Beckman Foundation Announces 2025 Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellows
Fourteen Research Fellows to Receive Over $4.3M in Science Funding
IRVINE, Calif. (April 14, 2025) – The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation announced today the selection of its 2025 class of Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellows, individuals who underscore the Foundation’s mission of supporting basic research in chemical sciences and chemical instrumentation. They were selected after a three-part review led by a panel of scientific experts.
The Foundation will award more than $4.3 million in funding over the next three years for 14 exceptional research fellows from eight universities and research institutions:
Chemical Instrumentation
Ryan Leighton, PhD, California Institute of Technology
Ashley Lenhart, PhD, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Chemical Sciences
Bethany de Roulet, PhD, California Institute of Technology
Brandon Bloomer, PhD, Princeton University
Brandon Clarke, PhD, Harvard University
Daniel Brandes, PhD, University of Michigan
James McGettigan, PhD, Cornell University
John Hack, PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Jonah Peter, PhD, Harvard University
Kelly Walsh, PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Mihail Krumov, PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Sojung Kim, PhD, California Institute of Technology
Wenbo Zhang, PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Willa Mihalyi-Koch, PhD, Columbia University
The Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellowship provides salary and research support to postdoctoral scholars with the highest potential for success in an independent academic career in the chemical sciences, and to assist in their moves from mentored yet independent to tenure-track positions. Funds for 2025 awardees will be issued this summer and extend over a period of up to three years.
About the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation
Located in Irvine, California, the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation supports researchers and nonprofit research institutions in making the next generation of breakthroughs in chemistry and the life sciences. Founded in 1977 by 20th century scientific instrumentation pioneer Dr. Arnold O. Beckman, the Foundation supports United States institutions and young scientists whose creative, high-risk, and interdisciplinary research will lead to innovations and new tools and methods for scientific discovery. For more information, visit beckman-foundation.org.
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