Scholarship & Fellowship
RECIPIENTS
Scholarship & Fellowship Recipients
Current and past recipients of the Philomathia Foundation’s undergraduate, graduate and post-doctoral research fellowships and scholarships at the University of California (Berkeley), the University of Cambridge (Trinity Hall), McMaster University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Current Distinguished Faculty
Dr. Adam Branch
Philomathia Fellow, Trinity Hall
Director, Philomathia Africa Programme
Dr. Dustin Garrick
Philomathia Prize Laureate 2019
Dr. Isabelle McNeill
Philomathia Fellow, Trinity Hall
Dr. Jay Keasling
Philomathia Chair in Alternative Energy
Professor Tim Harper
Director, Philomathia Social Science Research Programme
Past Distinguished Faculty
Dr. Alastair Fraser
Former Philomathia Teaching Fellowship
Dr. Chris Somerville
Philomathia Chair Emeritus in Alternative Energy
Dr. Eric Betzig
Co-Founder of the Advanced BioImaging Center (ABC).
Dr. Paul Alivisatos
Former Director, Kavli Energy NanoScience Institute
Dr. Simon Haines
Former Director, Research Centre for Human Values
Dr. Steven Chu
Philomathia Chair Emeritus in Alternative Energy
Professor Martin Daunton
Director, Phase I, Philomathia Social Science Research Programme
Research Fellowships
Dr Debangana Bose
Philomathia Alumni
Dr. Alexander Forse
Philomathia Research Fellow
Dr. Danny Cullenward
Philomathia Research Fellow
Dr. Ignacia Arteaga
Philomathia Postdoctoral Research Associate
Dr. John Liddicoat
Philomathia Post-doctoral Research Associate
Dr. Juan del Nido
Philomathia Alumni
Dr. Juan Munoz-Portillo
Philomathia Post-doctoral Research Associate
Dr. Junling Huang
Philomathia Research Fellow
Dr. Katarzyna Cieslik
Philomathia Alumni
Dr. Leslie-Anne Duvic-Paoli
Philomathia Post-doctoral Research Associate
Dr. Nitzan Peri-Rotem
Philomathia Post-doctoral Research Associate
Dr. Poornima Paidipaty
Philomathia Post-doctoral Research Associate
12 Total
Post-Doctoral Fellowships
C. Michael McGuirk
2016-2017 Philomathia Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr. Solomon Abebe Asfaw
2011-2013 Philomathia Postdoctoral Fellow
Lina Qin
2016-2017 Philomathia Postdoctoral Fellow
Seokjung Cheong
Postdoctoral Fellow
Tamara Vellosillo Armengol
2014-2015 Philomathia Postdoctoral Fellow
Zilong Wang
Postdoctoral Fellow
Graduate Fellowships
Adam Leaché
Integrative Biology, Ph.D. awarded 2008
Anaid Cárdenas-Navarrete
INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY, PH.D. CANDIDATE
Andrea Silverman
Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Berkeley
Ph.D. awarded 2013
Andrew Rominger
Environmental Science, Policy, and Management and Energy and Resource Management Group
Ph.D. candidate
Anusha Bishop
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, POLICY AND MANAGEMENT
Asa Conover
INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY
Ashley Murray
Founder & CEO, Waste Enterprisers, Accra, Ghana
Ph.D. awarded 2009
Avishek Das
Philomathia Graduate Student Fellow
Bailey R. Nebgen
CHEMISTRY
Benjamin Karin
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Chodon Sass
Postdoctoral Researcher, UC Berkeley
Ph.D. awarded 2010
Chris Golden
Director of HEAL (Health & Ecosystems: Analysis of Linkages)
Ph.D. awarded 2011
Christopher Ellison
Postdoctoral Fellow, Ph.D. awarded 2011
Christopher Hann-Soden
Plant and Microbial Biology
Ph.D candidate
Clay Noss
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, POLICY AND MANAGEMENT
PH.D. CANDIDATE
Colin Carlson
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES, POLICY AND MANAGEMENT
PH.D. CANDIDATE
Courtney Turkatte
CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Cristina Poindexter
Postdoctoral Researcher, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Ph.D. awarded 2014
Daniel Portik
Integrative Biology
Ph.D. candidate
Daniel Richter
Postdoctoral Fellow, Station Biologique de Roscof, France
Ph.D. awarded 2013
Danielle Christianson
Energy and Resources Group, Ph.D. candidate
David Soergel
Software Engineer, Google
Ph.D. awarded 2010
Deibi Sibrian
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, POLICY, AND MANAGEMENT
Edoardo Scali
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, POLICY, AND MANAGEMENT
Elisa Visher
INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY, PH.D. CANDIDATE
Elizabeth Peterson
Philomathia Graduate Student Fellow
Eric Steen
CEO and Founder, Lygos, Inc.
Ph.D. awarded 2010
Erin Jarvis
INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY, PH.D. CANDIDATE
Ethan Curling
Philomathia Graduate Student Fellow
Gabrielle Boisrame
Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ph.D candidate
Grace C. Wu
ENERGY AND RESOURCES GROUP, PH.D. CANDIDATE
Henry J. Squire
CHEMICAL AND BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING
Jackie Childers
MUSEUM OF VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY, PH.D. CANDIDATE
James Calvin
Philomathia Graduate Student Fellow
James Schnable
Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Ph.D. awarded 2012
Jeannie Wilkening
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Jennifer Hofmeister
Integrative Biology, Ph.D candidate
Jenny Linder Rempel
ENERGY AND RESOURCES GROUP (ERG), RAUSSER COLLEGE OF NATURAL RESOURCES
Jeremy Lowe
CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Jessica Cande
Molecular and Cell Biology, Ph.D. awarded 2009
Joey Pakes
Integrative Biology, Ph.D. awarded 2013
Joshua Apte
Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D. awarded 2013
Kabir Peay
Assistant Professor, Stanford University
Ph.D. awarded 2008
Kathryn Fiorella
Environmental Sciences, Policy, and Management, Ph.D candidate
Kelly Wrighton
Assistant Professor, Ohio State University
Ph.D. awarded 2010
Kirsten Verster
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Kripa Jagannathan
ENERGY AND RESOURCES GROUP, PH.D. CANDIDATE
Kristin Robrock
Managing Engineer, Exponent, Inc.
Ph.D. awarded 2008
Kyle Rosenblad
INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY
Lars Plate
Postdoctoral Fellow, Scripps Research Institute
Ph.D. awarded 2013
Lauren Hallett
Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, Ph.D candidate
Libby Koolik
CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, PH.D. CANDIDATE
Lillian Fritz-Laylin
Molecular and Cell Biology
Ph.D. awarded 2010
Lydia Vaughn
ENERGY RESOURCES GROUP, PH.D. CANDIDATE
Manisha Anantharaman
Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, UC Berkeley
Ph.D. candidate
Marco Dueñas-Algal
PLANT AND MICROBIAL BIOLOGY, PH.D. CANDIDATE
María José Navarrete
INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY
Marjorie "Jody" Westbrook
Scientist, Invitae, Ph.D. awarded 2011
Matt McGee
INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY
Matthew Luskin
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES, POLICY AND MANAGEMENT
PH.D. CANDIDATE
Micah Ziegler
Chemistry
Ph.D. candidate
Michael Wasserman
Assistant Professor, St. Edward’s University, Austin, Texas
Ph.D. awarded 2011
Michael Yuan
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, POLICY AND MANAGEMENT
PH.D. CANDIDATE
Nicholas Matzke
Postdoctoral Fellow, NIMBios, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Ph.D. awarded 2013
Philip Johnson
Assistant Professor, University of Maryland
Ph.D. awarded 2009
Rebecca Tarnopol
PLANT & MICROBIAL BIOLOGY
Ryan Melnyk
Plant and Microbial Biology, Ph.D candidate
Sheherazade
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, POLICY AND MANAGEMENT, PH.D. CANDIDATE
Simon Greenhill
AGRICULTURAL & RESOURCE ECONOMICS, PH.D. CANDIDATE
Steven Bellan
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D. awarded 2012
Tanya Renner
Assistant Professor, San Diego State University
Ph.D. awarded 2011
Thor Larson
AGRICULTURE AND RESOURCE ECONOMICS
Tim O'Connor
INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY, PH.D. CANDIDATE
Tom Sharpton
Assistant Professor, Oregon State University
Ph.D. awarded 2009
Wenjing Xu
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES, POLICY AND MANAGEMENT, PH.D. CANDIDATE
Yihong Zhu
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, POLICY AND MANAGEMENT, PH.D. CANDIDATE
Yuszhong Liu
CHEMISTRY, PH.D. CANDIDATE
Postdoctoral Fellow
Zhiyuan Ruan
Philomathia Graduate Student Fellow
78 Total
Past Graduate Fellowships
Abby Knight
Chemistry, Ph.D candidate
Adam Leaché
Integrative Biology, Ph.D. awarded 2008
Andrea Silverman
Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Berkeley
Ph.D. awarded 2013
Andrew Rominger
Environmental Science, Policy, and Management and Energy and Resource Management Group
Ph.D. candidate
Anusha Bishop
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, POLICY AND MANAGEMENT
Asa Conover
INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY
Ashley Murray
Founder & CEO, Waste Enterprisers, Accra, Ghana
Ph.D. awarded 2009
Avishek Das
Philomathia Graduate Student Fellow
Bailey R. Nebgen
CHEMISTRY
Benjamin Karin
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Chodon Sass
Postdoctoral Researcher, UC Berkeley
Ph.D. awarded 2010
Chris Golden
Director of HEAL (Health & Ecosystems: Analysis of Linkages)
Ph.D. awarded 2011
Christopher Ellison
Postdoctoral Fellow, Ph.D. awarded 2011
Christopher Hann-Soden
Plant and Microbial Biology
Ph.D candidate
Clay Noss
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, POLICY AND MANAGEMENT
PH.D. CANDIDATE
Colin Carlson
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES, POLICY AND MANAGEMENT
PH.D. CANDIDATE
Cristina Poindexter
Postdoctoral Researcher, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Ph.D. awarded 2014
Daniel Portik
Integrative Biology
Ph.D. candidate
Daniel Richter
Postdoctoral Fellow, Station Biologique de Roscof, France
Ph.D. awarded 2013
Danielle Christianson
Energy and Resources Group, Ph.D. candidate
David Soergel
Software Engineer, Google
Ph.D. awarded 2010
Elisa Visher
INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY, PH.D. CANDIDATE
Elizabeth Peterson
Philomathia Graduate Student Fellow
Eric Steen
CEO and Founder, Lygos, Inc.
Ph.D. awarded 2010
Erin Jarvis
INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY, PH.D. CANDIDATE
Ethan Curling
Philomathia Graduate Student Fellow
Gabrielle Boisrame
Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ph.D candidate
Grace C. Wu
ENERGY AND RESOURCES GROUP, PH.D. CANDIDATE
Henry J. Squire
CHEMICAL AND BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING
Jackie Childers
MUSEUM OF VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY, PH.D. CANDIDATE
James Calvin
Philomathia Graduate Student Fellow
James Schnable
Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Ph.D. awarded 2012
Jeannie Wilkening
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Jennifer Hofmeister
Integrative Biology, Ph.D candidate
Jenny Linder Rempel
ENERGY AND RESOURCES GROUP (ERG), RAUSSER COLLEGE OF NATURAL RESOURCES
Jessica Cande
Molecular and Cell Biology, Ph.D. awarded 2009
Joey Pakes
Integrative Biology, Ph.D. awarded 2013
Joshua Apte
Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D. awarded 2013
Kabir Peay
Assistant Professor, Stanford University
Ph.D. awarded 2008
Kathryn Fiorella
Environmental Sciences, Policy, and Management, Ph.D candidate
Kelly Wrighton
Assistant Professor, Ohio State University
Ph.D. awarded 2010
Kirsten Verster
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Kripa Jagannathan
ENERGY AND RESOURCES GROUP, PH.D. CANDIDATE
Kristin Robrock
Managing Engineer, Exponent, Inc.
Ph.D. awarded 2008
Kyle Rosenblad
INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY
Lars Plate
Postdoctoral Fellow, Scripps Research Institute
Ph.D. awarded 2013
Lauren Hallett
Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, Ph.D candidate
Lillian Fritz-Laylin
Molecular and Cell Biology
Ph.D. awarded 2010
Lydia Vaughn
ENERGY RESOURCES GROUP, PH.D. CANDIDATE
Manisha Anantharaman
Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, UC Berkeley
Ph.D. candidate
María José Navarrete
INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY
Marjorie "Jody" Westbrook
Scientist, Invitae, Ph.D. awarded 2011
Matthew Luskin
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES, POLICY AND MANAGEMENT
PH.D. CANDIDATE
Micah Ziegler
Chemistry
Ph.D. candidate
Michael Wasserman
Assistant Professor, St. Edward’s University, Austin, Texas
Ph.D. awarded 2011
Michael Yuan
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, POLICY AND MANAGEMENT
PH.D. CANDIDATE
Nicholas Matzke
Postdoctoral Fellow, NIMBios, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Ph.D. awarded 2013
Philip Johnson
Assistant Professor, University of Maryland
Ph.D. awarded 2009
Rebecca Tarnopol
PLANT & MICROBIAL BIOLOGY
Ryan Melnyk
Plant and Microbial Biology, Ph.D candidate
Steven Bellan
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D. awarded 2012
Tanya Renner
Assistant Professor, San Diego State University
Ph.D. awarded 2011
Tim O'Connor
INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY, PH.D. CANDIDATE
Tom Sharpton
Assistant Professor, Oregon State University
Ph.D. awarded 2009
Wenjing Xu
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES, POLICY AND MANAGEMENT, PH.D. CANDIDATE
Yuszhong Liu
CHEMISTRY, PH.D. CANDIDATE
Postdoctoral Fellow
Zhiyuan Ruan
Philomathia Graduate Student Fellow
67 Total