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Postdoctoral Fellows Success Stories

Clinton BedickClinton Bedick

Clinton Bedick used his fellowship at the National Energy Technology Laboratory to seek cleaner emissions from fossil-fueled plants.

Eric BoydEric Boyd

Eric Boyd’s fascination with geothermal springs—those often colorful, percolating pools of mineral-rich water—was sparked as a youngster on family camping trips to Yellowstone National Park.

Charlee BennettCharlee Bennett

Charlee Bennett, Ph.D., served as the associate lead from 2009 to 2011 in developing the Center for Advanced Thin Film Systems (CATS) laboratory at ORNL through the Postdoctoral Research Associate Program, managed by ORAU.

Arthur CongdonArthur Congdon

Arthur Congdon is using lensing theory to search galaxies for clumps of elusive “dark matter” in his assignment as a NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif.

John DebesJohn Debes

Postdoctoral fellow John Debes used the light scattered off dust in disks around young stars to collect clues about Earth’s past, present and future as part of the NASA Postdoctoral Program.

Fayna Diaz-San SegundoFayna Diaz-San Segundo

Fayna Diaz-San Segundo brings a love of melody and rhythm to her research at Plum Island Animal Disease Center off Long Island, N.Y., as she seeks new ways to curtail the highly contagious foot-and-mouth disease in livestock.

Ignacio Fernandez-SainzIgnacio Fernandez-Sainz

Ignacio Fernandez-Sainz, postdoctoral student in veterinary medicine and microbiology, studied classical swine fever for genomic sites or domains within the CSF viral genome during his time at the Department of Homeland Security’s Plum Island Animal Disease Center.

Sivaram HarendraSivaram Harendra

Dr. Sivaram Harendra is working to enhance the efficiency of Integrated Pollutant Removal systems, which help decrease carbon dioxide emissions from fossil-fueled power plants, by reducing a power plant's water consumption.

Angela HartsockAngela Hartsock

Dr. Angela Hartsock, a posdoctoral research associate at the National Energy Technology Laboratory is searching for ways to use microbes to treat contaminated water.

William JohnsonWilliam Johnson

University of Michigan doctoral graduate William Johnson studied ways to help automobile manufacturers produce environmentally-friendly engines at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s National Transportation Research Center.

Stefan LeukoStefan Leuko

As a participant in the NASA Postdoctoral Program, Stefan Leuko is peforming research that shows ancient life on Earth may point way to life on other planets.

Ryan MilliganRyan Milligan

Ryan Milligan conducted research for NASA’s Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI) to understand the basic physics of particle acceleration and explosive energy release in solar flares.

Eliza MontgomeryEliza Montgomery

Dr. Eliza Montgomery partnered with a team at NASA’s Corrosion Technology Laboratory as part of the agency’s postdoctoral program, where she helped develop new coatings and technologies to protect metal from the effects of salt water and other acidic materials.

Michael OblandMichael Obland

As a youth reared in “Big Sky Country”—near Colstrip, Montana—Michael Obland, Ph.D., kept his eyes on the broad, clear skies of his native state.

Joseph RanalliJoseph Ranalli

Joseph Ranalli, Ph.D., a postdoctoral student with the National Energy Technology Laboratory research fellowship program, is looking for ways to reduce the environmental impact of combustion-based power generation systems.

Lymarie Semidey-Flecha Lymarie Semidey-Flecha

Puerto Rican native Lymarie Semidey-Flecha conducted research as part of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Postdoctoral Research Associate Program where she accessed ORNL’s supercomputer to test theories on nanocatalysts.

Michael RussellMichael Russell

NASA Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Michael Russell researched the emergence of life through hydrogen available in earth’s hot springs and ocean depths.

Anand SelvarajAnand Selvaraj

Working on a team from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, Dr. Anand Selvaraj confirmed the common generic diabetes drug metformin might also prove to be an inexpensive weapon in the war on some forms of cancer.

Christopher WohlChristopher Wohl

Christopher Wohl, Ph.D., a research chemist, seeks new and imaginative ways to help ameliorate nagging moon-dust problems as a participant in NASA’s Postdoctoral Program.

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