Postdoctoral Research Experiences
Scientists who hold a Ph.D. or are currently pursuing one can participate in long-term research appointments at the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE).
For example, these researchers have taken advantage of ORISE opportunities:
Dr. Clinton Bedick
Clinton Bedick used his fellowship at the National Energy Technology Laboratory to seek cleaner emissions from fossil-fueled plants.
Dr. Eric 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.
Dr. Charlee Bennett
Charlee Bennett 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.
Dr. Arthur 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.
Dr. John 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.
Dr. Fayna Diaz-San Segundo
Dr. Fayna Diaz-San Segundo brings a love of melody and rhythm to her research at Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC) off Long Island, New York, as she seeks new ways to curtail the highly contagious foot-and-mouth disease in livestock.
Dr. Ignacio Fernandez-Sainz
Ignacio Fernandez-Sainz, postdoctoral student in veterinary medicine and microbiology, studied classical swine fever during his time at the Department of Homeland Security’s Plum Island Animal Disease Center.
Dr. Sivaram 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.
Dr. Angela 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.
Dr. William Johnson
University of Michigan doctoral graduate Dr. William Johnson studied ways to help automobile manufacturers produce environmentally-friendly engines at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s National Transportation Research Center.
Dr. Eliza 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.
Dr. Joseph 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.
Dr. Anand 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.
Dr. 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.