UCR Society of Hellman Fellows
The Hellman Fellowship Program was established at UC Riverside in 2011 through the generosity of Chris and F. Warren Hellman. This valuable program is designed to provide financial support to junior faculty who show capacity for great distinction in their research. Funds awarded are intended as support for research and creative activities that will enhance the individual's progress towards tenure; therefore, prior to receiving a Fellowship, faculty recipients will have served at least two years at the Assistant Professor rank as evidence of their promise of distinction.
The Application Process for the Hellman Fellows Program is administered by the Academic Personnel Office. For additional information, please visit the Hellman Fellowship program or contact the Academic Personnel Office at apwebmaster@ucr.edu.
2025-2026 HELLMAN FELLOWS
| Faculty Name | Department | College |
| YUE DONG | COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING | BOURNS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING |
| AMANDA RUPIPER | CHEMICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | BOURNS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING |
| SAHIN ACIKGZ | RELIGIOUS STUDIES | COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES |
| OLIVIA ATHERTON | PSYCHOLOGY | COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES |
| JOHN MARQUEZ | HISTORY | COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES |
| LAURA CATANO | EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY AND ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY | COLLEGE OF NATURAL & AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES |
| ADAM JOZWIAK | BOTANY & PLANT SCIENCES | COLLEGE OF NATURAL & AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES |
| WILLIAM NEARY | CHEMISTRY | COLLEGE OF NATURAL & AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES |
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2024-2025 HELLMAN FELLOWS
Faculty Name Department College JIAMIN ZHANG CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING BOURNS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING TINGTING XIANG BIOENGINEERING BOURNS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING MYKHAILO POTOMKIN MATHEMATICS COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES LUCY DELANEY EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY AND ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES SAVANNAH ESQUIVEL HISTORY OF ART COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES JORGE N. LEAL HISTORY COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES JALONDRA A. DAVIS ENGLISH COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES MICHAEL W. MOSES II EDUCATION SCHOOL OF EDUCATION -
2023-2024 HELLMAN FELLOWS
Faculty Name Department College ANUBHUTI GOEL PSYCHOLOGY COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES ERFAN NOZARI MECHANICAL ENGINEERING BOURNS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING NAWA SUGIYAMA ANTHROPOLOGY COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES KATE OSTEVIK EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY AND ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES YSABEL GIRALDO ENTOMOLOGY COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES YONG CHO HISTORY OF ART COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES AMEY BHANGALE COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING BOURNS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING -
2022-2023 HELLMAN FELLOWS
Faculty Name Department College ELIZABETH BERGER ANTHROPOLOGY COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES DIOGO FERRARI POLITICAL SCIENCE COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES DANA KAUFMAN MUSIC COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES JASMIN YOUNG ETHNIC STUDIES COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES HEYRIM CHO MATHEMATICS COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES VASILEIOS CHRISTOPOULOS BIOENGINEERING BOURNS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING ELAHEH SADREDINI COMPUTER SCIENCE BOURNS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING -
2021-2022 HELLMAN FELLOWS
Faculty Name Department College MONA ESKANDARI MECHANICAL ENGINEERING BOURNS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING RENGIN FIRAT SOCIOLOGY COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES TIMOTHY SU CHEMISTRY COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES ANTOINE LENTACKER HISTORY COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES WEI LIU EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCES COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES MYISHA CHERRY PHILOSOPHY COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES -
2020-2021 HELLMAN FELLOWS
Faculty Name Department College KANDIS ABDUL-AZIZ GILLIARD CHEMICAL/ENVIRON. ENGINEERING BOURNS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING VENKATARAMA BHARGAV RALLABANDI MECHANICAL ENGINEERING BOURNS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING ALISA BIERRIA ETHNIC STUDIES COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES ILANA BENNETT PSYCHOLOGY COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES RUOYAO SHI ECONOMICS COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES NICOLE RAFFERTY EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY & ORGNS BIO COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES PHILIP ALFRED TANEDO PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES -
2019-2020 HELLMAN FELLOWS
Faculty Name Department College ROBERT EDWARD JINKERSON CHEMICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING BOURNS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING PHILIPP NICOLAS LEHMANN HISTORY COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES KALINA MICHALSKA PSYCHOLOGY COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES MARK MINCH ENGLISH COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES VICTORIA REYES SOCIOLOGY COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES YONGTAO CUI PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES YING-HSUAN LIN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES -
2018-2019 HELLMAN FELLOWS
Faculty Name Department College ADEMIDE ADELUSI-ADELUYI HISTORY COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES ZHENYU JIA BOTANY AND PLANT SCIENCES COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES ALEXANDRA LE BLANC HISTORY OF ART COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES STEVEN LIAO POLITICAL SCIENCE COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES MICHAEL MULLIGAN PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES MARTIN RICCOMAGNO MOLECULAR, CELL & SYSTEMS BIO COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES ZHIJIA ZHAO COMPUTERS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING BOURNS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING -
2017-2018 HELLMAN FELLOWS
Faculty Name Department College SARA BECKER ANTHROPOLOGY COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES JODY BENJAMIN HISTORY COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES JIASI CHEN COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING BOURNS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING WILLIAM DUNLOP PSYCHOLOGY COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES QUINN MCFREDERICK ENTOMOLOGY COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES LIZ PRZYBYLSKI MUSIC COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES LAURA SALES PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES -
2016-2017 HELLMAN FELLOWS
Faculty Name Department College MEGAN ASAKA HISTORY COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES CRYSTAL BAIK ETHNIC STUDIES COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES ELIZABETH DAVIS PSYCHOLOGY COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES W. HILL HARMAN CHEMISTRY COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES FEDOR KARGINOV CELL BIOLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES HAIZHOU LIU CHEMICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING BOURNS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING JOSE REYNOSO DANCE COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES JADE SASSER GENDER & SEXUALITY STUDIES COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES HAI-BO YU PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES -
2015-2016 HELLMAN FELLOWS
Faculty Name Department College MARISSA BROOKES POLITICAL SCIENCE COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES IAN DICKE MUSIC COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES MING LIU ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING BOURNS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING SHUJIE MA STATISTICS COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES JONG PARK HISTORY OF ART COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES ERIN WILSON RANKIN ENTOMOLOGY COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES -
2014-2015 HELLMAN FELLOWS
Faculty Name Department College LOREN COLLINGWOOD POLITICAL SCIENCE COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES KAUSTABH GHOSH BIOENGINEERING BOURNS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING JUCHEN GUO CHEMICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING BOURNS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING ROBERT HERNANDEZ ENGLISH COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES MARIA COVADONGA LAMAR PRIETO HISPANIC STUDIES COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES VINCENT LAVALLO CHEMISTRY COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES JIKUI SONG BIOCHEMISTRY COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES -
2013-2014 HELLMAN FELLOWS
Faculty Name Department College HUIWANG AI CHEMISTRY COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES VIVEK AJI PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES ELISA FRANCO MECHANICAL ENGINEERING BOURNS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AMANDA HUFFER RELIGIOUS STUDIES COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES -
2012-2013 HELLMAN FELLOWS
Faculty Name Department College LI FAN BIOCHEMISTRY COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES KENDRA FIELD HISTORY COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES WEISHIN GUI ENGLISH COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES SUSAN LAXTON ART HISTORY COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES HUINAN LIU BIOENGINEERING BOURNS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING CAROLINE ROPER PLANT PATHOLOGY & MICROBIOLOGY COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES ANNAMARIE SHIMABUKU COMPARATIVE LITERATURE & FOREIGN LANGUAGES COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES -
2011-2012 HELLMAN FELLOWS
Faculty Name Department College MUHAMAD ALI RELIGIOUS STUDIES COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES DERICK FAY ANTHROPOLOGY COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES TODD FIACCO CELL BIOLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES RICHARD HOOLEY CHEMISTRY COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES ANASTASIOS MOURIKIS ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING BOURNS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING KATHARINE SWEENY PSYCHOLOGY COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES JASON WEEMS ART HISTORY COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES