Beckman leadership

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Steve Maren

Email: smaren@illinois.edu

Stephen Maren is director of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology and professor of psychology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where he joined the faculty in 2024. Maren’s research seeks to understand the neural basis of anxiety disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder. He earned his B.S. at Illinois and his M.S. and Ph.D. at the University of Southern California. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, Los Angeles. He's held tenured faculty positions at the University of Michigan and Texas A&M University.

Reporting to the director

Cristina Alvarez Mingote

Email: alvarez9@illinois.edu

The associate director for research oversees Beckman's research enterprise and shared research facilities. The leaders of Beckman's core facilities report to her, as does Beckman's human participants research coordinator.

Shawna Graddy

Email: sgraddy@illinois.edu

The associate director for administration oversees these groups:

Budget and resource planning
Facilities (including security and shipping and receiving)
Ted's Café
Human resources
Information Technology Services

Meg Dickinson

Email: megd@illinois.edu

Stacy Olson

Email: srolson@illinois.edu

Administrative support staff

These staff members support the Beckman Institute's everyday operations and research activities. They report to the director's administrative assistant.

Mollie Stevens

Email: mollie@illinois.edu

Supports Beckman administrative offices, including the Beckman Café, business office, communications, the director's office, facilities, human resources, and Information Technology Services.