Dimitrios Simatos is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan. The broad aim of his research is to use artificial intelligence to accelerate the design, fabrication, and characterization of novel materials and devices. Rather than relying exclusively on conventional, manually conducted research and development, he works with … Read more
Hengxing Zou received his PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology in 2024 from Rice University. As a global change ecologist, Hengxing is interested in how the change in species distribution over space and time affects species interaction. Using survey data of bird populations, he works on how spatial range shifts over half a century may … Read more
Heonuk Ha studies the political and socio-economic drivers of AI adoption—particularly in the public sector—the societal impacts of AI, and the use of AI algorithms as methodological tools in social science research. His work spans both global and domestic contexts, including federal, state, and local governments.
Seonyoung (Shannon) Park is an environmental epidemiologist dedicated to understanding how multiple classes of environmental and social stressors jointly influence women’s and children’s health. Her research leverages advanced data science methodologies to integrate and analyze high-dimensional data streams, enabling a more comprehensive understanding of complex exposure–health relationships. In her upcoming work, she will apply a … Read more
Shengxi Gui is a remote sensing ecologist and postdoctoral researcher at the University of Michigan’s School for Environment and Sustainability. His work uses satellite imagery, LiDAR, and machine learning models to ask how forests capture and keep carbon in a warming world. By tracking post fire recovery, biomass change, and supply chain flows, he links forest … Read more
Zhiwei Wang is a civil engineer whose research focuses on enhancing the resilience of infrastructure systems against natural hazards by utilizing generative artificial intelligence (AI). His work aims to address critical challenges in assessing and managing risks to bridges, buildings, and transportation networks, particularly in the face of increasingly severe events such as earthquakes, hurricanes, … Read more
Calder Sheagren received their S.B. in Mathematics with Honors from the University of Chicago and Ph.D in Medical Biophysics from the University of Toronto. Calder moved to the University of Michigan in 2025 to begin their postdoctoral research in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the heart, including quantitative magnetic resonance fingerprinting (MRF). Calder’s research interests … Read more
I am Chang Wang, a postdoctoral research fellow at the Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise, a joint program of the Ross School of Business and the School for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. My research interests lie in the field of environmental economics, industrial economics, and Chinese economy, utilizing … Read more
Dr. Fiona Molloy is a computational cognitive neuroscience whose leverages computational models to better understand individual differences in the human brain and behavior. Her main area of focus is the neurocognitive mechanisms underlying addiction, which she studies using neuroimaging (primarily functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI) and decision-making tasks from psychology. She is particularly interested … Read more