Postdoctoral Alumni in the Social Sciences
| Name (Last, First) | Departure Year | Field | Initial Rank & Placement | Latest Known Rank & Placement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Man, Vincent | 2025 | Neuroscience | Machine Learning Scientist, Apple | Machine Learning Scientist, Apple |
| Singh, Juni | 2024 | Sciences of Sustainability | Economist, Mind, Behavior, and Development (eMBeD) Unit, World Bank Group | Economist, Mind, Behavior, and Development (eMBeD) Unit, World Bank Group |
| Pourbabaee, Farzad | 2024 | Economic Theory | Unknown | Unknown |
| Sandomirskiy, Fedor | 2023 | Economics | Associate Research Scholar, Princeton University | Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Princeton University |
| Georgiadis, George | 2014 | Business, Economics, and Management | Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Boston University | Associate Professor of Strategy, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University |
| Shepherd, John | 1992 | Anthropology | Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Virginia | Professor, Emeritus, Department of Anthropology, University of Virginia |
| Appleby, Gordon | 1980 | Anthropology | Unknown staff position, Agency for International Development | Anthropologist Consultant |
| Gallo Aquino, Tomas | 2022 | Neuroscience | Postdoctoral Fellow, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | Postdoctoral Scholar, Columbia University |
| Han, Yanting | 2023 | Psychology | Unknown | Unknown |
| Hausladen, Carina | 2023 | Behavioral Economics | Postdoctoral Researcher, Computational Social Science Group, ETH Zurich | Postdoctoral Researcher, Computational Social Science Group, ETH Zurich |
| Krisst, Lara | 2024 | Psychophysics | Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Biology and Biological Engineering, Caltech | Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Biology and Biological Engineering, Caltech |
| Toma, Filip-Mihai (Mihai) | 2023 | Social and Decision Neuroscience | Senior Researcher, Nexarch Lab | Senior Researcher, Nexarch Lab |
| Bloedel, Alexander | 2022 | Economics | Assistant Professor of Economics, UCLA | Assistant Professor of Economics, UCLA |
| Zhao, Qing (Robin) | 2023 | Political Science | Cost Engineer, JPL | Cost Engineer, JPL |
| Kim, Jaejoong | 2022 | Affective Neuroscience | Resident Doctor, University of Minnesota Medical School | Resident Doctor, University of Minnesota Medical School |
| Lee, Douglas | 2021 | Neuroeconomics | Postdoctoral Scholar, Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, National Research Council of Italy | Postdoctoral Research Scholar, University College Dublin |
| Li, Xiaomin | 2022 | Behavioral Economics and Neuroeconomics | Senior Core Data Scientist, Snap Inc. | Senior Core Data Scientist, Snap Inc. |
| Ma, Hongyao | 2020 | Economics and Computation | Assistant Professor of Business, Division of Decision, Risk, and Operations, Columbia Business School | Assistant Professor of Business, Division of Decision, Risk, and Operations, Columbia Business School |
| Root, Joseph | 2021 | Economics | Assistant Professor, Kenneth C. Griffen Department of Economics, University of Chicago | Assistant Professor, Kenneth C. Griffen Department of Economics, University of Chicago |
| Rouhani, Nina | 2024 | Neuroscience | Assistant Professor of Psychology, USC | Assistant Professor of Psychology, USC |
| Tashjian, Sarah | 2023 | Affective Neuroscience | Lecturer in Psychology (Assistant Professor), The University of Melbourne | Lecturer in Psychology (Assistant Professor), The University of Melbourne |
| Wise, Toby | 2021 | Affective Computational Neuroscience | Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellow, UCL Max Planck Centre for Computational Psychiatry and Ageing Research, University College London | Senior Research Fellow, Department of Neuroimaging, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London |
| Cao, Jian | 2022 | Data Science and Election Integrity | Research Fellow, Department of Political Science, Trinity College Dublin | Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Trinity College Dublin |
| Enkavi, Ayse Zeynep | 2024 | Neuroeconomics | Assistant Professor of Integrated Sciences: Neuroscience, Claremont McKenna College | Assistant Professor of Integrated Sciences: Neuroscience, Claremont McKenna College |
| Fu, Zhongzheng (Brooks) | 2019 | Neuroscience | Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | Assistant Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center |
| He, Sichao (Kevin) | 2020 | Economics | Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Pennsylvania | Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Pennsylvania |
| Kahn, David | 2021 | Cognitive Neuroscience | Research Technician-Associate (Adolphs Lab), Caltech | Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Biology and Biological Engineering, Caltech |
| Kluen, Lisa | 2023 | Neuroscience | Lecturer, Harvard Medical School; Staff Scientist and Lab Manager, Laboratory for Brain and Cognitive Health Technology, McLean Hospital (Harvard Medical School) | Lecturer, Harvard Medical School; Staff Scientist and Lab Manager, Laboratory for Brain and Cognitive Health Technology, McLean Hospital (Harvard Medical School) |
| Lin, Chujun | 2020 | Psychology | Postdoctoral Researcher in Psychology, Department of Psychology and Brain Science, Dartmouth College | Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, UC San Diego |
| Qi, Song | 2020 | Affective Neuroscience | Research Scientist, NIH | Research Fellow, National Institute of Mental Health |
| Bose, Devdeepta | 2020 | Psychology and Economics | Unknown | Unknown |
| Zbozinek, Tomislav | 2022 | Affective Neuroscience | Assistant Project Scientist, UCLA | Associate Director, Anxiety and Depression Research Center (ADRC), UCLA |
| Minxha, Juri | 2018 | Neuroscience | Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Neuroscience, Columbia University | AI/ML Research Engineer, Apple |
| Mekonnen, Teddy | 2019 | Social and Information Sciences | Assistant Professor of Economics, Brown University | Orlando Bravo Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Brown University |
| Kliemann, Dorit | 2020 | Cognitive Neuroscience | Assistant Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Iowa | Assistant Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Iowa |
| Iigaya, Kiyohito | 2021 | Neuroscience | Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center | Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center |
| Molapour, Tanaz | 2022 | Computational Affective Neuroscience | Senior User Experience Researcher, Red Bull | Senior User Experience Researcher, Red Bull |
| Kim, Jeongbin | 2020 | Economics | Research Assistant Professor, Centre for Behavioural Economics, National University of Singapore Business School | Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, College of Social Sciences & Public Policy, Florida State University |
| Keles, Umit | 2022 | Neuroscience | Computational Scientist, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech | Computational Scientist, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech |
| Perez, Omar D. | 2022 | Neuroscience | Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Universidad de Chile | Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Universidad de Chile; Researcher, Instituto Sistemas Complejos de Ingeniería |
| Fung, Bowen | 2020 | Computational Affective Neuroscience | Research Advisor, The Behavioural Insights Team | Senior Research Advisor, The Behavioural Insights Team |
| Nolte, Sven | 2019 | Finance and Neuroscience | Assistant Professor, University of Münster | Assistant Professor of Financial Economics, Radboud University |
| Colas, Jaron | 2019 | Neuroscience | Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, UC Santa Barbara | Unknown |
| Kwon, Soyoung | 2018 | Computational Psychiatry and Affective Neuroscience | Researcher, Max Planck Institute | Analytic Engineer, TeamViewer |
| Scheele, Dirk | 2018 | Social Neuroscience | Postdoctoral Scholar, Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, University of Bonn | Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Ruhr-University Bochum |
| Charpentier, Caroline | 2023 | Neuroscience | Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology & the Brain and Behavior Institute, University of Maryland, College Park | Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology & the Brain and Behavior Institute, University of Maryland, College Park |
| Chalupka, Krzysztof | 2017 | Causal Modeling | Research Scientist, Siemens PLM Software | Quantitative Developer, Jump Trading LLC |
| Imai, Taisuke | 2017 | Behavioral and Experimental Economics | Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich | Professor, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University |
| Cockburn, Jeffrey | 2024 | Neuroscience | Assistant Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Iowa | Assistant Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Iowa |
| Dianat, Ahrash | 2017 | Economics | Lecturer (Assistant Professor), Department of Economics, University of Essex | Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor), Department of Economics, University of Essex |
| Kim, Duk Gyoo | 2017 | Economics | Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Mannheim | Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Sungkyunkwan University |
| Pool, Eva | 2017 | Neuroscience | Senior Researcher and Lecturer, University of Geneva | Senior Researcher and Lecturer, University of Geneva |
| Gharib, Alma | 2015 | Neuroscience | Postdoctoral Scholar - Research Associate, Department of Computer Science, Viterbi School of Engineering, USC | Clinical Research Director and Staff Scientist, The Saban Research Institute, Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) |
| Tusche, Anita | 2018 | Neuroeconomics | Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and (a cross-appointment in the) Department of Economics, Queen's University | Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Queen's University |
| Gentile, Giovanni | 2017 | Neuroeconomics | Data Science Associate Consultant, ZS | Technical Commercial Engineer for Data Science & Solution Architecture, Beyond Limits |
| Wang, Shuo | 2016 | Neuroscience | Postdoctoral Research Associate, Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University | Associate Professor of Radiology, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis |
| Dubois, Julien | 2016 | Neuroscience | Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Department of Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | VP, Data Science, Kernel |
| Aoki, Ryuta | 2015 | Neuroscience | Unknown | Unknown |
| Weber, Romann | 2015 | Computational Cognitive Science | Senior Postdoctoral Scholar in Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Caltech | Director, Research and Development, DisneyResearch|Studios |
| Landry, Peter | 2014 | Neuroeconomics | Assistant Professor of Marketing, University of Toronto, Mississauga; Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto | Associate Professor of Marketing, University of Toronto, Mississauga; cross appointments to the Rotman School of Management, Institute of Management and Innovation, and the University of Toronto School of Graduate Students |
| Turban, Sebastian | 2014 | Economics | Chargé d’Études, Direction Générale du Trésor | Economist, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) - OCDE |
| Van Well, Sonja | 2014 | Neuroscience | Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Amsterdam | Freelance Graphic Designer, Metdebrandaris |
| Sinclair, Andrew | 2013 | Political Science | Visiting Assistant Professor of Government, Claremont McKenna College | Assistant Professor of Government, Claremont McKenna College |
| Pauli, Wolfgang Martin | 2018 | Neuroscience | Artificial Intelligence Developer, Microsoft Research Artificial Intelligence | Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Apple |
| Spunt, Robert | 2017 | Social Neuroscience | Data Scientist, Snap Inc. | Senior Data Scientist, Adobe |
| Collette, Sven | 2016 | Neuroscience | Unknown | Psychology / A.I. / Data, Ministry of Education |
| Suzuki, Shinsuke | 2016 | Neuroscience | Assistant Professor, Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies, Tohoku University | Professor, Graduate School of Social Data Science, Hitotsubashi University |
| Feinstein, Justin | 2013 | Cognitive Neuroscience | Assistant Professor, Oxley College of Health Sciences, University of Tulsa; Director, Float Clinic and Research Center, and Principal Investigator, Laureate Institute for Brain Research | Adjunct Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Iowa; President and Director, Float Research Center Collective |
| Kayaba, Yutaka | 2013 | Neuroeconomics | Non-tenure-track position, Japan | Lecturer, Graduate School of Economics, University of Tokyo |
| Lee, Sang Wan | 2015 | Neuroscience | Assistant Professor, Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) | Associate Professor (tenured), Department of Brain & Cognitive Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST); Affiliated Faculty, KAIST Institute for Health, Science, and Technology; Founding Director, KAIST Center for Neuroscience-inspired Artificial Intelligence |
| Clithero, John | 2014 | Neuroeconomics | Assistant Professor of Economics, Pomona College | Assistant Professor of Marketing, Lundquist College of Business, University of Oregon |
| Larsen, Tobias | 2014 | Neuroscience | Postdoctoral position, location unknown | Data Scientist, Oviva |
| Elison, Jed | 2013 | Psychology | Unknown position, Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota | Irving B. Harris Professor of Child Development, University of Minnesota; Co-Director, The Cognition and Neurodevelopmental Studies Lab |
| Kang, Min Jeong | 2013 | Behavioral Economics | Postdoctoral Scholar, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley | Principal Engineer, Samsung SDI |
| Chapman, Hanah | 2012 | Neuroeconomics | Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, Ohio State University | Senior Policy Analyst, Government of Nova Scotia |
| Ledvina, Andrew | 2012 | Mathematical Finance | Software Engineer and Data Scientist, Facebook | Staff Software Engineer, Reddit, Inc. |
| Rodet, Cortney | 2012 | Economics | Chapman University, Economic Science Institute, Postdoctoral Research Associate | Associate Professor of Economics, Ohio University; Director, The Menard Family George Washington Forum |
| Yu, Rongjun | 2012 | Decision Neuroscience | Postdoctoral position, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School | Associate Professor, Academy of Wellness and Human Development, Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU); Associate Professor, Department of Physics, HKBU; Associate Director, Life Science Imaging Center |
| Stanley, Damian | 2016 | Neuroeconomics | Assistant Professor of Psychology, Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology, Adelphi University; Visiting Associate in Psychology, Caltech | Assistant Professor of Psychology, Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology, Adelphi University; Principal Investigator, Laboratory for Social Computational Neuroscience |
| Izuma, Keise | 2014 | Neuroscience | Lecturer, Department of Psychology, University of York | Professor, School of Economics & Management, Kochi University of Technology; Principal Investigator, Social Cognitive Neuroscience Lab |
| Montaser-Khousari, Leila | 2014 | Neuroeconomics | Resident Physician, Richmond University Medical Center | Assistant Professor of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital Neurology |
| d'Acremont, Mathieu | 2013 | Neuroeconomics | Research Assistant Professor, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University | Principal Data Scientist, CVS Health |
| Liljeholm, Mimi | 2013 | Neuroscience | Assistant Professor, Department of Cognitive Sciences, University of California, Irvine | Associate Professor, Department of Cognitive Sciences, UC Irvine; Director, Learning and Decision Neuroscience Laboratory |
| Boorman, Erie | 2012 | Neuroeconomics | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford | Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, UC Davis; Director, Learning and Decision Marking Lab |
| Shi, Lilong | 2012 | Economics | Senior Staff Imaging Engineer, Samsung Electronics America | Senior Camera Algorithm Engineer, Apple |
| Sokol-Hessner, Peter | 2012 | Neuroeconomics | Postdoctoral Fellow in Psychology and Neural Science, New York University | Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Denver; Director, Sokol-Hessner Lab |
| Cooper, Jeffrey | 2011 | Neuroscience | Neuroeconomic Analyst, BeachMint | Director of Decision Science Products, The Walt Disney Company |
| Jessup, Ryan | 2011 | Neuroscience | Faculty position, Abilene Christian University | Professor, Department of Management Sciences, Abilene Christian University |
| Krajbich, Ian | 2011 | Neuroeconomics | Laboratory for Social and Neural Systems Research, Department of Economics, University of Zurich | Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, UCLA |
| Neumann, Dirk | 2010 | Neuroscience | Adjunct Assistant Professor (courtesy appointment), University of Miami; Data Scientist / Full-Stack Software Engineer, Facebook | Professor, Information Systems Research, University of Freiburg |
| Smith, Alec | 2013 | Economics | Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Arizona | Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Virginia Tech; Adjunct Professor, School of Neuroscience, Virginia Tech |
| Harris, Alison | 2012 | Neuroeconomics | Assistant Professor of Psychology, Claremont McKenna College; Graduate Faculty in Applied Psychology, Claremont Graduate University | Cook-Ostby Associate Professor of Psychology and George R. Roberts Fellow, Claremont McKenna College; Graduate Faculty in Applied Psychology, Claremont Graduate University |
| Lim, Seung-Lark | 2012 | Neuroeconomics | Assistant Professor, University of Missouri | Professor, Department of Psychology, The University of Alabama; Principal Investigator, Lim Lab for Affective Neuroscience and Neuroeconomics |
| Wu, Daw-An | 2011 | Social Neuroscience | Lab Manager of EEG / TMS Lab, Caltech Brain Imaging Center | Lab Manager, Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, Caltech |
| Hutcherson, Cendri | 2015 | Neuroeconomics | Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Toronto; Director, Toronto Decision Neuroscience Lab | Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair in Decision Neuroscience, University of Toronto; Director, Toronto Decision Neuroscience Lab |
| Tudusciuc, Oana | 2014 | Neuroscience and Psychology | Unknown Staff Position, Caltech | Lead Data Scientist, Blueocean |
| Wang, Stephanie | 2011 | Economics | Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh | Professor of Economics, University of Pittsburg |
| Glascher, Jan | 2010 | Psychology | Unknown | Principal Investigator, Institute for Systems Neuroscience, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf |
| Wu, Shih-Wei | 2010 | Neuroeconomics | Assistant Professor, Institute of Neuroscience, National Yang-Ming University | Professor, Institute of Neuroscience, National Yang-Ming University; Principal Investigator, Wu Laboratory, National Yang-Ming University |
| Llorente-Saguer, Aniol | 2010 | Economics | Senior Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods; Visiting Research Scholar, New York University | Professor, School of Economics and Finance, Queen Mary University of London; Research Fellow, CEPR |
| Birmingham, Elina | 2009 | Psychology | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University | Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University; Director, Autism in Education Lab |
| De Martino, Benedetto | 2009 | Neuroscience | Wellcome Trust Centre, University College London | Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Decision Making Group Leader, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London; Principal Investigator, Brain Decision Modeling Laboratory |
| Michelucci, Fabio | 2009 | Economics | Researcher, Economics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences | Professor, Department of Economics, Ca' Foscari University of Venice |
| Kennedy, Daniel | 2012 | Neuroscience | Tenure-track position, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University | Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington; Director, Imaging Research Facility; Director, Social Brain Lab |
| Hare, Todd | 2010 | Neuroeconomics | POSITION?, Department of Economics, University of Zurich | Professor of Neuroeconomics and Human Development, Department of Economics, University of Zurich |
| Lien, Yuan-Chuan | 2010 | Economics | Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, HKUST | Senior Research Scientist, Yahoo! Inc. |
| Beierholm, Ulrik | 2008 | Decision Theory and Neuroscience | Postdoctoral scholar, Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit, University College London | Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Durham University; Associate Professor, Biophysical Sciences Institute, Durham University; Fellow and Department Representative, Durham Research Methods Centre |
| Takeuchi, Kan | 2008 | Economics | Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Hototsubashi University | Associate Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University |
| Plassmann, Hilke | 2008 | Economics | Visiting Faculty, OPIM, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Octapharma Chaired Professor of Decision Neuroscience and Professor of Marketing, INSEAD |
| Tricomi, Elizabeth | 2008 | Psychology | Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Rutgers University | Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Rutgers University; Principal Investigator, Learning & Decision Making Lab |
| Preuschoff, Kerstin | 2007 | Decision Theory and Neuroscience | Senior Research Associate / Lecturer, University of Zurich | Associate Professor, Geneva Finance Research Institute, University of Geneva |
| Tanaka, Saori | 2007 | Neuroscience | Researcher, Department of Computational Biology, Advanced Telecomunications Research (ATR) Brain Information Communication Research Lab Group | Associate Professor, Division of Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology; Department Head, Department of Neural Computation for Decision-making, Advanced Telecomunications Research (ATR) Brain Information Communication Research Lab |
| Tsuchiya, Naotsugu | 2010 | Psychology | Research Fellow, RIKEN Institute | Professor, School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University; Principal Investigator, Tsuchiya (Monash Neuroscience of Consciousness) Lab; Visiting Researcher, CiNet, Osaka University |
| Kim, Hackjin | 2007 | Psychology | Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Korea University | Professor, School of Psychology, Korea University; Principal Investigator, Laboratory of Social and Decision Neuroscience |
| Tanaka, Tomomi | 2007 | Economics | Visiting Research Fellow, University of Tokyo | Senior Technical Program Manager, Amazon; Founder, Safety by Design Lab |
| Valentin, Vivian | 2007 | Psychology | Researcher, Neuroscience Research Institute, UC Santa Barbara | Co-Founder, Executive Director, and Lead Mindfulness Facilitator, Kind Mind |
| Castelli, Fulvia | 2007 | Psychology | Teaching Position, European School of Management | Professor, Department of Humanities, University of Pavia |
| Wang, Tao Yi | 2007 | Economics | Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, National Taiwan University | Distinguished Professor of Economics, National Taiwan University |
| O'Leary, Christopher | 2005 | Anthropology | Unknown | Deceased |
Updated January 2025