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Postdoctoral Alumni in the Social Sciences

Name (Last, First) Departure Year Field Initial Placement Current Placement
Charpentier, Caroline 2023 Neuroscience Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology & the Brain and Behavior Institute, University of Maryland Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology & the Brain and Behavior Institute, University of Maryland
Kluen, Lisa Marieke 2023 Neuroscience Staff Scientist, Harvard Medical School (McLean Hospital) Staff Scientist, Harvard Medical School (McLean Hospital)
Sandomirskiy, Fedor 2023 Economics Associate Research Scholar, Princeton University Associate Research Scholar, Princeton University
Tashjian, Sarah 2023 Affective Neuroscience Lecturer in Psychology (Assistant Professor), The University of Melbourne Lecturer in Psychology (Assistant Professor), The University of Melbourne
Zhao, Qing (Robin) 2023 Political Science Cost Engineer, JPL Cost Engineer, JPL
Aquino, Tomas 2022 Neuroscience Postdoctoral Fellow, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Postdoctoral Fellow, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Bloedel, Alexander 2022 Economics Assistant Professor of Economics, UCLA Assistant Professor of Economics, UCLA
Cao, Jian 2022 Data Science and Election Integrity Research Fellow, Trinity College Dublin Research Fellow, Trinity College Dublin
Keles, Umit 2022 Neuroscience Computational Scientist, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech Computational Scientist, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech
Kim, Jaejoong 2022 Affective Neuroscience Residency in Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Residency in Psychiatry, University of Minnesota
Li, Xiaomin 2022 Behavioral Economics and Neuroeconomics Unknown Unknown
Molapour, Tanaz 2022 Computational Affective Neuroscience Unknown Unknown
Perez, Omar 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
Zbozinek, Tomislav 2022 Affective Neuroscience Assistant Project Scientist, UCLA Assistant Project Scientist, UCLA
Iigaya, Kiyohito 2021 Neuroscience Assistant Professor in Neurobiology, Irving Medical Center, Columbia University Assistant Professor in Neurobiology, Irving Medical Center, Columbia University
Root, Joseph 2021 Economics Assistant Professor, Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics, University of Chicago Assistant Professor, Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics, University of Chicago
Wise, Toby 2021 Affective Computational Neuroscience Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellow, University College London Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellow, University College London
Lee, Douglas 2020 Neuroeconomics Postdoctoral Scholar, Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, National Research Council of Italy Postdoctoral Scholar, Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, National Research Council of Italy
Bose, Devdeepta 2020 Psychology and Economics Unknown Unknown
Kliemann, Dorit 2020 Cognitive Neuroscience Assistant Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences Department, University of Iowa Assistant Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences Department, University of Iowa
Qi, Song 2020 Affective Neuroscience Research Fellow, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Research Fellow, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Ma, Hongyao 2020 Economics and Computation Assistant Professor of Business, Decision, Risk, and Operations Division, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University Assistant Professor of Business, Decision, Risk, and Operations Division, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University
Lin, Chujun 2020 Psychology Postdoctoral Researcher in Psychology, Department of Psychology and Brain Science, Dartmouth College Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, UC San Diego
He, Sichao (Kevin) 2020 Economics Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania
Kim, Jeongbin 2020 Economics Research Assistant Professor, Centre for Behavioural Economics, National University of Singapore Business School Research Assistant Professor, Centre for Behavioural Economics, National University of Singapore Business School
Fung, Bowen 2020 Computational Affective Neuroscience Research Advisor, Behavioural Insights Team Research Advisor, Behavioural Insights Team
Fu, Zhongzheng (Brooks) 2019 Neuroscience Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Mekonnen, Teddy 2019 Social and Information Science Assistant Professor of Economics, Brown University Orlando Bravo Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Brown University
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 Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, UC Santa Barbara
Artola Blanco, Miguel 2018 Economic History Visiting Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Visiting Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Minxha, Juri 2018 Neuroscience Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Neuroscience, Columbia University Postdoctoral Scholar, Cedars Sinai
Kwon, Soyoung 2018 Computational Psychiary and Affective Neuroscience Researcher, Max Planck Institute Data Scientist, Frontier Car Group
Scheele, Dirk 2018 Social Neuroscience Postdoctoral Scholar, Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, University of Bonn Principal Investigator, Scheele Lab, University of Oldenburg (Department of Psychiatry) and University of Bonn (the Division of Medical Psychology)
Tusche, Anita 2018 Neuroeconomics Assistant Professor in Neuroeconomics, Department of Psychology and Department of Economics, Queen's University; Visiting Associate in Neuroeconomics, Caltech Assistant Professor in Neuroeconomics, Department of Psychology and Department of Economics, Queen's University; Visiting Associate in Neuroeconomics, Caltech
Pauli, Wolfgang Martin 2018 Neuroscience Artificial Intelligence Developer, Microsoft Research Artificial Intelligence Artificial Intelligence Developer, Microsoft Research Artificial Intelligence
Chalupka, Krzysztof 2017 Causal Modeling Research Scientist, Siemens PLM Software Machine Learning Engineer, Facebook
Imai, Taisuke 2017 Behavioral and Experimental Economics Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich
Dianat, Ahrash 2017 Economics Lecturer (Assistant Professor), Department of Economics, University of Essex Lecturer (Assistant Professor), Department of Economics, University of Essex
Kim, Duk Gyoo 2017 Economics Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Mannheim Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Mannheim
Pool, Eva 2017 Neuroscience Senior Researcher and Lecturer, University of Geneva Senior Researcher and Lecturer, University of Geneva
Gentile, Giovanni 2017 Neuroeconomics Data Science Associate Consultant, ZS Data Scientist, Beyond Limits
Spunt, Robert 2017 Social Neuroscience Data Scientist, Snap Inc. Principal Data Scientist, Oracle
Dubois, Julien 2016 Neuroscience Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Department of Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Department of Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Wang, Shuo 2016 Neuroscience Postdoctoral Research Associate, Princeton Neuroscience Institute,
Princeton University
Assistant Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, West Virginia University
Collette, Sven 2016 Neuroscience Unknown Artificial Intelligence Research Scientist, Tadaweb
Suzuki, Shinsuke 2016 Neuroscience Assistant Professor, Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies, Tohoku University Associate Professor, Brain, Mind and Markets Laboratory, Department of Finance, Faculty of Business and Economics, The University of Melbourne, Australia
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; Visiting Associate in Psychology, Caltech
Gharib, Alma 2015 Neuroscience Postdoctoral Scholar - Research Associate, Department of Computer Science, Viterbi School of Engineering, USC Postdoctoral Scholar - Research Associate, Department of Computer Science, Viterbi School of Engineering, USC
Rommeswinkel, Hendrik 2015 Philosophy and Economics Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, National Taiwan University Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, National Taiwan University
Aoki, Ryuta 2015 Neuroscience Unknown Research Associate (Postdoctoral Researcher), Research Center for Brain Communication, Research Institute, Kochi University of Technology
Weber, Romann 2015 Computational Cognitive Science Senior Postdoctoral Scholar in Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Caltech Senior Research Scientist, Head of Machine Intelligence and Data Science Group, DisneyResearch|Studios
Lee, Sang Wan 2015 Neuroscience Assistant Professor, Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) Associate Professor, Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST); Founding director, KAIST Center for Neuroscience-inspired Artificial Intelligence; Core faculty member: Program of Brain and Cognitive Engineering; KAIST Institute for Artificial Intelligence; KAIST Institute for Health, Science, and Technology
Hutcherson, Cendri 2015 Neuroeconomics Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Toronto; Director, Toronto Decision Neuroscience Lab Assistant Professor, Canada Research Chair in Decision Neuroscience, University of Toronto; Director, Toronto Decision Neuroscience Lab
Hyttinen, Antti 2014 Humanities Postdoctoral position, Academy of Finland University Researcher, Department of Computer Science, University of Helsinki; Postdoctoral Scholar, Helsinki Institute for Information Technology, University of Helsinki
Landry, Peter 2014 Neuroeconomics Assistant Professor of Marketing, University of Toronto, Mississauga; Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto Assistant Professor of Marketing, University of Toronto, Mississauga; Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
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 Desktop Publishing Operator, Eigen Fabrikaat; Graphic Designer, independent contractor
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 Research Fellow, Learning and Decision Making Group, Center for Mind/Brain Sciences, University of Trento
Izuma, Keise 2014 Neuroscience Lecturer, Department of Psychology, University of York Professor, School of Economics & Management, Kochi University of Technology
Montaser-Khousari, Leila 2014 Neuroeconomics Resident Physician, Richmond University Medical Center Assistant in Clinical and Postdoctoral Clinical Fellow, Department of Neurology Movement Disorders, Columbia University
Tudusciuc, Oana 2014 Neuroscience and Psychology Staff, Caltech Data Scientist, Age of Learning, Inc.
Sinclair, Andrew 2013 Political Science Visiting Assistant Professor of Government, Claremont McKenna College Assistant Professor of Government,  Claremont McKenna College
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 Associate Professor of Community Medicine, Oxley College of Health Sciences, University of Tulsa; Director, Float Clinic and Research Center, and Principal Investigator, Laureate Institute for Brain Research
Kayaba, Yutaka 2013 Neuroeconomics Non-tenure-track position, Japan Project Lecturer, Graduate School of Economics, University of Tokyo
Elison, Jed 2013 Psychology Unknown position, Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota Associate Professor, Institute of Child
Development, College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota; Director, Elison Lab for Developmental Brain and Behavior Research
Kang, Min 2013 Behavioral Economics Postdoctoral Scholar, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley Private sector, Korea
d'Acremont, Mathieu 2013 Neuroeconomics Research Assistant Professor, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University Lead Data Scientist, CVS Health
Liljeholm, Mimi 2013 Neuroscience Assistant Professor, Department of Cognitive Sciences, University of California, Irvine Assistant Professor, Department of Cognitive Sciences, School of Social Sciences, University of California, Irvine; Director, Learning and Decision Neuroscience Laboratory
Smith, Alec 2013 Economics Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Arizona Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Virginia Tech; Adjunct Professor, School of Neuroscience, Virginia Tech; Co-director, Virginia Tech Economics Laboratory, Virginia Tech
Chapman, Hanah 2012 Neuroeconomics Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, Ohio State University Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Brooklyn College; Principal Investigator, Emotion and Morality Lab
Ledvina, Andrew 2012 Mathematical Finance Software Engineer and Data Scientist, Facebook Software Engineer, Google
Rodet, Cortney 2012 Economics Chapman University, Economic Science Institute, Postdoctoral Research Associate Assistant Professor of Economics, College of Arts and Sciences, Ohio University
Yu, Rongjun 2012 Decision Neuroscience Postdoctoral position, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, National University of
Singapore; Principal Investigator, Decision Neuroscience Lab, Neurobiology / Aging in Life Sciences Institute, and Cognitive Engineering SINAPSE
Boorman, Erie 2012 Neuroeconomics Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford Assisstant Professor, Department of Psychology, UC Davis; Director, Learning and Decision Marking Lab
Shi, Lilong 2012 Economics
Sokol-Hessner, Peter 2012 Neuroeconomics Postdoctoral Fellow in Psychology and Neural Science, New York University Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Denver; Director, Sokol-Hessner Lab
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 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Missouri; Director, Applied Cognitive and Brain Sciences Psychology PhD Option; Principal Investigator, Lim Lab for Affective Neuroscience and Neuroeconomics
Kennedy, Daniel 2012 Neuroscience Tenure-track position, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University Associate Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University; Director, Imaging Research Facility, Indiana University; Director, Social Brain Lab, Indiana University
Cooper, Jeffrey 2011 Neuroscience Neuroeconomic Analyst, BeachMint Senior Director, Data, FabFitFun
Jessup, Ryan 2011 Neuroscience Faculty position, Abilene Christian University Assistant Professor of Marketing, 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, Departments of Psychology and Economics, Ohio State University; Principal Investigator, Krajbich Neuroeconomics Lab; Director of the Decision Sciences Collaborative, Ohio State University
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
Wang, Stephanie 2011 Economics Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh Associate Professor of Economics, University of Pittsburg; Pittsburgh Experimental Economics Laboratory Faculty, University of Pittsburgh
Neumann, Dirk 2010 Neuroscience Adjunct Assistant Professor (courtesy appointment), University of Miami; Data Scientist / Full-Stack Software Engineer, Facebook Freelance Full-Stack Software Engineer and Data Scientist
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 Associate 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; CEPR Research Fellow
Hare, Todd 2010 Neuroeconomics Unknown position, Department of Economics, University of Zurich Associate 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.; Consultant, Auctionomics
Tsuchiya, Naotsugu 2010 Psychology Research Fellow, RIKEN Institute Associate Professor, School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University; Principal Investigator, Tsuchiya Lab, Monash University; Visiting Researcher, CiNet, Osaka University; Visiting Researcher at Department of Dynamic Brain Imaging, Advanced Telecommunications Research (ATR)
Birmingham, Elina 2009 Psychology Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University; Principal Investigator, Social Attention
Research Group, Simon Fraser University
De Martino, Benedetto 2009 Neuroscience Wellcome Trust Centre, University College London Senior Lecturer in Cognitive Neuroscience and Decision Making Group Leader, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London; and Principal Investigator, Brain Decision Modeling Laboratory, University College London
Michelucci, Fabio 2009 Economics Researcher, Economics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Ca' Foscari University of Venice; Associate Professor with Tenure, Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education - Economics Institute
Beierholm, Ulrik 2008 Decision Theory and Neuroscience Postdoctoral Scholar, Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit, University College London Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Durham University; Member, Centre for Vision and Visual Cognition, Durham University; Fellow, 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 Associate Professor of Marketing and INSEAD's Octapharma Chair in Decision Neuroscience, 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, Rutgers University
Preuschoff, Kerstin 2007 Decision Theory and Neuroscience Senior Research Associate / Lecturer, University of Zurich Associate Professor, Geneva Finance Research Institute, University of Geneva;  Co-Founder, SciFilmIt
Tanaka, Saori 2007 Neuroscience Researcher, Department of Computational Biology, Advanced Telecomunnications Research (ATR) Brain Information Communication Research Lab Group Department Head, Department of Neural Computation for Decision-making, Advanced Telecomunnications Research (ATR); ATR Brain Information Communication Research Lab Group
Kim, Hackjin 2007 Psychology Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Korea University Professor, Department of Psychology, Korea University; Principal Investigator, Laboratory of Social and Decision Neuroscience
Tanaka, Tomomi 2007 Economics Visiting Research Fellow, University of Tokyo Senior Economist, World Bank
Valentin, Vivian 2007 Psychology Researcher, Neuroscience Research Institute, UC Santa Barbara Director of Programs, Mindful Heart Programs (Non-Profit)
Castelli, Fulvia 2007 Psychology Unknown Associate Professor, Department of Humanities, University of Pavia
Wang, Tao Yi 2007 Economics Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, National Taiwan University John O. Ledyard Endowed Chair Professor of Experimental Economics, and Distinguished Professor, Department of Economics, National Taiwan University
O'Leary, Christopher 2005 Anthropology Unknown Deceased