Chancellor’s Award for Postdoctoral Research – Award Recipients
Chancellor’s Award recipients from 1998 to present.
2023
- Nir Pillar, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Kendra Calhoun, Anthropology
- Daniel Moriarity, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
- Lejla Medzikovic, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
- Yijie Wang, Cardiology
- Rudy Mondragon, Institute for Research on Labor and Employment
- Srivatsav Kunnawalkam Elayavalli, Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics
- Yun-Tao Liu, California NanoSystems Institute
2022
- Elisa Baek, Psychology
- Lorenzo Boninsegna, Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics
- Xiangyang Chen, Chemistry & Biochemistry
- Yao He, Chemistry & Biochemistry
- Man Hua, Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
- Yu Miao, Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Guido Roberts-Borsani, Physics & Astronomy
- Xian Xia, Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics
2020/2021
- Adeyemi Adebiyi, Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
- Katherine Chen, Medicine
- Graciel Diamante, Integrative Biology & Physiology
- Lucia Fernandez del Rio, Chemistry & Biochemistry
- Alexa Sadier, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
- Matthias Stangl, Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences
- Christina Termini, Orthopedic Surgery
- Casey Wong, Anthropology
- Chi-An Yeh, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
- Shu Zhang, Physics & Astronomy
- Zipeng Zhao, Materials Science & Engineering
2019
- Zhe Chen, Computer Science
- Joan Christodoulou, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior
- Jessica Holmes, Musicology
- Erica Hornstein, Psychology
- Zhaoyang Lin, Chemistry and Biology
- Kelly Rentscher, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
- Gregoire Ruffenach, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
- Bao Wang, Mathematics
2018
- Zahra Aghajan, Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences
- Duyoung Min, Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Kimberly Paul, Epidemiology
- Calin Plesa, Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Breanna Putman, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- Yair Rivenson, Electrical and Computer Engineering
2017
- Zeyan Liew – Epidemiology
- Joseph F. McGuire – Psychiatry
- Kang Yang – Geography
- Yongsoo Yang – Physics and Astronomy
2015
- Alexander Afanasyev – Computer Science
- Mieke Eeckhaut – California Center for Population Research
- Peng Ge – Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics
- Colin Yu-Hong Lam – Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Dong-Keun Lee – Oral Biology and Medicine
- Benjamin A. Tabak – Psychology
2014
- Mohammad H. Asghari – Electrical Engineering
- Colin Holbrook – Anthropology and Center for Behavior, Evolution, and Culture
- Emmanuel Bruno Jean-Francois – French & Francophone Studies
- Yong Liang – Chemistry & Biochemistry
- Tanya Stoyanova – Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics
- Xiaoping Tong – Neurobiology
- Nicole Valenzuela – Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
- Carmen Warren – Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology
- Huanping Zhou – Materials Science and Engineering
2013
- Aram Chung – Bioengineering
- Eric Diebold – Electrical Engineering
- Jennifer Hahn-Holbrook – Psychology and the Institute for Society & Genetics
- Jiansen Jang – Chemistry & Biochemistry (joint award)
- Paul Mathews – Neurobiology
- Edward Miracco – Chemistry & Biochemistry (joint award)
- Florence Roussotte – Neurology
- Craig Schroeder – Mathematics
2012
- Buhm Han – Computer Science
- Wanjun Jiang – Electrical Engineering
- Peng Liu – Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Mirjam Schenk – Dermatology
- Hilke Schlichting – Earth and Space Science
- David T. Uminsky – Mathematics
2011
- Waheb Bishara – Electrical Engineering
- Shelley Claridge – CNSI
- Sarah Franklin – Anesthesiology
- Xue Hua – Neurology
- Kate Wolitzky-Taylor – Psychology
2010
- Laura B. Allen – Pediatrics, Anesthesiology, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
- Arthur E. Bragg – Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Youngjae Chun – Mechanical & Aerospace Eng.
- Keisuke Goda – Electrical Engineering
- Francisco Javier Sánchez – Human Genetics
- Elaine A. Sullivan – Near Eastern Languages & Cult.
2009
- Jesse L. Clark – Medicine
- Jerome Darbon – Mathematics
- Eileen Lueders – Neurology
- Sungkyu Seo – Electrical Engineering
- Rupa Sridharan – Biological Chemistry
2008
- Grégoire Courtine – Physiological Science
- Tracy R. Daniels – Surgery-Oncology
- Nate Kornell – Psychology
- Claude Legault – Chemistry & Biochemistry
- Philip T. Liu – Dermatology
- Daniel Roy Solli – Electrical Engineering
2007
- Naomi Eisenberger – Psychoneuroimmunology
- Sasan Fathpour – Electrical Engineering
- Jens Groth – Computer Science
- Riki Kawaguchi – Physiology
- Xiaoyu Zhang – Molec, Cell, & Developmental Biology
2006
- Adam Aron – Psychology
- Thomas Cubaud – Chemistry & Biochemistry
- Endawoke Kassie – IGPP
- Gang Li – Materials Science & Engineering
- Weidong Li – Neurobiology
2005
- Eileen Anderson-Fye – Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sci.
- Ozdal Boyraz – Electrical Engineering
- Daniel Cremers – Computer Science
- Kathrin Michelsen – Human & Molecular Development
- Aaron Wheeler – Chemistry & Biochemistry
2004
- Jovica Badjic – Chemistry & Biochemistry
- Iosif Bena – Physics & Astronomy
- Christophe Caloz – Electrical Engineering
- Alex Evilevitch – Chemistry & Biochemistry
- Madeleine Fitzgerald – Near Eastern Languages & Cult.
2003
- Lorraine Evangelista – Nursing
- Siavash Kurdistani – Biological Chemistry
- Maryann Sartippour – Surgery
- David Sherman – Psychology
- Hsian-Rong Tseng – Chemistry & Biochemistry
2002
- Hooman Allayee – Human Genetics
- Benille Emmanuel – Art History
- Robert Kurzban – Anthropology
- Ignacio Martini – Chemistry & Biochemistry
- Matt Mason – Physiological Science
- Lisa Smith – Epidemiology
2001
- Farin Amersi – Surgery
- Charles P. Collier – Chemistry & Biochemistry
- Enrico Marcelli – Lewis Cntr for Regional Policy Studies
- Peter Newman – Sociology
- Sukru Ozturk – Chemical Engineering
- Thomas Thannickal – Psychiatry
- Yan Alexander Wang – Chemistry & Biochemistry
- Alicia Weinberger – Physics & Astronomy
2000
- Frederick Alain – Chemistry & Biochemistry
- Michael Bartberger – Chemistry & Biochemistry
- Anthony Heaney – Endocrinology
- William Moore – Earth & Space Sciences
- Zoltan Nusser – Neurology
1998
- Shannon Daley – Psychology
- Beth Welty Dreyfuss – Chemistry & Biochemistry
- Lian Li – Chemical Engineering
- Francisco Raymo – Chemistry & Biochemistry
- Zhi-Ming Shao – Pathology & Laboratory Medicine