The University of Texas at Austin Graduate School

The University of Texas at Austin Graduate School Established in 1910, the Graduate School enrolls students in more than 100 fields of study.

Established in 1910, the Graduate School at The University of Texas at Austin oversees nearly 12,100 students enrolled in over 115 fields of study. The Graduate School is dedicated to excellence in research and champions the values of learning, innovation and creativity throughout the graduate and postdoctoral student experience.

Calling all Community Organizations! CONNECT is now accepting project proposals for our Fall 2026 Cohort.Do you have a d...
06/22/2026

Calling all Community Organizations! CONNECT is now accepting project proposals for our Fall 2026 Cohort.

Do you have a data, research, or evaluation project you need help with? CONNECT is here to help! CONNECT matches UT masters and PhD students and postdoctoral scholars with community organizations to complete data, research and program evaluation projects. Organizations that join CONNECT gain meaningful insights into their, a deeper understanding of their client and community and achieve their desired social impact.

Join our upcoming virtual information session on Monday, June 29 from 11 a.m.-noon., to learn more about CONNECT, discover how the program can benefit you and get inspired by past projects.

Congratulations to the 2026 Cohort of Early Career Postdoctoral Scholars! This year, 26 postdoctoral scholars across 16 ...
06/03/2026

Congratulations to the 2026 Cohort of Early Career Postdoctoral Scholars!

This year, 26 postdoctoral scholars across 16 academic disciplines will join the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs for a comprehensive training program to build a strong professional network of future academics, develop healthy mentoring relationships and gain a better understanding of an academic career.

Read the full list of fellows at the link in our bio!

Congratulations to the pilot cohort of 18 postdoctoral scholars who completed the inaugural Postdoctoral Teaching Academ...
06/01/2026

Congratulations to the pilot cohort of 18 postdoctoral scholars who completed the inaugural Postdoctoral Teaching Academy in 2025-2026! Certificates were presented at a lunch on Wednesday, May 14, 2026.

The program enables highly motivated postdoctoral scholars to build their knowledge and confidence around evidence-based teaching practices through monthly workshops, and culminates in scholars delivering a guest lecture.

You can read more about the Postdoctoral Teaching Academy at the link in our bio!

Join the Office of Career and Life Design for a virtual workshop - Consulting for Social Impact on Thursday, June 4, noo...
05/27/2026

Join the Office of Career and Life Design for a virtual workshop - Consulting for Social Impact on Thursday, June 4, noon-1 p.m.

Get tips from expert and UT alum Jaclyn Le, work through common consulting challenges, and build skills essential for a career in consulting.

More information and register here: https://utexas.12twenty.com/events/30006101357152

During his postdoctoral fellowship at the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences Center for Computati...
05/26/2026

During his postdoctoral fellowship at the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences Center for Computational Oncology, Guillermo Lorenzo contributed to research that was awarded a 2026 President’s Research Impact Award. Lorenzo is now a Ramon y Cajal fellow at the University of A Coruña in Spain.

“The Ramon y Cajal fellowships are the most prestigious contracts for young established researchers from the Spanish Ministry of Science,” Lorenzo said. “I lead a team of researchers working in computational oncology within a larger research group devoted to numerical methods in engineering.”

Lorenzo is a tenure-track senior researcher in the computational modeling of cancer growth, specifically prostate cancer and breast cancer, to improve treatment response. During his postdoctoral appointment at UT, he had the opportunity to broaden his international research network, supervise graduate students and lead his own projects, with the support of his faculty mentor.

“Dr. Yankeelov supported me in establishing new collaborations within and outside UT to expand my research portfolio and contact network,” Lorenzo said. “He helped me build the CV I needed to successfully land a faculty contract back in Spain, by allowing me to supervise students and lead small projects leading to senior author publications.”

In 2026, Lorenzo received a highly competitive Starting Grant from the European Research Council to support his research team through 2031.

“As I was approaching the end of my PhD, I knew I wanted to stay in academia training the next generation of researchers,” Lorenzo said. “My postdoc period was key to expanding my research background, establishing robust contacts with collaborators, and developing key communications, management and supervising skills.”

Before Chengyue Wu became a tenure-tracked Assistant Professor in the Department of Imaging Physics at MD Anderson Cance...
05/22/2026

Before Chengyue Wu became a tenure-tracked Assistant Professor in the Department of Imaging Physics at MD Anderson Cancer Center, she was a postdoctoral fellow at the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences. The research she pursued in the Center for Computational Oncology recently received a 2026 President’s Research Impact Award.

“The mission of the Center is to build advanced image analysis methods and image-based modeling techniques to improve cancer diagnosis and response prediction,” Wu said. “During my postdoc, I broadened my research focus from cancer characterization to treatment guidance, applying advanced computational techniques to optimize treatment in various cancer types.”

Wu’s research integrates emerging biomedical imaging techniques with computational modeling, to improve the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of human cancers. She currently serves as the Sub-Category Chair for Computational Modeling/AI in Imaging in New Alternative Methods (iNAMs) for the World Molecular Imaging Congress 2026.

“Training at such a premier computational science environment enabled me to establish valuable collaborations,” Wu said. “During my postdoc, Thomas Yankeelov was an amazing mentor, always providing opportunities to trainees such as giving talks at conferences and workshops, collaborations with internal and external experts, and career development activities within and across the communities.”

In 2025, Wu received funding from the Innovation in Cancer Informatics (ICI) Foundation and was awarded an CPRIT Individual Investigator Research Award for Computational Systems Biology of Cancer as the PI.

“The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs helped me explore funding and fellowship opportunities and provided example materials and advice for my faculty position application,” Wu said. “The connection with peer researchers through the programming was extremely valuable.”

As an inaugural Texas Quantum Institute postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Physics, Frank Gao recently co-authored...
05/20/2026

As an inaugural Texas Quantum Institute postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Physics, Frank Gao recently co-authored a groundbreaking paper on ultrafast magnetism with Assistant Professor Edoardo Baldini, which was awarded the 2026 Research Paper Excellence Award.

“I am deeply passionate about science, research, and expanding the horizons of human knowledge for the betterment of society,” Gao said. “Quantum materials and ultrafast magnetism is a thriving research area, full of exciting potential for real-world applications.”

Gao has received speaking invitations from major conferences such as Ultrafast Phenomena and SPIE Ultrafast Phenomena and Nanophononics, and his research has been featured in publications in Nature, Nature Materials and Nature Physics.

“I saw the postdoctoral period as a crucial step toward becoming an independent researcher, leading my own group and carving out my own path as a scientist,” Gao said. “It provides a necessary bridge to help you develop the skills you need to start as a faculty member, from conducting research to writing grants to mentoring younger scientists.”

In June 2026, Gao will join the Department of Chemistry at UW-Madison as an Assistant Professor. His new group will focus on the advanced spectroscopy of quantum and energy materials.

“One of the most rewarding parts of my postdoc has been working closely with graduate students and undergraduates as they develop as scientists,” Gao said. “Mentoring has strengthened my own research not only by giving me the opportunity to work with talented graduate students, whose efforts were invaluable to our experimental results, but by forcing me to explain the broader significance of our work more clearly.”

A recent Ph.D. graduate in the School of Information, Angie Zhang is committed to ensuring the technologies shaping our ...
05/14/2026

A recent Ph.D. graduate in the School of Information, Angie Zhang is committed to ensuring the technologies shaping our world are designed with people at the center.

Zhang’s research focuses on human-computer interaction and human-AI interaction, with an emphasis on fair and participatory AI design. Her work challenges the “move fast and break things” mindset by centering the lived experiences of those most impacted by technology.

“Technology can have unintended consequences when it’s built without fully understanding the people it affects,” Zhang said.

Before pursuing her Ph.D., Zhang worked in technology consulting, where she began observing and learning how systems could lead to inequitable outcomes. That experience motivated her to shift toward a career where she could engage in research and teaching focused on ethical, human-centered design.

At UT, Zhang worked closely with her advisor, Dr. Min Kyung Lee, and found a strong, interdisciplinary community that supported her growth. As she navigated the job search process in her final year, she also gained confidence through mock interviews with the Office of Career and Life Design, where she received clear, actionable feedback.

“I walked away with a game plan and a stronger sense of what I could control,” Zhang said.

Zhang has accepted a position as a lecturer (i.e., assistant professor) at the University of Sydney School of Computer Science, where she will continue advancing more ethical and human-centered technology.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Graduate Research Fellowships and honorable mentions to dozens of UT u...
05/13/2026

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Graduate Research Fellowships and honorable mentions to dozens of UT undergraduate students, graduate students and recent alumni. This year, 51 UT-affiliated scholars received fellowships, with 22 being current graduate students. An additional 22 were awarded honorable mentions from the NSF, with 12 being current graduate students.

Read more: https://gradschool.utexas.edu/news/nsf-graduate-research-fellowships-awarded-51-ut-scholars-22-honorable-mentions

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