Postdocs/Students
Research Opportunities Available
undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral research opportunities exist in all focus areas
• Doctoral • Master's • Undergraduate • Interns • Alumni
Doctoral Students

Angelina Andrade
UTSA
Mechanical Engineering
PI: Dr. Christopher Combs

Jacob Arnold
Texas A&M University
Oceanography
PI: Dr. Alejandro Orsi

Protik Banerjee
UTSA
Environmental Science and Engineering
PI: Dr. Saugata Datta

Bradley Chambers
UTSA
Biomedical Engineering
PI: Dr. Shrihari Sankarasubramanian

Michelle De Luna
UCLA
Geosciences
PI: Marilyn Raphael

Abinayaa Dhanagopol
UTSA
Mechanical Engineering
PI: Dr. Christopher Combs

Mckenzie Dice
University of Colorado, Boulder
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
PI: Dr. John Cassano

Ashley Emerson
UTSA
PI: Dr. Alan Whittington

Brenna Halverson
UTSA
Environmental Science and Engineering
PI: Dr. Alan Whittington

Joseph Hernandez-McCloskey
UTSA
Mechanical Engineering
PI: Dr. Daniel Pineda

Eugene Hoffman
UTSA
Mechanical Engineering
PI: Dr. Christopher Combs

Mansi Joshi
UTSA
Environmental Science and Engineering
PI: Stephen Ackley/Dr. Hongjie Xie

Gina Jozef
University of Colorado, Boulder
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
PI: Dr. John Cassano

David Kendhammer
UTSA
Mechanical Engineering
PI: Dr. Christopher Combs

Elijah LaLonde
UTSA
Mechanical Engineering
PI: Dr. Christopher Combs

Karen Mendiondo
UTSA
Environmental Science and Engineering
PI: Dr. Alberto Mestas-Nuñez

Thomas Nordstrand
UTSA
Environmental Science and Engineering
PI: Stephen Ackley/Dr. Yongli Gao

Jinaykumar Patel
UT Arlington
Aerospace Engineering
PI: Dr. Kamesh Subbarao

Frida Perez
UCLA
Geosciences
PI: Dr. Marilyn Raphael

Juan Sebastian Rincon Tabares
UTSA
Mechanical Engineering
PI: Dr. David Restrepo

Lauren Schwartz
UTSA
Environmental Science and Engineering
PI: Dr. Alan Whittington

Jesse Slaten
UTSA
Mechanical Engineering
PI: Dr. Daniel Pineda

Nathan Strasser
UTSA
Mechanical Engineering
PI: Dr. Christopher Combs

Christian Sustayta
UTSA
Environmental Science and Engineering
PI: Dr. Alberto Mestas-Nuñez

Jullian Williams
UTSA
Environmental Science and Engineering
PI: Dr. Hongjie Xie

Chad Williamson
UTSA
Mechanical Engineering
PI: Dr. Christopher Combs
Master's Students

Ashley Aguilar
UTSA
Geology
PI: Dr. Saugata Datta

Adriana Ariza Pardo
UTSA
Geosciences
PI: Dr. Alan Whittington

Kevin Posladek
UTSA
Mechanical Engineering
PI: Dr. Christopher Combs
Undergraduate Students

Colin Johnson
UTSA
Mathematics
PI: Dr. Christopher Combs

Joshua Le
UTSA
Computer Science
PI: Dr. John Quarles

Austin Patridge
UTSA
Geosciences
PI: Dr. Alan Whittington

Mark Reyna
UTSA
Mechanical Engineering
3-D Printing Research Assistant

Haven Russell
UTSA
Mechanical Engineering
PI: Dr. Daniel Pineda

Jordyn Sloan
UTSA
Biology
PI: Dr. Alberto Mestas-Nuñez
Student Interns Class of 2022-2023

Ariana Acosta
San Antonio College
Biology
PI: Dr. Wei Wang

Christopher Campbell
San Antonio College
Computer Science
PI: Dr. Yongli Gao

Erika Dyer
San Antonio College
Environmental Science
PI: Dr. Neil Debbage

Timothy Preciado
St. Phillips College
Electrical Engineering
PI: Dr. Bastian Wibranek

Victor Robles
Alamo College
Applied Sciences/Nanoengineering
PI: Dr. Christopher Combs

Cheyenne Wilson
San Antonio College
Chemistry
PI: Dr. Shrihari Sankarasubramanian