Information for International Scholars

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• Required J-1 Visa Documentation List

Current and Past BSE Visiting Scholars and Faculty

2024

VISITOR	TITLE	COUNTRY	INVITING BSE FACULTY
Alliah De Guzman Marilyne Farhat Manon Bechikhi Mireia Mora I Sanjuan	Visiting Scholar Visiting Scholar Visiting Scholar Visiting Scholar	Philippines France France Spain	Manuel Garcia-Perez
Nisit Pukrongta	Visiting Scholar	Thailand	Lav Khot
Shuang Zhang Yash Shah	Visiting Scholar Visiting Scholar	China	Juming Tang

2023

VISITOR	TITLE	COUNTRY	INVITING BSE FACULTY
Loredana Dumitrascu	Visiting Faculty	Romania	Gustavo Barbosa-Canovas
Eid Alsbou Robert Jose Macias Naranjo Raiza Johanna Manirique Waldo	Visiting Faculty Visiting Scholar Visiting Scientist	Jordan Columbia Columbia	Manuel Garcia-Perez
Salik Khanal	Visiting Scholar	Portugal	Manoj Karkee
Nisit Pukrongta	Visiting Scholar	Thailand	Lav Khot
Tayyaba Alvi Sweta Rai Ali Tahir Burcu Tenderis Aliza Zulfiqar	Visiting Scholar Visiting Faculty Visiting Scientist Visiting Faculty Visiting Scientist	Pakistan India Pakistan Turkey Pakistan	Shyam Sablani
Diego Fernando Restrepo Holguin	Visiting Scientist	Columbia	Sindhuja Sankaran
Shuang Zhang	Visiting Scholar	China	Juming Tang

2022

VISITOR	TITLE	COUNTRY	INVITING BSE FACULTY
Loredana Dumitrascu	Visiting Faculty	Romania	Gustavo Barbosa-Canovas
Mohamed Hechmi Aissaoui Eid Alsbou Bikram Borkotoki John Vincent Nate Carlos David Martinez Smit Raiza Johanna Manirique Waldo	Visiting Faculty Visiting Faculty Visiting Faculty Visiting Scientist Visiting Scholar Visiting Scientist	France Jordan India Philippines Columbia Columbia	Manuel Garcia-Perez
Anthony James C. Bautista Salik Khanal	Visiting Faculty Visiting Scholar	Philippines Portugal	Manoj Karkee
Tayyaba Alvi Manisha Behera Misbah Murid Burcu Tenderis Sweta Rai	Visting Scholar Visiting Scholar Visiting Scholar Visiting Faculty Visiting Faculty	Pakistan India Pakistan Turkey India	Shyam Sablani
Eduardo F. Carlos	Visiting Faculty	Brazil	Sindhuja Sankaran
Sunil Kadam	Visiting Faculty	India	Claudio Stockle
Shuang Zhang	Visiting Scholar	China	Juming Tang

2021

VISITOR	TITLE	COUNTRY	INVITING BSE FACULTY
John Vincent Nate Carlos David Martinez Smit Raiza Johanna Manirique Waldo	Visiting Scientist Visiting Scholar Visiting Scientist	Philippines Columbia Columbia	Manuel Garcia-Perez
Misbah Murid	Visiting Scholar	Pakistan	Shyam Sablani
Eduardo F. Carlos	Visiting Faculty	Brazil	Sindhuja Sankaran
Sunil Kadam	Visiting Faculty	India	Claudio Stockle
Shuang Zhang	Visiting Scholar	China	Juming Tang

2020

VISITOR	TITLE	COUNTRY	INVITING BSE FACULTY
Martin Palazzolo	Visiting Faculty	Argentina	Manuel Garcia-Perez
Wanrong Gu Shiv Kumar Lohan	Visiting Scholar Visiting Scholar	India China	Manoj Karkee
Xiaoming Chen Bin Wang	Visiting Scholar Visiting Scholar	China China	Lav Khot
Erguang Huo Yunfeng Zhao	Visiting Scholar Visiting Scholar	China China	Hanwu Lei
Vinicius Franckin	Visiting Scholar	Brazil	Shyam Sablani
Sunil Kadam Patricio Sandana	Visiting Faculty Visiting Faculty	Chile India	Claudio Stockle
Teng Cheng Lina Wei Shuang Zhang	Visiting Scholar Visiting Faculty Visiting Scholar	China China China	Juming Tang

2019

VISITOR	TITLE	COUNTRY	INVITING BSE FACULTY
Frederik Juhl Pedersen	Visiting Scholar	Denmark	Birgitte Ahring
Beatriz Franco Goncalvez Manolya Oner	Visiting Scholar Visiting Faculty	Brazil Turkey	Gustavo Barbosa-Cánovas
Baosheng Ge Yanfang Zhang	Visiting Scholar Visiting Faculty	China China	Shulin Chen
Erika Bartolomei Hongliang Cao Rupam Kataki	Visiting Faculty Visiting Faculty Visiting Scholar	China India Italy	Manuel Garcia-Perez
Wanrong Gu	Visiting Faculty	China	Manoj Karkee
Bin Wang	Visiting Scholar	China	Lav Khot
Erguang Huo Yunfeng Zhao	Visiting Faculty Visiting Scholar	China China	Hanwu Lei
Coulibaly Seydou	Visiting Faculty	Ivory Coast	Pius Ndegwa
Hamada Baheiry	Visiting Scholar	Egypt	Troy R. Peters
Juan Jose Quiros Vargas	Visiting Scholar	Costa Rica	Sindhuja Sankaran
Victor Garcia Gutierrez Maria Carmen Gimenez-Padilla Eduardo Ramos-Real	Visiting Scholar Visiting Faculty Visiting Faculty	Chile Spain Spain	Claudio Stockle
Teng Cheng Jianwu Dai Lina Wei	Visiting Faculty Visiting Faculty Visiting Scholar	China China China	Juming Tang
Xiaoyu Wu	Visiting Scholar	China	Bin Yang

2018

VISITOR	TITLE	COUNTRY	INVITING BSE FACULTY
Frederik Juhl Pedersen	Visiting Scholar	Denmark	Birgitte Ahring
Leticia Aline Goncalves Mariana Granado	Visiting Scholar Visiting Scientist	Brazil Brazil	Gustavo Barbosa-Cánovas
Yanfang Zhang Zhiyou Zong Sasa Zuo	Visiting Scholar Visiting Faculty Visiting Scholar	China China China	Shulin Chen
Hongliang Cao Martin Carbajal Gamarra Roberto Garcia-Esquivel Nadia Ruiz-Gomez Erendira Valencia-Aviles	Visiting Faculty Visiting Scholar Visiting Scholar Visiting Faculty Visiting Scholar	China Mexico Mexico Brazil Spain	Manuel Garcia-Perez
Li Dai Cai Kun Hongjie Liu	Visiting Faculty Visiting Scholar Visiting Scholar	China China China	Manoj Karkee
Qiu Fang Dai Haiou Guan Guobin Shi	Visiting Scholar Visiting Scholar Visiting Faculty	China China China	Lav Khot
Dengle Duan Yunfeng Zhao	Visiting Faculty Visiting Scholar	China China	Hanwu Lei
Coulibaly Sifolo Seydou	Visiting Faculty	Ivory Coast	Pius Ndegwa
Carolina Paccola	Visiting Scholar	Brazil	Shyam Sablani
Juan Jose Quiros Vargas	Visiting Scholar	Costa Rica	Sindhuja Sankaran
Carmen Gimenez Eduardo Ramos-Real	Visiting Faculty Visiting Faculty	Spain Spain	Claudio Stockle
Jianwu Dai Shen Fei	Visiting Scholar Visiting Scholar	China China	Juming Tang
Xiaoyu Wu	Visiting Scholar	China	Bin Yang

2017

VISITOR	TITLE	COUNTRY	INVITING BSE FACULTY
Rosa Ortiz Basurto Camille Boulet Claudia Garcia-Betanzos Mariana Granado Chenli Zhou	Visiting Faculty Visiting Faculty Visiting Scholar Visiting Scholar Visiting Scholar	China Mexico Mexico France Brazil	Gustavo Barbosa-Cánovas
Ya Xin Zhiyou Zong Sasa Zuo	Visiting Scholar Visiting Scholar Visiting Scholar	China China China	Shulin Chen
Martin Carbajal Gamarra Roberto Garcia-Esquivel Nadia Ruiz-Gomez Erendira Valencia-Aviles	Visiting Scholar Visiting Scholar Visiting Scholar Visiting Faculty	Spain Mexico Mexico Brazil	Manuel Garcia-Perez
Li Dai Cai Kun Hongxing Peng Hongjie Liu	Visiting Faculty Visiting Scholar Visiting Faculty Visiting Scholar	China China China China	Manoj Karkee
Qiu Fang Dai Haiou Guan Guobin Shi	Visiting Scholar Visiting Scholar Visiting Faculty	China China China	Lav Khot
Dengle Duan Sheila Marie Villota	Visiting Scholar Visiting Scholar	Philippines China	Hanwu Lei
Behnaz Molaei	Visiting Scholar	Iran	R. Troy Peters
Renata Queiroz Bezerra Carolina Paccola Jin-Hong Zhao Ting Zhou	Visiting Faculty Visiting Scholar Visiting Faculty Visiting Scholar	China Brazil China Brazil	Shyam Sablani
Xiaodan Ma	Visiting Scholar	China	Sindhuja Sankaran
Maria Carmen Gimenez-Padilla Umara Qadeer Eduardo Ramos Real	Visiting Scholar Visiting Faculty Visiting Faculty	Pakistan Spain Spain	Claudio Stockle
Shen Fei	Visiting Scholar	China	Juming Tang

2016

VISITOR	TITLE	COUNTRY	INVITING BSE FACULTY
Rosa Ortiz Basurto Dirlei Kieling Ilce Medina Meza Taise Toniazzo Chenli Zhou	Visiting Faculty Visiting Faculty Visiting Scholar Visiting Faculty Visiting Faculty	Mexico Brazil Brazil China Mexico	Gustavo Barbosa-Cánovas
Limei Chen Demao Li Yuqin Li Chenfeng Liu Dianlong Wang Ya Xin	Visiting Faculty Visiting Scholar Visiting Faculty Visiting Faculty Visiting Scholar Visiting Scholar	China China China China China China	Shulin Chen
Chi-Tran Cong	Visiting Scholar	Canada	Manuel Garcia-Perez
Supod Kaewkorn Hongxing Peng Lijun Wang	Visiting Faculty Visiting Faculty Visiting Faculty	Thailand China China	Manoj Karkee
Juan Quiros Anura Rathnayake	Visiting Scholar Visiting Faculty	Brazil Sri Lanka	Lav Khot
Aujcharaporn Fakhara Khanum Alejandra Mencia Pongpichaiudom Jin-Hong Zhao Ting Zhou	Visiting Scholar Visiting Scholar Visiting Scholar Visiting Scholar Visiting Faculty	Pakistan Costa Rica Thailand China China	Shyam Sablani
Xiaodan Ma	Visiting Scholar	China	Sindhuja Sankaran
Maria Carmen Angela Castano Gimenez-Padilla Umara Qadeer Eduardo Ramos Real	Visiting Scholar Visiting Faculty Visiting Faculty Visiting Scholar	Columbia Spain Spain Pakistan	Claudio Stockle
Thammanoon Auksornsri Long Xie	Visiting Scholar Visiting Scholar	Thailand China	Juming Tang
Tianjiao Cheng	Visiting Faculty	China	Joan Wu
Aparna Ramchary	Visiting Scholar	India	Bin Yang

2015

VISITOR	TITLE	COUNTRY	INVITING BSE FACULTY
Cesar Femat-Castaneda Meza Jimenez Dirlei Kieling Andrea Lezama Maria de Lourdes Mesa Ilce Medina Meza Isabela Rodrigues Semanur Yildiz	Visiting Faculty Visiting Scholar Visiting Scholar Visiting Faculty Visiting Scholar Visiting Scholar Visiting Scholar	Mexico Mexico Turkey Brazil Mexico Brazil Mexico	Gustavo Barbosa-Cánovas
Ping Ai Lemei Chen Guilherme Goncalves de Godoy Abooli Golzary Demao Li Yuqin Li Chenfeng Liu Yonghong Meng Dianlong Wang Guokun Wang Yiqing Yao Hairong Yuan	Visiting Faculty Visiting Scholar Visiting Faculty Visiting Scholar Visiting Scholar Visiting Scholar Visiting Scholar Visiting Faculty Visiting Faculty Visiting Faculty Visiting Faculty Visiting Faculty	China Sweden China China China Brazil China China China China China China	Shulin Chen
Jorge Ivan Montoya Arbelaez Chi-Tran Cong	Visiting Scholar Visiting Scholar	Columbia Canada	Manuel Garcia-Perez
Gaili Gao Supod Kaewkorn Lijun Wang Hungmai Xia	Visiting Faculty Visiting Scholar Visiting Faculty Visiting Faculty	China Thailand China China	Manoj Karkee
Ming Li	Visiting Scholar	China	Lav Khot
Li Li	Visiting Faculty	China	Shyam Sablani
Honghong Gao Yongsheng Si	Visiting Faculty Visiting Faculty	China China	Sindhuja Sankaran
Muhammad Aqeel Aslam Maria Carmen Gimenez-Padilla Eduardo Ramos Real	Visiting Faculty Visiting Faculty Visiting Faculty	Pakistan Spain Spain	Claudio Stockle
Shaojin Wang Long Xie Xue-Dong Yao Qingping Zhong Zhihui Zhu	Visiting Faculty Visiting Scholar Visiting Faculty Visiting Faculty Visiting Faculty	China China China China China	Juming Tang
Tianjiao Cheng Jianzhong Sun	Visiting Faculty Visiting Faculty	China China	Joan Wu
Doachen Zhu	Visiting Scholar	China	Bin Yang

2014

VISITOR	TITLE	COUNTRY	INVITING BSE FACULTY
Hector Flores Camila Garcia Jange Andrea Lezama Ilce Medina Meza Maria Paciulli Garnica Romo Filippo Villani	Visiting Faculty Visiting Faculty Visiting Scholar Visiting Scholar Visiting Scholar Visiting Faculty Visiting Faculty	Mexico Mexico Brazil Mexico Italy Mexico Italy	Gustavo Barbosa-Cánovas
Ping Ai Abooli Golzary Quan Li Yonghong Meng Guokun Wang Hairong Yuan	Visiting Faculty Visiting Faculty Visiting Scholar Visiting Scholar Visiting Faculty Visiting Scholar	China China China China China Sweden	Shulin Chen
Pablo Arazo Lucia Botella Geraldo Ferreira David Gabriel Garcia Jonathan Pulgarin Leon Electo Eduardo Silva Lora Janet Sanchez Nancy Soto	Visiting Faculty Visiting Scholar Visiting Scholar Visiting Scholar Visiting Scholar Visiting Scholar Visiting Faculty Visiting Scholar	Spain Spain Brazil Mexico Mexico Brazil Columbia Columbia	Manuel Garcia-Perez
Ming Li	Visiting Scholar	China	Lav Khot
Josue Iglesias Pengqun Kuang Li Li	Visiting Faculty Visiting Scholar Visiting Scholar	China China Mexico	Shyam Sablani
Honghong Gao	Visiting Faculty	China	Sindhuja Sankaran
Maria Carmen Gimenez Padilla Eduardo Ramos	Visiting Faculty Visiting Faculty	Spain Spain	Claudio Stockle
Huojie Shi Xue-Dong Yao Qingping Zhong	Visiting Faculty Visiting Faculty Visiting Faculty	China China China	Juming Tang
Jianzhong Sun	Visiting Faculty	China	Joan Wu
Haisheng Pei Honglaing Wang Doachen Zhu	Visiting Scholar Visiting Faculty Visiting Faculty	China China China	Bin Yang