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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
  • 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