Schmidt AI in Science Mentors
2025 Postdoctoral Cohort Mentors
AI Mentors
Camille Avestruz
Assistant Professor, Physics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Joyce Chai
Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering
Jiasi Chen
Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering
August (Gus) Evrard
Professor, Physics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Danny Forger
Professor, Mathematics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Bryan R. Goldsmith
Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering
Alex Gorodetsky
Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering
Xun Huan
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering
Ambuj Tewari
Professor, Statistics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Lei Ying
Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering
Kai Zhu
Associate Professor, Environment and Sustainability, School for Environment and Sustainability
Science Mentors
Omar Jamil Ahmed
Assistant Professor, Psychology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Patricia Alves-Oliveira
Assistant Professor, Robotics, College of Engineering
Saif Benjaafar
Professor, Industrial and Operations Engineering, College of Engineering
Charles Brooks
Professor, Chemistry, College of Literature, Science and the Arts
Vladimir Dvorkin
Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering
Vikram Gavini
Professor, Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering
Oleg Gnedin
Professor, Astronomy, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Anne McNeil
Professor, Chemistry, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Brendon Watson
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, Medical School
2024 Postdoctoral Cohort Mentors
AI Mentors
Elizabeth Bondi-Kelly
Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering
Yang Chen
Assistant Professor, Statistics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Alfred Hero
Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering
Kayvan Najarian
Professor, Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, Medical School
Samet Oymak
Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering
Alexander Rodríguez
Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering
Vijay Subramanian
Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering
Jonathan Terhorst
Assistant Professor, Statistics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Xinyu Wang
Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering
Ji Zhu
Professor, Statistics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Science Mentors
Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti
Associate Research Scientist, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, College of Engineering
Gideon Bradburd
Assistant Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Lia Corrales
Assistant Professor, Astronomy, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
William Currie
Professor, Environment and Sustainability, School for Environment and Sustainability
Brian Kiedrowski
Associate Professor, Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, College of Engineering
Aaron A. King
Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Sabine Loos
Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering
Venkat Viswanathan
Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering
Yafeng Yin
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering
2023 Postdoctoral Cohort Mentors
AI Mentors
Camille Avestruz
Assistant Professor, Physics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Yang Chen
Assistant Professor, Statistics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
David Fouhey
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering
Bryan R. Goldsmith
Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering
Xun Huan
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering
Majdi Radaideh
Assistant Professor, Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, College of Engineering
Katie Skinner
Assistant Professor, Robotics, College of Engineering
Ambuj Tewari
Professor, Statistics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Yixin Wang
Assistant Professor, Statistics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Science Mentors
Mark Burns
Professor, Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering
Bryan R. Goldsmith
Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering
Brendan Kochunas
Assistant Professor, Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, College of Engineering
Hsing-Wen (Edward) Lin
Research Computer Specialist, Physics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Anne McNeil
Professor, Chemistry, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Sally Oey
Professor, Astronomy, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Dimitra Panagou
Associate Professor, Robotics, College of Engineering
Brian Weeks
Assistant Professor, Environment and Sustainability, School for Environment and Sustainability
Luis Zaman
Assistant Professor, Complex Systems, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Kai Zhu
Associate Professor, Environment and Sustainability, School for Environment and Sustainability
2022 Postdoctoral Cohort Mentors
AI Mentors
Ambuj Tewari
Professor, Statistics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Gongjun Xu
Assistant Professor, Statistics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Science Mentors
Hui Deng
Professor, Physics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Paul Zimmerman
Assistant Professor, Chemistry, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Former Schmidt Postdoctoral Mentors
Camille Avestruz
Assistant Professor, Physics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Eunshin Byon
Associate Professor, Industrial and Operations Engineering, College of Engineering
Neil Carter
Assistant Professor, Environment and Sustainability, School for Environment and Sustainability
Yang Chen
Assistant Professor, Statistics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Jeff Fessler
Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering
Yuanfang Guan
Professor, Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, Medical School
Xun Huan
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering
Sean Johnson
Assistant Professor, Astronomy, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Nicholas Kotov
Professor, Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering
P.C. Ku
Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering
Sabine Loos
Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering
Qing Qu
Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering
Dan Rabosky
Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Venkat Raman
Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering
Sabina Tomkins
Assistant Professor, Information, School of Information
Derek Van Berkel
Assistant Professor, Environment and Sustainability, School for Environment and Sustainability
Lu Wang
Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering
Schmidt African Faculty Hosts
2025 African Faculty Fellows’ Hosts
Tayo Fabusuyi
Assistant Research Scientist, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute
Bryan R. Goldsmith
Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering
Dani Jones
Associate Research Scientist, Data Science and Modeling, School for Environment and Sustainability
Mark Moldwin
Professor, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, College of Engineering
Michigan Data Science Mentors
2024 Michigan Data Science Mentors
Amy Cohn
Professor, Industrial and Operations Engineering, College of Engineering
Anhong Guo
Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering
David Jurgens
Associate Professor, Information, School of Information
Mariel Lavieri
Associate Professor, Industrial and Operations Engineering, College of Engineering
Lu Wang
Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering