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.
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 |