Mellon Environmental Postdoctoral Program
The Mellon Environmental Post-Doctoral Scholars (MEPS) program supports the annual hire of one post-doctoral-scholar (for a 2-year term) to support teaching, research, and advising in the Environmental Science & Policy (ENSP) program. The post-doctoral scholar is co-advised by two faculty members from different departments and works on a research project that bridges traditional disciplinary divides, in addition to offering a total of two courses in their disciplinary area and organizing the Spring ENSP 250 seminar series. The scholar’s home department- and thus field of expertise- rotates annually among the areas (Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, and Humanities). The MEPS program was initiated by a 2007 grant to the College that also provided start-up funding for the Center for Geospatial Analysis, in addition to funding for MEPS.
Postdoctoral Program Previous Participants and Career Outcomes |
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Name |
Program Years |
Current Status |
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Dr. Yuehan Lu
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2008 - 2010 |
Tenured associate Professor at University of Alabama; ~20 publications since her time as Mellon post-doc, including 4 with W&M mentors. Teacher/scholar in environmental geochemistry. |
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Dr. Christopher Marcoux
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2009 – 2011 |
Former Assistant Prof of Political Science at DePauw University; now Director of Analytics at Virginia Commonwealth University |
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Dr. Jes Therkelsen
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2010 - 2012 |
Tenured Associate Professor of Media, Communications and Journalism, Fresno State. Won Cal-State Fresno Provost’s Award for Promising New Faculty 2015. |
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Dr. Matt Saxton
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2011 - 2013 |
At University of Georgia as Managing Director for the ECOGIG project to track the impacts of the Deepwater Horizon spill on the biogeochemistry of the Gulf of Mexico. 2019 Update: now an Assistant Professor in Biology at Miami University, FL |
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Dr. Marco Millones
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2012 - 2014 |
Associate Professor of Geography at University of Mary Washington. |
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Dr. Dorothy Ibes
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2013 - 2015 |
Now a Senior Lecturer in the ENSP Department and at the Center for Geospatial Analysis at W&M |
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Dr. Dana Moseley
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2014 - 2016 |
Assistant professor of Biology, tenure track position at James Madison University. |
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Dr. Mark Cooper
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2015 - 2017 |
Assistant professor, tenure track position in Human Ecology at UC-Davis. |
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Dr. Alan Roe
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2016 - 2018 |
Visiting Assistant Professor at West Virginia University |
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Dr. Jack Boyle |
2017 - 2019 |
Post-Doctoral Fellow in Biology at Georgetown University |
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Dr. Yana Jin |
2018-2020 |
Economist Fellow at the office of chief economist at the Environmental Defense Fund, in New York |
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Dr. Abigail Buffington |
2020-2022 |
Visiting Assistant Professor at W&M |
