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Fulbright Alumni at UC San Diego

As a world-class public research university, UC San Diego boasts a number of Fulbright alumni among our faculty, educators and administrators. Below you can find information on past Fulbrighters teaching and working on campus.

ARE YOU A FULBRIGHT ALUMNI AT UC SAN DIEGO?
SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH US!

We are always gathering information on Fulbrighters affiliated with UC San Diego. If you are a former Fulbright grantee and currently work at UC San Diego, email Max Reinke with the following details about your award:

  • Your Name
  • Award Type
  • Country or Countries
  • Award Year
  • Description of Award (If Research-Based)
  • Website or LinkedIn (Optional)
  • Open to Mentorship? If so, provide your email. 

In addition to being added to this directory, you will be invited to community-building and networking events with Fulbrighters past, present and prospective. 

For more information on all Fulbright Scholars, visit the Fulbright Scholars Directory

Additionally, the San Diego Fulbright Association is an active network of Fulbright alumni who reside in the greater San Diego area. If you are a Fulbright alumni or are a potential Fulbright applicant looking to meet Fulbright alumni for mentorship and networking opportunities, sign up for the chapter's mailing list to receive more information.

Fulbright Alumni by Last Name A-M

  • Matthew Alford

    Award Type: Scholar
    Country: Canada
    Award Year: 2024-2025
  • Patrick W. Anderson

    Award Type: Student Award (Open Study/ Research)
    Country: Sri Lanka
    Award Year: 1996-1997
  • Adam Burgasser

    Award Type: Scholar Award
    Country: United Kingdom
    Award Year: 2017-2018
    Description: Do Clouds Matter? A Critical Analysis of Cloud and Instability Models for Brown Dwarf and Exoplanetary Atmospheres with a Large and Uniform Spectral Library
  • Robert Cancel

    Award Type: Scholar Award
    Country: Zambia
    Award Year: 2012-2013
    Description: Collection of Oral Traditions from Zambia's Main National Language Groups
  • Amanda Corona

    Award Type: International Education Administrators Award
    Country: Germany
    Award Year: 2023-2024

  • Erika Cyphert

    Award Type: Student Award (Open Study/ Research)
    Country: Poland
    Award Year: 2018-2019
    Description: Conducted research at Warsaw University of Technology on biomaterials for treating bone cancer and infections.
    Open to Mentorship? Yes! Email ecyphert@ucsd.edu.

     

  • Alan Daly

    Award Type: Scholar Award
    Country: South Africa
    Award Year: 2017-2018
    Description: The Social Side of the Educational Change: A Multi-Country Examination of Social Networks in Schools
  • Scott Desposato

    Award Type: Scholar Award
    Country: Brazil
    Award Year: 2019-2020
    Description: Voter learning in complex campaigns
  • Dulce Amor L. Dorado

    Award Type: International Educator Administrators Award
    Country: South Korea
    Award Year: 2023-24
  • Alexander Fattal

    Award Type: Scholar Award
    Country: Colombia
    Award Year: 2017-2018
    Description: A Communication Guerrilla: Media Participation as a Vehicle for the FARC's Political Inclusion in Post-Accord Colombia
  • Jana Fortier

    Award Type: Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Awards
    Country: India
    Award Year: 2014-2015
    Description:  Finding Food Security with the Native Foods of North India
  • Eric Fullerton

    Award Type: Scholar Award
    Country: France
    Award Year: 2017-2018
    Description:  New Paradigms in Data Storage, Memory and Processing
  • William Robertson Geibel

    Award Type: English Teaching Assistantship
    Country: Turkey
    Award Year: 2012-2013
    Description:  William was the sole instructor of first-year English courses for university students.
    Open to Mentorship? Yes! Email: wgeibel@ucsd.edu
  • Todd Henry

    Award Type: Scholar Award
    Country: South Korea
    Award Year: 2012-2013
    Description:  Mapping Desires, Fashioning Selves: Transnational Sex Work in the Urban Spaces of U.S.-Occupied Korea
  • Rebecca Kirby

    Award Type: Student Award (ETA)
    Country: Germany
    Award Year: 2022-2023
    Open to Mentorship? Yes! Email rekirby@health.ucsd.edu
  • John Kosmatka

    Award Type: Fulbright-Fondazione CON IL SUD Award
    Country: Italy
    Award Year: 2018-2019
    Description: Development of Innovative Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) for Environmental Monitoring and Surveillance in Critical Operative Scenarios
  • Falko Kuester

    Award Type: Foreign Scholar Award (from Germany)
    Award Year: 1993-1994
  • Thad Kousser

    Award Type: Distinguished Chair (Political Science)
    Country: Australia
    Award Year: 2014-2015
    Description: Partisan Polarization and the New Environmental Politics
  • Richard Madsen

    Award Type: Scholar Award
    Country: Hong Kong SAR
    Award Year: 2011-2012
    Description: Hong Kong Religion as a Bridge to a Post-Secular China
  • Gita Mehta

    Award Type: Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Awards
    Country: India
    Award Year: 2018-2019
    Description: Professionalism in medical education
  • Jay Minert

    Award Type: International Education Administrators Award
    Country: United Kingdom and France
    Award Year: 2013 and 2023
    Description:  Learned more about the United Kingdom’s higher educational system and established networks of U.S. and international colleagues over the course of an intensive three-week grant duration. Returned with an enhanced ability to serve and encourage prospective students to participate in Fulbright.
    Open to Mentorship? Yes! Email: jminert@ucsd.edu

Fulbright Alumni by Last Name N-Z

  • Michael Parrish

    Award Type: Distinguished Chair (Social Studies)
    Country: Czechia (Czech Republic)
    Award Year: 2014-2015

  • France Nguyen-Grozavu

    Award Type: U.S. Student Award (Open Study/Research)
    Country: Vietnam 
    Award Year: 2006-2007
    Description: HIV/AIDS, nutritional status, and substance use.
    Open to Mentorship?
    Yes! Email fnguyengrozavu@health.ucsd.edu
  • Tonia Pizer

    Award Type: International Educator Administrator 
    Country: Taiwan
    Award Year: 2024
  • Michael Pratt

    Award Type: Fulbright Distinguished Chair Award (Public Health)
    Country: Czechia (Czech Republic)
    Award Year: 2022-2023
    Description: National and local physical activity policy development and implementation in the Czech Republic
  • Max Reinke

    Award Type: International Education Administrators Award
    Country: Germany
    Award Year: 2025-2026
    Open to Mentorship? Yes! Email mreinke@ucsd.edu.
  • Curt Schurgers

    Award Type: Scholar Award
    Country: Kyrgyzstan
    Award Year: 2017-2018
    Description: Embedded Systems: Learning-by-Doing
  • Jonathan Shurin

    Award Type: Fulbright-Colciencias Innovation and Technology Award
    Country: Colombia
    Award Year: 2015-2016
    Description: Climate Change, Agriculture and Water Resources In Colombia
  • Linda Sorkin

    Award Type: Scholar Award
    Country: Sweden
    Award Year: 2010-2011
    Description: Inflammation Induced AMPA Receptor Trafficking in Dorsal Horn Neurons
  • Sierra Washington

    Award Type: Scholar Award
    Country: Mozambique
    Award Year: 2020-2021
    Description: Formalizing an Educational Partnership with Universidade Eduardo Mondlane in the field of Obstetrics & Gynecology.

  • Andrew Whitworth-Smith

    Award Type: Postdoctoral Research Award
    Country: Brazil
    Award Year: 2016-2017
    Description: Midia NINJA: A Brazilian case of Citizen Journalism 2.0
  • Kraig Winters

    Award Type: Scholar Award
    Country: Chile
    Award Year: 2011-2012
    Description: High-Resolution Simulation of Internal Waves in Environmental Flows
  • Daniel Wulbert

    Award Type: Scholar Award
    Country: India
    Award Year: 2009-2010
    Description: Mathematical Analysis