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Student Funding Spotlight: Tripke Travel Grant

This month, we highlight Tripke Travel Grant recipient Mirtha Garcia, a fourth-year doctoral candidate in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences who has had a lifelong passion for sociocultural anthropology.

Finding meaningful careers for PhDs and postdocs

Access a professional development training platform that helps doctoral students and PhDs successfully transition into academic or nonacademic career paths.

Small moves, big impact and the art of leaving a legacy

Legacies are meaningful and easier to create than you think. The truth is, in most instances, legacies are just small contributions and subtle influences that can change a life. Anything you work toward can make an impact — so how can you make a…

Education opens doors and diversity opens innovation: A conversation with Lisa Magaña, Provost Fellow for ASU’s Hispanic Serving initiatives

In June, ASU was designated as a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) by the US Department of Education. This means that Hispanic students now make up at least 25% of the entire ASU student body.

Embrace the process: Developing competitive applications for fellowships and grants

Wouldn’t we all want three easy steps that tell us how to instantly land fellowships or grants? We may not have a magical formula, but we do have advice on how to make the application the best it can be.

Postdoc Profile: JoAnna Reyes

Dr. JoAnna Reyes is a Postdoctoral Scholar at the School of Art whose research centers on the visual and material culture of colonial Mexico and contemporary Chicana/o America.

Postdoc Profile: Ashley Ruiz

Dr. Ashley Ruiz is a Presidential Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation who is researching the interactions in healthcare that cause secondary victimization (re-traumatization) to survivors of sexual assault.

Postdoc Profile: Gamze Ersan

Dr. Gamze Ersan is a Postdoctoral Research Scholar at the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment. Dr. Ersan's research is the novel hybrid electrochemical processes for the regeneration of PFAS-laden carbon-based adsorbents.

Postdoc Profile: Karla Vargas

Dr. Karla Vargas, a Postdoctoral Scholar at the School of Life Sciences, researches host-virus dynamics and viral diversity associated with wild populations of vertebrate species across the Baja California peninsula and the Sonoran Desert in Arizona.

Postdoc Profile: Aaron Flores

Dr. Aaron Flores is a Presidential Postdoctoral Scholar at the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning. Dr. Flores is a human-environmental geographer whose research has examined environental justice, social vulnerability, and health…

Postdoc Profile: Estibalitz Ezkerra Vegas

Dr. Esibalitz Ezkerra Vegas is a Postdoctoral Scholar at the School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies whose research involves interdisciplinary, transnational, and comparative approaches to the politics of memory and the demand for…

Postdoc Profile: Madhan Jaggarapu

Dr. Madhan Jaggarapu, a Postdoctoral Research Scholar at the School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy with more than 8 years of experience in the fabrication and characterization of therapeutic diversity systems.

Postdoc Profile: Marlene Velazco Medel

Dr. Marlene Velazco Medel is a Postdoctoral Research Scholar who is making efforts to synthesize novel biodegradable and sustainable polymers useful for recycling.

Postdoc Profile: Leonard Mukosi

Dr. Leonard Mukosi is a Postdoctoral Research Scholar for the Research on Violent Victimization Lab within the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Dr. Mukosi uses a solution-focused approach to address the problem of missing and murdered…

Postdoc Profile: Nilanjana Mazumdar

Dr. Mazumdar detects algae blooms in real-time in the Central Arizona Project canal system and Lake Pleasant to provide information critical to homeowners and agricultural farmers throughout Arizona.

Postdoc Profile: Fatima Hafsa

Dr. Fatima Hafsa is a Postdoctoral Research Scholar at the College of Global Futures and W. P. Carey School of Business. Dr. Hafsa uses an interdisciplinary perspective to study plastic manufacturing and waste supply chains. Her work includes…

Postdoc Profile: Ronald A Nelson, Jr.

Dr. Ronald A Nelson, Jr. is a postdoctoral fellow at Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering where he is working on developing innovative research that advances multi-million dollar initiatives focusing on regenerative medicine and biomedical…

Postdoc Profile: Mehmet Kosa

Dr. Mehmet Kosa is a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Psychology who examines whether emotional and meaningful experiences in virtual reality games help reduce daily stress.

Postdoc Profile: Zahra Khademmodaresi

Dr. Khademmodaresi is a Postdoctoral Research Scholar for the School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy whose research focuses on synthesizing polymeric structures for carbon dioxide capture from ambient air.

Postdoc Profile: Liliana Caughman

Meet the School of Life Sciences’ Senior Global Futures Scholar, Dr. Lilana Caughman who researches how processes relate to outcomes, specifically in collaborative and community-based urban transformation and climate justice initiatives.

Postdoc Profile: Arturo Cano Bejar

Meet Dr. Arturo Cano Bejar, a Postdoctoral Research Scholar at W. P. Carey Department of Information Systems whose research at ASU focuses on understanding the hows and whys of hate speech and personal financial decisions.

Postdoc Profile: Luis Welbanks

Dr. Luis Welbanks is a Postdoctoral Scholar at the School of Earth and Space Exploration who studies the atmospheres of exoplanets to investigate what they are made of. Dr. Welbanks aims to use his research to determine if humans are alone in the…

Postdoc Profile: Devin Bowes

Dr. Devin Bowes is a Postdoctoral Research Scholar at the Biodesign Center for Environmental Health Engineering whose research leverages community wastewater to non-invasively and comprehensively understand various aspects of population health and…

Postdoc Profile: Debalina Maitra

Dr. Debalina Maitra is an Associate Research Scientist at Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering whose research focuses on diversity, inclusion and equity. Dr. Maitra hopes her research will make education more equitable for everyone.