Faculty Competition for Post-Doctoral Fellows All Recipients

2023 (as of Feb 2023)

Name Department, School/College Title
Donald Kuhn Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, School of Medicine Host-microbiome interactions in opioid use disorder
Tanja Jovanovich Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, School of Medicine Allopregnanolone facilitation of safety learning in PTSD

 

2022

Name Department, School/College Title
Yuan He Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine Mechanisms of NLRP3 inflammasome activation
Nerissa Viola Oncology, School of Medicine Development and evaluation of radiopharmaceuticals to image immune biomarkers in cancer
Luca Candelori Mathematics, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Algebro-geometric measures of entanglement with applications to quantum information science
Justin Kenney Biological Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Postdoctoral Support for Dr. Barbara Fontana (Mentee) and Dr. Justin Kenney (Mentor)
Jeffrey Ram Physiology, School of Medicine Biodiversity, Pathogen Detection, and Molecular Physiology and Ecology
Andrew Garrett Pharmacology, School of Medicine  cPcdhs in neuronal self-avoidance
Michael Rybak Pharmacy Practice, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Monotherapy vs. Comination for Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales Infections
Aaron Rury Chemistry, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Coherent Spectroscopic Probes of Cavity-Based Quantum Devices
Samson Jamesdaniel Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Division of Research Targeting nitrative stress for mitigating hearing loss induced by concurrent ototraumatic exposures
Charlie Fehl Chemistry, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences "Illuminating the glycome" with photochemical sugar tools to study metabolic disease
Ahmed Ibrahim Ophthalmology, Visual and Anatomical Sciences, School of Medicine Faculty Competition for Postdoctoral Fellows
Gino Panza Occupational Therapy, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Mild Intermittent Hypoxia: A Prophylactic for Autonomic Dysfunction in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injuries
Sheryl Roberts Oncology, School of Medicine Fibroblast Activation Protein (FAP)-specific optoacoustic biomarker for tumor-targeting
Joshua Bembenek Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine Investigating the Regulation of Separase During Cell Division
Richard Pilsner Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine The effect of phenol exposures on sperm epigenetic aging

 

2021

Name Department Title
Christopher Kelly Physics and Astronomy, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences ABHD5 remodels biological membranes to regulate lipid metabolism
Christopher Kassotis Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Division of Research Ethoxylated surfactants and metabolic health
Miriam Greenberg Biological Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Efficacy of irisin in the treatment of Barth syndrome
Heather Walter-McCabe Social Work, School of Social Work LGBTQ Health Equity Project: How do we promote health and wellbeing in LGBTQ communities?
Sarah Lenhoff Administration and Organization, College of Education Detroit Education Research Partnership
Yaozian Huang Civil & Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering Investigating air quality and health effects of regional and global air pollution

 

2020

Name Department Title
Michael Petriello Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Division of Research External Postdoctoral Fellowship to study the impact of halogenated persistent organic pollutants on gut microbiota health and cardiometabolic disease
Joongkyu Park Pharmacology, School of Medicine Advanced proteomic profiling of postsynaptic molecular constituents in Alzheimer's disease model mice
Shane Perrine Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, School of Medicine Epigenetics of cocaine abuse
Eduard Chekmenev Chemistry, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Hyperpolarized Molecular Imaging
Nora Fritz Physical Therapy, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Fall Prevention among Persons with Multiple Sclerosis
Zhenfei Liu Chemistry, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Development of first-principles embedding many-body perturbation theory for heterogeneous molecule-substrate interfaces
Noa Ofen Institute of Gerontology, Division of Research Assessing memory in the developing brain using advanced functional neuroimaging methods
Michael Rybak Pharmacy Practice, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Bacteriophage Antibiotic Combinations: A Novel Approach Against Multi-Drug Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Infections
Abhijit Majumder Physics and Astronomy, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Big Data and High Performance Computing Applied to Nuclear Physics
Michael Rybak Pharmacy Practice, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Comparison of Two Existing Comparison of Two Existing Strategies for Vancomycin Area Under the Curve Estimation
Brad Ray Social Work, School of Social Work Developing Community-Engaged Opioid Overdose Research into Federal Grants
Long Luo Chemistry, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences No title available
Hien Nguyen Chemistry, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Development of Sulfated Glycomimetic Oligomers and Polymers to Attenuate SARS-CoV-2 Infectio
Charlie Fehl Chemistry, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Glycoprotein decoys to pharmacologically probe sugar signaling events in metabolic disease

 

May 2019

Name Department Title
Li Li Internal Medicine, School of Medicine The roles of cytoskeleton remodeling in arterial stiffness
Aaron Rury Chemistry, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Coherent Structural Probes of Cavity-Based Photochemical Platforms
Michael Ryback Pharnacy PracticeEugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Bacteriophage Antibiotic Combinations: A Novel Approach Against Multi-Drug Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections
Richard Smith Social Work, School of Social Work WHIRL National Infrastructure Scan

 

February 2019

Name Department Title Post-Doctoral Fellow Fellow's University
Catalina Kopetz Psychology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Faculty Competition for Postdoctoral Fellows    

 

November 2018

Name Department Title
Matthew Allen Chemistry, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Parashift complexes coupled to europium-based oxygen-responsive contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging
Leela Arava Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering Understanding electrode/electrolyte interfaces in lithium batteries
Heather Fritz Occupational Therapy, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Frailty Prevention among Older African Americans
Arun Iyer Pharmaceutical Sciences, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Synthesis and evaluation of ligand directed nanoparticles libraries for treating cancer and infectious disease with high efficacy and safety.
Hengguang Li Mathematics, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Novel Numerical Methods for Anisotropic Singular Problems: Theory and Implementations
Jason Mateika Physiology, School of Medicine 5HT modulation of arousal and chemoreflex responses in intact and spinal cord injured mice
Shawn McElmurry Civil Engineering, College of Engineering Water and Health Infrastructure Resilience and Learning (WHIRL): Modeling of Occupied Systems to Enhance Public Health
Shirley Papuga Geology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Postdoctoral Training for Ecohydrology in the City: Strategies for Understanding our Complex Urban Systems
Marianna Sadagurski Biological Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship in Central Regulation of Metabolism - Sadagurski lab
Chun Shen Physics, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 3D dynamical simulations of relativistic heavy-ion collisions with advanced statistical analysis
Wei-Zen Wei Oncology, School of Medicine Computational Analysis of Tumor Immunity in Diversity Outbred Mice
Samuele Zilioli  Family Medicine, School of Medicine Research among Youths affected by Chronic Conditions

 

August 2018

Name Department Title
Matthew Allen Chemistry, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Oxygen-responsive Contrast Agents for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Based on the Interaction of Europium and Fluorine
Alana Conti Neurosurgery, School of Medicine Assessment of Hippocampal Fear Learning Deficits after Traumatic Brain Injury

 

May 2018

Name Department Title
Tracie Baker Pharmacology, School of Medicine Environmentally-induced disease with primary emphasis on endocrine disrupting compounds, aquatic toxicants, and contaminants of emerging concern
Susan Eggly Oncology, School of Medicine Mixed Methods Approaches to Investigating Patient-Physician Communication and Racial Disparities in Cancer
Christine Rabinak Pharmacy Practice, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Endocannabinoid Mechanisms Underlying Fear Extinction & Neural Circuits in PTSD
Michael Ryback Pharmacy Practice, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Evaluation of Novel Antibiotic Combinations Against Biofilm Embedded Staphylococci

 

Febreuary 2018

Name Department Title
Mohammad Mehrmohammadi Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering Design and Development of Endocavity/Endocervical Ultrasound and Photoacoustic Imaging for Multi-parametric, Non-invasive and Real-time Assessment the Metabolic Rate of Oxygen in the Fetal Brain during Labor and Delivery

 

November 2017

Name Department Title
Charles Chung Physiology, School of Medicine Mechanisms of Diastolic Relaxation in Normal and Diseased Hearts
Shane Perrine Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, School of Medicine  Effects of cocaine taking and seeking on histone deacetylase class IIa enzyme activity in the nucleus accumbens of rats
Jeffrey Withey Microbiology, Immunology, and Biochemistry, School of Medicine Discovery of Vibrio cholera colonization factors in zebrafish

 

December 2016

Name Department Title
Kang Chen Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine Function of Maternal Immunoglobulin D in the Protection against Neonatal Respiratory Infection and Allergy
Mohammad Mehrmohammadi Biomedical Engineering Endocavity Ultrasound and Photoacoustic (ECUSPA) Imaging for Non-invasive, Real-time Fetal Cerebral Oxygen Measurement
Fatmir Menkulasi Civil and Environmental Engineeing Development of Structural Applications Using Ultra High Performance Concrete and Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites
Mohammadreza Nasiriavanaki Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and Neurology, School of Medicine Transfontanelle Photoacoustic Imaging Probe: Towards Neonatal Functional Brain Imaging

 

May 2016

Name Department Title
Alana Conti Neurology, School of Medicine Traumatic Brain Injury-Induced Alterations in Synaptic Function and the Effects on Alcohol Sensitivity
Stephen Krawetz Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine Response of the Paternal Genome to the Environment
Jessica Robbins-Ruszkowski Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Aging, Health, and Social Relations in Post-Industrial Urban Contexts

 

November 2015

Name Department Title
Anjan Kowluru   Mechanisms of Islet B-Cell Dysfunction in Diabetes
Zhiqiang Cao Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering Zwitterionic Material for Islet Encapsulation
Charles Chung Physiology School of Medicine Mechanisms of Diastolic Relaxation in Normal and Diseased Hearts
Chunying Li School of Medicine OVPR Faculty Competition for Postdoctoral Fellows Funding Application
Alexey Petrov Physics, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Identifying New Physics at LHC and in Cosmos
Mary Kay H. Pflum Chemistry, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Chemical Approaches to Mapping Cell Signaling Pathways
Christine Rabinak Pharmacy Practice, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Effects of the Cannabinoid System on Retention of Memory for Fear Extinction Learning
Douglas Ruden Environmental Health Sciences, Division of Research Shared Postdoctoral Fellowship for Single Cell Sequencing Core

 

May 2015

Name Department Title
Li Li Internal Medicine, School of Medicine The roles of cytoskeleton remodeling in arterial stiffness
Patrick Mueller Physiology, School of Medicine Inactivity and Enhanced Sympathoexcitation-Role of Neuroplasticity in the RVLM

 

November 2014

Name Department Title
Donal O'Leary Physiology, School of Medicine

Blood Pressure Control During Exercise in Heart Failure

Jeffrey Ram Physiology, School of Medicine Molecular Automated Technologies for Detecting Organisms Harmful to the Great Lakes
Hayley Thompson, Susan Eggly Oncology, School of Medicine Associations Between eHealth Activity, Patient-Provider Communication, and Health Outcomes in a Diverse Population of Cancer Survivors
Zhengping Yi Pharmaceutical Sciences, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Dysfunctional Protein Phosphatase 2A in Type 2 Diabetes
Kequan Zhou Nutrition and Food Science, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Development of Anti-Diabetic Nutritional Agents with Probiotics and Grape Skin Extract

 

May 2014

Name Department Title
Leela Arava, Simon Ng Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering Design and Development of High Energy and Safe Li-ion Batteries
Edward Cackett Physics and Astronomy, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Accretion onto black holes and neutron stars
Mark Ming-Cheng, Yong Xu Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering The development of next-generation miniaturized high intensity focused ultrasound for therapeutic applications
Miriam Greenberg Biological Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Perturbation of the TCA cycle in tafazzin-deficient cells
Izabela Podgorski Pharmacology, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Investigating functional role of bone marrow adipocytes in metabolic adaptation and chemoresistance of bone-metastic prostate cancer
Jinsheng Zhang Communication Sciences and Disorders, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences A Novel Cochlear Electrical Stimulation Device for Tinnitus Therapy

 

November 2013

Name Department Title
Andre Cisneros Chemistry Computational Investigation of DNA dealkylase enzymes, development and application
Moriah Thomason Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute and Pediatrics Identification of brain biomarkers for Autism and other developmental disorders in utero

 

May 2013

Name Department Title
Robert Harr, Paul Karchin Physics and Astronomy Commissioning of the Upgraded Muon Detector of the Compact Muon Solenoid Experiment at CERN and Search for Evidence of New Particles
Donald Kuhn Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences Sports-related Repetitive Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Psychiatric and Histopahtological Manifestations
David Ledgerwood Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences Post-doctoral position in Gambling Disorder and Addiction Treatment Research
Cathy Lysack Gerontology Long-term Outcomes, Life Disrupting Abilities, and Re-building Meaningful Lives
Noa Ofen, Naftali Raz Gerontology Neural Correlates of Age-Related Differences in Memory: A Life-Span Approach
Peter Savolainen Civil and Environmental Engineering Synergistic Transportation - Integrating Safety, Mobility, & Economics
Arthur Suits Chemistry Universal Probes of Astrochemical Dynamics

 

November 2012

Name Department Title
Kang Chen Obstetrics and Gynecology Immunoregulatory Functions of B Cells in Pregnancy
Susan Eggly Oncology Understanding and Improving Verbal and Nonverbal Communication in Oncologist-Patient Clinical Interactions in a Diverse, Urban Patient Population
Wen Li Chemistry Time-Resolved Studies of Orbital Polarization in Photodissociation of Small Molecules: the Long- Range Effect
Jeffrey Ram Physiology Molecular and Automated Technologies for Detecting Organisms Harmful to the Great Lakes

 

May 2012

Name Department Title
Jian Huang Physics and Astronomy Topological quantum orders in fractional quantum hall regime
Donna Kashian Biological Sciences Development of a risk policy framework for a novel method in identifying invasive species
Steven Ondersma Psychiatry and Behaviroal Neurosciences, Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute Interactive technology to improve child outcomes in at-risk urban families
Alexey Petrov Physics and Astronomy Identifying New Physics from LHC and Astrophysical Measurements
Michael Ryback Pharmacy Practice Evaluation of Novel Antibiotic Combinations with Daptomycin Against Biofilm Embedded Staphylococci
Bonnie Sloane, David Gorski Pharmacology and Oncology Defining Druggable Cytokine Pathways in Lymphatic Metastasis of Breast Cancer

 

November 2011

Name Department Title
Steven Firestine Pharmaceutical Sciences Elucidating the Mechanism of Bacterial N5-CAIR Synthetase
David Oupicky Pharmaceutical Sciences Development of Polymeric Prodrugs with Dual Functionality for the Delivery of Therapeutic Nucleic Acids
Monica Uddin Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences Epigenomic Neurodevelopmental Predictors of Adult Psychopathology
We-Zen Wei Oncology Cancer Vaccines and Immune Regulation
Zhengping Yi Pharmaceutical Sciences Glycogen Synthase Phosphorylation in Insulin Signaling

 

May 2011

Name Department Title
Mahendra Kavdia Biomedical Engineering Systems Biology of Oxidative & Nitrosative Stress in Cardiovascular Disorders
Thomas Kocarek Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Regulation of Hepatic P450s by Anti‐Cholesterol Drugs
Xiaoming Li Pediatrics Resilience‐based Psychosocial Intervention for Children Affected by HIV
Valerie Simon Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute The Emergence of Sexual Risk Among Sexually Abused Adolescent Females
Bonnie Sloane Pharmacology Paracrine Cytokine/Chemokine Pathways in Progression of Ductal Carcinoma in Situ to Invasive Ductal Carcinoma
James Granneman Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences Analysis of Lipolytic Trafficking in Adipocytes; A Genetically‐encoded Fatty Acid Sensor; Development of HTS for Novel Lipolytic Activators; Analysis of Lipolytic Trafficking in Muscle

 

November 2010

Name Department Title
Terrance Albrecht Oncology Breast Density, Novel Imaging Technology and Intergenerational Risk Communication for Improving Heritable Breast Cancer Outcomes in African Americans
Alana Conti Neurosurgery Traumatic Brain Injury-Induced Alterations in Synaptic Function and the Effects on Alcohol Sensitivity
Robert Lasley Physiology Adenosine Receptor Modulation of Post Myocardial Infarction Fibroblast Function
Patrick Mueller Physiology Inactivity and Enhanced Sympathoexcitation-Role of Neuroplasticity in the RVLM
Takeshi Sakamoto Physics and Astronomy First Evidence of Nucleous Myosin XVI: Simultaneous Observation of Nanometer Motion and Enzymatic Pathway
Charles Winter Chemistry Low Temperature ALD Growth of Transition Metal and Transition Metal Alloy Thin Films
Yong Xu Electrical and Computer Engineering Development of Next-Generation Neural Interface Devices

 

May 2010

Name Department Title
Shane Perrine Psychiatry Is there a neurobiological basis for comorbidity of posttraumatic stress disorder and substance abuse?

 

November 2009

Name Department Title
Anjan Kowluru Beta Cell Research Studies of Islet β-Cell Dysfunction in Diabetes
Dawn Misra Family Medicine & Public Health Sciences Risk Factors for Preterm Birth in Black Women
Douglas Ruden Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship for Expanding Epigenomics Research at WSU
Mary Rodgers Chemistry Development of Improved Techniques for the Detection and Quantification of Post-Translational Modifications in Proteins
Pamela VandeVord Biomedical Engineering Blast Related Neurotrauma
Rafael Fridman Pathology Development of Improved Techniques for the Detection and Quantification of Post-Translational Modifications in Proteins

 

May 2009

Name Department Title
Paula Dore-Duffy Neurology Normobaric hypoxia is neuroprotective in traumatic brain injury
Steven Firestine Pharmaceutical Sciences Elucidating the Mechanism of Bacterial N5-CAIR Synthetase
Donald Kuhn Psychiatry & Behavioral Neurosciences Traumatic Brain Injury: Involvement of Microglia and Neutrophilsatry & Behavioral Neurosciences
Steven Ondersma Psychiatry & Behavioral Neurosciences Interactive technology to improve child outcomes in at-risk urban families
Alexey Petrov Physics and Astronomy Theoretical Issues in LHC Physics
David Rueda Chemistry Single Molecule Studies of Splicing in Cell Extracts
Arthur Suits Chemistry New Directions in Proteomics with Coupled Electrostatic Ion Traps
Wei-Zen Wei Immunology/Microbiology Regulatory T cells in cancer immunotherapy and autoimmunity