Former Postdoctoral Fellows
Former Beckman postdoctoral fellows include the following programs: Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (presented to four to six researchers annually since 1992), the Beckman-Brown Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (presented to one fellow annually since 2015), and the Carle Foundation Hospital-Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Fellows (presented to one or two recipients approximately every three years since 2008).

More information about the Beckman Institute Posdoctoral Program is online.
2019 Postdoctoral Fellows
Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Fellows
- Fatemeh Ostadhossein, Ph.D. from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2017 Postdoctoral Fellows
Beckman-Brown Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Fellowship
- Vivan Lau, Ph.D. from Stanford University
Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Fellows
- Rachel (Klaren) Bollaert, Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Xing Jiang, Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles
- Caterina Lamuta, Ph.D. from the University of Calabria, Italy
- Michelle Rodrigues, Ph.D. from the Ohio State University
- Courtney Sobieski, Ph.D. from Washington University
- Benjamin Zimmerman, Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2016 Postdoctoral Fellows
2016 Beckman-Brown Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Fellowship
- Lydia Kisley, Ph.D. from Rice University
2016 Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Fellows
- James Checco, Ph.D. from University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Junlong Geng, Ph.D. from the National University of Singapore
- Kenneth Hernandez-Burgos, Ph.D. from Cornell University
- Si On Yoon, Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Yue Zhuo, Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2015 Postdoctoral Fellows
2015 Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Fellows
- Ana Daugherty, Ph.D. from Wayne State University
- Daniel Kleinman, Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego
- Fan Lam, Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Maxwell Robb, Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Barbara
- Limei Tan, Ph.D. from Washington University
- Yingjie Zhang, Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley
2014 Postdoctoral Fellows
2014 Carle Foundation Hospital-Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Fellow
- Rachael Rubin, Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2014 Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Fellows
- John Biggan, Ph.D. from University of Texas at Arlington
- Gillian Hamilton, Ph.D. from the University of Delaware
- Semin Lee, Ph.D. from Indiana University
- Jason Patrick, Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Tomasz Wrobel, Ph.D. from Jagiellonian University, Poland
2013 Postdoctoral Fellows
2013 Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Fellows
- Abhishek Singharoy, Ph.D. from Indiana University
- Preethi Jyothi, Ph.D. from the Ohio State University
- Chao Ma, Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Nathan Ward, Ph.D. from the University of Utah
- Renee Sadowski, Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2012 Postdoctoral Fellows
2012 Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Fellows
- Suma Bhat, Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Bradley Deutsch, Ph.D. from the University of Rochester
- Sarah Erickson, Ph.D. from Florida International University
- Heather Lucas, Ph.D. from Northwestern University
- Jie Sun, Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Baoxing Xu, Ph.D. from Columbia University
2011 Postdoctoral Fellows
2011 Carle Foundation Hospital-Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Fellow
- Jongsick Kim, Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh
2011 Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Fellows
- Jonathan Fan, Ph.D. from Harvard University
- Kyle Mathewson, Ph.D. from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Meredith Silberstein, Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Joseph Toscano, Ph.D. from University of Iowa
- Thomas van Dijk, Ph.D. from Vrije University, the Netherlands
2010 Postdoctoral Fellows
2010 Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Fellows
- S. Derin Babacan, Ph.D. from Northwestern University
- Simon Fischer-Baum, Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University
- Malini Ranganathan, Ph.D. from U-C Berkeley
- Ilia Solov'yov, Ph.D. from Frankfurt University, Germany
2009 Postdoctoral Fellows
2009 Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Fellows
- Jeremy Brooks, Ph.D. from University of California, Davis
- Nanshu Lu, Ph.D. from Harvard University
- David Mayerich, Ph.D. from Texas A&M University
- Nathan Parks, Ph.D. from Georgia Institute of Technology
- Edward Wlotko, Ph.D. from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2008 Postdoctoral Fellows
2008 Carle Foundation Hospital-Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Fellow
- Michael Walsh, Ph.D. from Lancaster University
2008 Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Fellows
- Agustín Mihi, Ph.D. from University of Seville
- Jacob Eisenstein, Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Amy Shih, Ph.D. from University of Illinois
- Joel Voss, Ph.D. from Northwestern University
2007 Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Fellows
- Derek Hoiem, Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University
- Zhi Jiang, Ph.D. from Purdue University
- Severine Lepage, Ph.D. from University of Líège, Belgium
- Jongseung Yoon, Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2006 Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Fellows
- Joseph B. Geddes III, Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University
- Yael Gertner, Ph.D. from University of Pennsylvania
- Ming Hsu, Ph.D. from California Institute of Technology
- Mark Neider, Ph.D. from Stony Brook University
- Stephanie Rinne, Ph.D. from University of Illinois
- Sarah Brown-Schmidt, Ph.D. from University of Rochester
- Dirk Bernhardt-Walther, Ph.D. from California Institute of Technology
2005 Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Fellows
- Chandramalika Basak, Ph.D. from Syracuse University
- Emma Falk, Ph.D. from Helsinki University
- Silvio Savarese, Ph.D. from CalTech
- Zhihong Zeng, Ph.D from the Chinese Academy of Sciences
2004 Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Fellows
- Byron McCaughey, Ph.D. from Tulane University
- Michelle Meade, Ph.D. from Washington University, St. Louis
- Timothy Nokes, Ph.D. from University of Illinois, Chicago
- Maxim Raginsky, Ph.D. from Northwestern University
2003 Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Fellows
- Joshua Ballard, Ph.D. from University of Colorado
- Richard Godijn, Ph.D. from Vrije Universiteit, Amersterdam
- Mathews Jacob, Ph.D. from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
- Ryan Kershner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2002 Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Fellows
- Tyler Bruns, Ph.D. from University of Illinois
- Stan Colcombe, Ph.D. from University of Illinois
- Diego Diaz, Ph.D. from Cornell University
- Sarah Grison, Ph.D. from the University of Wales
- Cristina Iani, Ph.D. from the University of Bologna
2001 Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Fellows
- Michael Bevan, Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University
- Donald Cannon, Ph.D. from Penn State University
- Christina Grozinger, Ph.D. from Harvard University
- Jesse Spencer-Smith, Ph.D. from Indiana University
2000 Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Fellows
- John Paul Minda, Ph.D. from SUNY, Buffalo
- Slava Rotkin, Ph.D. from Ioffe Institute, Russia
- Ilya Zharov, Ph.D. from University of Colorado
1999 Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Fellows
- Dale Barr, Ph.D. from University of Chicago
- Hong Hua, Ph.D. from Beijing Institute of Technology
- Jason McCarley, Ph.D. from University of Louisville
- Lolita Rotkina, Ph.D. from Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute
1998 Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Fellows
- Michal Balberg, Ph.D. from Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Gregory DiGirolamo, Ph.D. from University of Oregon
1997 Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Fellows
- Brendan Frey, Ph.D. from University of Toronto
- Tammy Ivanco, Ph.D. from McMaster University
1996 Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Fellows
- Srinivas Akella, Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University
- Jose Jimenez, Ph.D. from Columbia University
- Chen Liu, Ph.D. from Techinion-Israel Institute of Technology
1995 Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Fellows
- Prahlad Gupta, Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University
- Gregory Zelinsky, Ph.D. from Brown University
1994 Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Fellows
- Barbara Church, Ph.D. from Harvard University
- Narayan Srinivasa, Ph.D. from University of Florida
1993 Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Fellows
- Andreas Herz, Ph.D. from Heidelberg University
- Rajeev Sharman, Ph.D. from University of Maryland
1992 Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Fellows
- Andrew Nobel, Ph.D. from Stanford University
- Efrat Shimshoni, Ph.D. from The Weizmann Institute of Science