in interactions between mathematics, theoretical physics and other applied sciences -- mostly biology. My main research tools are differential geometry (e.g. measuring distances in curved surfaces, deflection from ... » Read More

Kwasi Connor
Postdoctoral Scholar
University of California, Irvine
Past Research: I investigated the horizontal and vertical trends in the growth rates of sea mussel M. californianus in the context of fluid dynamics correlated with these trends. Analysis concentrated on field measures made on rocky shores of western Vanc... » Read More
Camille Daniels
Postdoctoral Scholar
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

Current Research: Bioindicator Development for Assessing Reef Health in the Florida Keys

Future Research: Application of various molecular techniques to study spatial variability of bacterial communities on corals being transplanted for restoratio... » Read More

Leah Davis
PH.D. Completed
Indiana University, Bloomington
Dr. Leah Davis's interests in Public Management developed from her career in the public and nonprofit sectors in healthcare. Her dissertation topic developed from following news stories about the Hurricane Katrina disaster in 2005. Her current research in... » Read More
Davia Cox Downey
AGEP Doctoral Student in Urban Politics seeking Post Doc Position
Michigan State University
Davia Cox Downey is a doctoral student in the Political Science Department at Michigan State University. Her research focuses on urban politics, minority politics and local government. She has conducted research on the impact of disaster relief on local... » Read More
Regina Easley
PhD Complete
University of South Florida
Past Research: Isolation of active ingredient in medicinally important natural products performed on plants in Dar es Salaam Tanzania using liquid chromatography. Microscale organic synthesis on small molecules to be used in drug development. Used organom... » Read More
Mustafa Erdem
Post-Doc Student
Arizona State University
I work in the Center for Mathematical, Computational and Modeling Science Center at Arizona State University. I am interested in Mathematical problems that arise life and social sciences. I currently work on epidemiological models that analyzes the role o... » Read More
Adesuwa Erhunse
Research Biologist
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Past Research: As a graduate student in the Environmental Sciences Institute I have the opportunity to participate in several research projects in the area of environmental sciences. Most notably, in the summer of 2004 I participated in resear... » Read More
Oceana Francis
Ph.D., P.E.
University of Hawaii, Manoa
Past Research: Extreme wind analysis, ocean swell development, wave development affected by sea ice, coastal erosion, wind/wave climatology, wave dynamics, storm surges, wave modeling, geomorphology, civil site design, water/wastewater facility design, qu... » Read More
Dominique Galloway
Senior Workplace Learning Facilitator
Merck Polytechnic Institute
Dominique L. Galloway is senior workplace learning facilitator with Merck Polytechnic Institute (MPI).

In this role, he is responsible for leading workplace learning programs throughout phases of the instructional systems design life cycle. His researc... » Read More

Senta Georgia
Hillblom Islet Research Center
University of California, Los Angeles
My name is Senta Georgia, and I am a native of South Jersey (a very different place from North Jersey). I am the oldest of a lot of siblings (all girls and one boy), all of whom I am very proud. I have wanted to be a scientist for as long as I can remem... » Read More
Jaime Graulau
Hydraulic Engineer, PhD completed
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
I am interested in the interaction of hydrologic processes and natural environments and have worked with transport phenomena in groundwater environments where I develop a strong interest in numerical modeling as a tool for understanding the co... » Read More
Natasha Greene
Scientist, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region IV
Past Research:
Environmental Science - "The Memphis Depot Study"
Atmospheric Physics - "Use of the Electrostatic Classification Method to Size SRM Particles in the Presence of a Hurricane"

Doctoral Research (completed PhD in May 2006 at How... » Read More
Lenwood Hayman
Social and Health Psychology
Wayne State University; Morgan State University
Despite overall improvements in racial attitudes and sociopolitical policy, ethnic/racial minorities in the United States still report having personal experiences with discrimination. African Americans not only make the most frequent reports of discrimin... » Read More
Erica Holloman
Post Doctoral Scholar
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
My current research area is ecotoxicology. This is a new and growing field that combines ecological and toxicological techniques to understand the effects of contaminants, toxicants, and chemicals in an ecosystem. I am interested in using demo... » Read More
Warner Ithier Guzman
Biosafety Officer and Adjunct Professor
Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras
I recently obtained a Ph.D. from the Univ. of South Florida-College of Marine Science. I have been part of the MSPHDS program since 2003 when I was a participant on the Pilot Program. My background and education is in Biology and Environmental Science fro... » Read More
Nikisa S. Jordan
Post-Doctoral Scholar
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Past Research:
1)Using MODerate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aerosol and fire radiative power measurements to model smoke emissions in the United States.

2) Since the summer of 2003, the University of Maryland Baltimore County (... » Read More
Stephen James Levas
Post-Doctoral Scholar
Ohio State University

I received my B.S. at Cornell University (N.Y.) in Science of Earth Systems with a primary focus on Oceanography and Marine Biology. Currently, I am a fourth year PhD candidate studying coral bleaching at the School of Earth Sciences at The Ohio State... » Read More

Camonia Long
Postdoctoral Junior Researcher
Howard University; University of Texas, Arlington; University of Hawaii
Dr. Camonia R. Long, CHES, is a graduate of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Howard University. Originally from Houston, Texas, Camonia has developed a strong passion for health disparities research. Her current research interests include a... » Read More
Nyla P. Lyons
Ph.D in Medical Sociology

Dr. Nyla Lyons graduated with her Ph.D. in Medical Sociology from Howard University in Spring 2009. Her interest lies in the field of Epidemiology and International Public Health.

More specifically her research and career focus includes: behavioral... » Read More

Lydia Marquez Bravo
SUNY AGEP
State University of New York (SUNY), Albany
Dr. Lydia G. Marquez-Bravo received her Ph.D. in Environmental Health and Toxicology from the University at Albany, SUNY in Spring 2008. Her research deals with Breast Cancer and Toxic substances. She is presently employed at the New York State Departmen... » Read More
Desire Miessein
Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics
Stevens Institute of Technology
Objective: Challenging full time employment in research and/or engineering in which I can utilize strong quantitative and analytic skills in Mathematics and Physics.... » Read More
Raymond Derrell Mooring
Director, Analysis Made Easy and Adjunct Professor
Analysis Made Easy
Past Research: I am interested in several topics more closely related to climatology than to meteorology. Climatology can be defined as the study of geographic or temporal distribution of meteorological observations over a specific period of t... » Read More
Peter Muhoro
PhD., Applied Physics
University of Michigan
A Post Doctoral Fellowship would provide me with the chance to broaden my background in physics and engineering experiments by designing technologies for the developing world and theory in policy and entrepreneurship to make significant contribution to en... » Read More
Christopher Neigh
Research Scientist
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

*Academic Preparation:* University of Maryland, College Park, Department of Geography, PhD May 2008

*Academic Discipline: * Environmental Science, Terrestrial Carbon Cycle Dynamics

*Disciplinary Specialty:* Multi Temporal-Spatial Satelli... » Read More
Ismael U. Nieves
Senior Process Engineer
University of Florida
I was born and raised in Puerto Rico. As an undergrad, while I was a student in the Industrial Biotechnology Program at the University of Puerto Rico in Mayaguez, I gained my first research experience working on the bioremediation of diesel contaminated ... » Read More
Irevis Nieves Citron
Ph.D. completed
Universidad Metropolitana (UMET)

Current Research: Meteorology, Climatology, Atmospheric Microbiology

Future Research: I see myself doing research in Climatology, is such a diverse and interesting area. In order to keep doing research, my goal in this stage of my carrear is to g... » Read More

Narcrisha Norman
Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering
Clemson University
Narcrisha Norman earned both a MS and a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering at Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC) with minors in Black American Studies and Mathematics. While at SIUC she served as a teaching assistant for the Minority Engineer... » Read More
Mitaire Ojaruega
Mitaire has been working with the Nuclear Physics Group at Michigan
University of Michigan
Dr. Mitaire Ojaruega is a National Science Foundation-AGEP Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the University of Michigan Nuclear Physics Group. His research interest includes nuclear reactions with short-lived radioactive nuclear beams, and radiation detec... » Read More
Salomon Orellana
Political Science Post Doc
Michigan State University
My research and teaching interests include: Comparative Politics (electoral institutions, comparative public policy, advanced democracies, Europe, Latin America, Third World politics), Public Opinion (political psychology, political information, comparati... » Read More
Luz Teresa Padró-Martínez
Teaching Fellow
Harvard University
Past Research: As an undergraduate, I was involved in research in the area of Biomedical engineering. I performed protein kinetic experiments with Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) to investigate the kinetics of ligand binding reactions.

Current Re... » Read More

Carolina Penalva-Arana
Midwest Crossroads AGEP
Indiana University, Bloomington
Indiana University Bloomington Post-doctoral scholar/researcher, Dr. Carolina Peñalva- Arana wants to know how animals detect chemicals cues in aquatic systems (in other words - taste and smell things under water). She conducts her daily laboratory resea... » Read More
Kathryn Perez
SPIRE Fellow, Molecular Systematics
Duke University
I lived in several small towns in Central and West Texas growing up, eventually settling in San Angelo, Texas, where I lived for 12 years and attended college. I obtained my Bachelor's and Master's degrees at Angelo State University, working in the Biolog... » Read More
Nelsie A. Ramos
PhD Complete
NOAA
Nelsie Ramos is a Meteorologist of the NOAA National Hurricane Center Tropical Analysis and Forecast Branch where she works as a surface analyst forecaster to predict wind and waves across the surface of the oceans and provides support to the Hurricane Sp... » Read More
Crystal Rodriguez
CUNY Graduate Center - John Jay College of Criminal Justice
City University of New York (CUNY), Graduate Center; City University of New York (CUNY), John Jay College of Criminal Justice
See link to resume.... » Read More
Patrick Schwing
Post Doctoral Scholar
University of South Florida
I am a Colorado native that grew up outdoors: camping, kayaking, hiking, cycling, snowboarding, and backpacking. That love of the outdoors became a love for the natural sciences and ultimately the ocean. Marine Science has always fascinated me and I absol... » Read More
Amartya Sengupta
Applied Physics
Washington State University
I have earned my PhD degree in May, 2006 from New Jersey Institute of Technology in Applied Physics. During my graduate work, I have extensively used ultrafast optical methodologies to generate terahertz radiation to study defect states in semiconductors,... » Read More
Porche' Spence
ORISE Post Doctoral Fellow
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Dr. Porchè L. Spence received a Ph.D. in the Soil Science from North Carolina State University in 2009. The focal point of her dissertation was the effects of residential lawn management on overland runoff (nitrogen and phosphorus) and nitrous oxide emis... » Read More
Alireza Tabatabaeenejad
Research Faculty
University of Michigan; University of Southern California
Currently, a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Southern California... » Read More
LaToya Tavernier
Ph.D. Gtraduate Center, City University of New York
City University of New York (CUNY), Graduate Center
My name is LaToya Tavernier, and I am a doctoral candidate in Sociology and have a certificate in Africana Studies.

My research interests are Caribbean-US migration, race/ethnicity, immigration, and ethnic identity. Currently, I am working on my dissert... » Read More

Jose Torres
PhD Complete
Texas Southern University
Jose A. Torres grew up in Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico. He completed a B.S. in biology from Inter American University of Puerto Rico. He also holds a M.S. from Universidad Del Turabo in environmental science and a PhD in environmental toxicology from Texa... » Read More
Maria Alexandra Velez-Quinones
PhD Complete
Howard University
Ph.D. in Biology, Howard University, Washington, D.C., 2013

B.S. in Biology, Universidad Metropolitana of Puerto Rico, 2004

My research was focused on the characterization of the total microbial population of air samples using both, culturable and non... » Read More

Sheng Wang
Seeking Post Doctoral Position
City University of New York (CUNY), Graduate Center
I am anxious to find a postdoctoral position or a visiting position in order to continue to broaden my research activities.

I am very interested in continuing my research in broader fields, including social science research in behavior, society an... » Read More

JaDon Whitfield
AGEP & PEAKS Scholar
Colorado State University
I was an AGEP and PEAKS scholar in 2004 and am currently finishing my dissertation in the Math Department.... » Read More
Paulette Willis
NSF Postdoc
University of Houston
I am currently a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Houston. My areas of research include operator theory and functional analysis. I received my Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Iowa in 2010. I received my u... » Read More
Amy Oppong Yeboah
Fourth Year Doctoral Student
Temple University
My research and teaching interests include children and youth, statistical research methods and design, community and urban sociology, education, family, and racial and ethnic minority studies.

As a 2007-2010 Future Faculty Fellow at Temple University... » Read More

Chi Zhang
Postdoc in Geophysics
Colorado School of Mines
I am currently a post-doc working in the Department of Geophysics at Colorado School of Mines (since Oct. 2012). Before Mines, I was doing my postdoctoral research on the Subsurface Science Science Focus Area (SFA) Project at Idaho National Laboratory (IN... » Read More


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