FROST FUNDED
Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunities
A generous donation from William and Linda Frost supports this unique postdoctoral program in the Bailey College of Science and Mathematics.
Overview
The Frost Teacher-Scholar Postdoctoral Fellowship program is designed to give recent Ph.D. graduates the opportunity to gain valuable experience in both research and teaching. Postdoctoral Fellows receive competitive salary and full benefits for two years, during which they will have the time, space and support to build an impactful line of research and mentor undergraduate students within research and teaching contexts. Experienced faculty mentor the fellows in both research and teaching. Fellows participate in an active research program, as well as learn to mentor undergraduates and integrate research into undergraduate teaching. These skills and experiences will be invaluable to postdoctoral candidates seeking to make progress toward research and teaching careers.
Valuable Benefits
In addition to mentorship and experience in teaching and undergraduate research, Fellows benefit from professional development opportunities, including regular group meetings and workshops, as well as a budget for conference travel to present research findings. The Frost Postdoctoral Fellows are provided offices typically located in the William and Linda Frost Center for Research and Innovation — the Bailey College’s hub for undergraduate research — or located alongside their department’s faculty.
Open Frost Teacher-Scholar Postdoctoral Fellowship Positions
Current Frost Teacher-Scholar Postdoctoral Fellows
Scott Appleby
Frost Teacher-Scholar Postdoctoral Fellow
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Ph.D., Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology
University of Nevada
M.S., Biology
Boston University
B.A., Biology, International Relations
Scott and biological sciences Professor Tim Bean’s research focuses on population and community modeling, integrating a variety of novel monitoring techniques and machine learning to inform wildlife conservation and management.
Rachel Johnson
Frost Teacher-Scholar Postdoctoral Fellow
University of North Carolina
Ph.D., Chemistry
East Carolina University
M.S., Chemistry
B.S., Biochemistry
Rachel and biochemistry Professor Katharine Watts are conducting research on the fundamental biochemistry of reactions occurring in biosynthetic pathways, and how these pathways are encoded in an organism’s genome.
Perla Ramos Carranza
Frost Teacher-Scholar Postdoctoral Fellow
University of California, Irvine
Ph.D., Education
M.A., Education
University of California, Davis
B.A., Psychology
B.S., Human Development
Perla is working with Dr. Alejandra Yep and Dr. Jasmine Nation to research how participation in Nuestra Ciencia, a bilingual science education outreach program, impacts the STEM interest, sense of belonging, identity, and academic aspirations of undergraduate students at Cal Poly.
Alex Ruys de Perez
Frost Teacher-Scholar Postdoctoral Fellow
Texas A&M University
Ph.D., Mathematics
Vanderbilt University
M.A., Mathematics
B.A., Mathematics and Economics
Alex’s research involves applications of mathematics to problems in biology. Currently, he’s working on modeling cardiac tissue with Elena Dimitrova and Joyce Lin. Past work has been in studying the convexity of neural codes as well as predicting early stem cell differentiation.
Kate Santilena
Frost Teacher-Scholar Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Hawai’i at Mānoa
Ph.D., Public Health
M.S., Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Science
San Diego State University
M.P.H., Health Promotion and Behavior Science
B.S., Kinesiology
Kate and Public Health Professor Julia Alber’s research focuses on understanding public and stakeholder support for endgame tobacco prevention policies as well as using AI and theory to promote policy support.
Terrin Warren
Frost Teacher-Scholar Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Georgia
Ph.D., Mathematics
M.A., Mathematics
B.S., Mathematics
Terrin and mathematics Professor Patrick Orson explore the mapping class groups of four-manifolds and knotted surfaces in their research.