University of California, Irvine | Fulbright Scholar Program

Non-U.S. Scholars

Each year roughly 850 faculty and professionals from around the world receive Fulbright Scholar awards for advanced research and university lecturing in the United States. Individual awards are available to scholars from over 100 countries.

Non-U.S. Scholars

U.S. Institutions

U.S. Higher Education institutions are instrumental to the success of the Fulbright mission. They are key allies in advancing the goal of sharing knowledge across communities, promoting mutual understanding across nations and improving lives around the world.

U.S. Institutions

Country

United States

State

California

City

Irvine

Institution IPED

110653

Liaison(s)

Andrea Bell

Title

Strategic Program Director

andreapb@uci.edu

U.S. Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institution	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years	Program
Kai Wehmeier	University of California, Irvine	University of Lorraine	Philosophy	France	2025-2026	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program

Visiting Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institutions	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years	Program
Cleonice Alves de Melo Bento	Federal University of State of Rio de Janeiro	University of California, Irvine	Biology	Brazil	2013-2014	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Fernando Uriel Merwaiss	Institute for Biotechnology Research	University of California, Irvine	Biology	Argentina	2016-2017	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Chang Hee Kim	Yonsei University	University of California, Irvine	Literature	South Korea	2019-2020	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Suparna Das	Jadavpur University	University of California, Irvine	Materials Science	India	2019-2020	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Ha Yurl Kim	Korea University	University of California, Irvine	Law	South Korea	2017-2018	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Dire David Tladi	University of Pretoria	University of California, Irvine	Law	South Africa	2018-2019	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Jin Jae Yoo	The Office for Government Policy Coordination	University of California, Irvine	Law	South Korea	2019-2020	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Denise Leon de Soberon	School of Philosophy, Literature and Language	Middlebury College , University of California, Irvine	Literature	Argentina	2011-2012	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Kathy Ann Tan Le Yin	University of Tuebingen	University of California, Irvine	Literature	Germany	2015-2016	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Jae Eun Yoo	Hanyang University	University of California, Irvine	Literature	South Korea	2017-2018	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Julia Rischbieter	Humboldt University of Berlin	University of California, Irvine	History	Germany	2010-2011	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
	University of Montreal	University of California, Irvine	Political Science	Canada	2010-2011	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Lukas Linek	Czech Academy of Sciences	University of California, Irvine	Political Science	Czech Republic	2012-2013	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Seon Wook Kim	Soongsil University	University of California, Irvine	Philosophy	South Korea	2017-2018	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Philippe Gordon Garneau Lynes	Concordia University	University of California, Irvine	Philosophy	Canada	2017-2018	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Adam Michal Dyrda	Jagiellonian University	University of California, Irvine	Philosophy	Poland	2019-2020	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Felicity Susan McCormack	University of Tasmania	University of California, Irvine	Physical Sciences	Australia	2018-2019	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Hugo Ferrari	National Commission of Atomic Energy (CNEA) - CONICET	University of California, Irvine	Physics	Argentina	2014-2015	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Farouk Nouizi	University of Strasbourg	University of California, Irvine	Medical Sciences	France	2012-2013	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Inga Saknite	Institute of Atomic Physics and Spectros	University of California, Irvine	Physics	Latvia	2016-2017	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program