Mission
Professors for the Future is a competitive, leadership and professional development fellowship that fulfills and uplifts Graduate Studies’ mission to cultivate the best learning experiences for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars at UC Davis.
Our Current Fellows
Each year GradPathways Institute for Professional Development selects a cohort of about 15 doctoral students and postdoctoral scholars to become the next class of PFTF fellows. Our fellows are selected through a competitive process based on a student's demonstrated commitment to professionalism, integrity and academic service.
Meet this year’s class of PFTF’s Fellows
Josephine Ampofo
Food Science and Technology
Sudikshya Bhandari
Geography Graduate Group & Human Ecology
Daniel Castaneda
History
Maggie Creamer
Animal Behavior
Fernanda F G Dias
Food Science and Technology
Erika Estrada
Food Science and Technology
Leora Goldbloom-Helzner
Biomedical Engineering
Noely Gonzalez-Maldonado
Soils and Biogeochemistry
Jasmin Green
Ecology
Eli Moore
Applied Mathematics
Abby Niesen
Biomedical Engineering
Jill Oberski
Entomology
Travis Parker
Plant Sciences
Sydney Wood
Psychology
Elaine Young
Earth and Planetary Sciences
Our Leadership
Teresa Dillinger
Co-Director, PFTF
Director, GradPathways Institute for Professional Development
tldillinger@ucdavis.edu
Ellen Hartigan-O’Connor
Co-Director, PFTF
Associate Dean for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars
eoconnor@ucdavis.edu
Chris Chan
Administrative Assistant
GradPathways Institute for Professional Development
(530) 754-3041
gluchan@ucdavis.edu