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Student Researcher Spotlight: Meet our students

Students are the heart of Beckman's research mission.

Student researchers at the Beckman Institute are creative, inventive, and inspirational. Collaborating with faculty members in all three research themes, their diverse perspectives nurture exciting ideas and drive barrier-breaking discoveries. Read more about them in our Student Researcher Spotlight feature.

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Students comprising the 2022 Beckman Institute Graduate Fellows cohort pose for a photo in front of the statue of Arnold O. Beckman in the institute's rotunda entrance.

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Beckman Institute announces 2022 fellowship, award recipients

May 17, 2022 by Jenna Kurtzweil

Eleven students have been selected to receive 2022 Beckman Institute fellowships and awards. The awards, which fund interdisciplinary research that takes place over the summer, will be celebrated at a virtual gathering on July 29, 2022.
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Amanda Weiss makes a difference in neuroscience with blood-brain interface research

May 4, 2022 by Liz Chukwulebe

Amanda Weiss, this month's featured student researcher, observes the blood-brain interface to help herself, and others, improve mental and physical health in daily life.
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Seven students win 2022 Beckman Institute Graduate Fellowships

May 2, 2022 by Jenna Kurtzweil

The Beckman Institute has announced seven University of Illinois students as 2022 Beckman Institute Graduate Fellows: Sohaila Aboutaleb, mechanical science and engineering; Megan Finnegan, psychology and neuroscience; Defne Gorgun Ozgulbas, the Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology; Zhengchang Kou, electrical and computer engineering; Jialu Li, electrical and computer engineering; Yunyan Sun, chemistry; and Zepeng Wang, bioengineering.
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Student Researcher Spotlight: Kasra Tabatabaei

March 28, 2022 by Liz Chukwulebe

With a strong desire to better the environment, this month's student researcher Kasra Tabatabaei is using DNA to positively impact data storage and collection.
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Student Researcher Spotlight: Oleg Davydovich

Feb. 17, 2022 by Liz Chukwulebe

This month's featured student researcher, Oleg Davydovich, is helping to make the planet more sustainable. His research on thermoplastics directly focuses on minimizing the threat of plastic pollution.