Congratulations to our 2023 Beckman Young Investigator
#BYI
Awardees! Eleven Researchers Selected to Receive $6.6M in Total Science Funding for Cutting-edge Research
READ:
1/2 Thank you Dr. Jeff Moore
@Mechanophore
for many years of leadership + service as Director of the Beckman Institute at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign! We wish you the best as you return to your research group full-time.
Congratulations to Beckman Institute Director Dr. Jeffrey S. Moore
@Illinois_Alma
,
#NAS155
inductee for his distinguished and continuing achievement in original scientific research.
@theNASciences
@Mechanophore
Online presentation ceremony viewable 4/28:
Congratulations to our 2022 Beckman Young Investigator Awardees! Ten researchers to receive $6M in total science funding for cutting-edge research. Full announcement w/ Awardee list:
#BYI
Tuesdays are for awardee profiles! Meet 2019
#BYI
Kimberly See, PhD. Her research focuses on “Divalent Ion Conductivity in the Solid-State.”
#WomenInScience
at
#Caltech
We've re-launched the Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellowship in Chemical Sciences or Chemical Instrumentation! Application window now open.
#AOBpostdoc
#Thankyou
to P. Shiv Halasyamani, PhD,
#BYI
Executive Committee Member from 2018-2022. We appreciate your leadership and dedication to the Beckman Young Investigator Program!
#BeckmanSymposium
2020
#BYI
Maxwell Robb, PhD published in ACS Central Science: "Mechanically Triggered Release of Functionally Diverse Molecular Payloads from Masked 2-Furylcarbinol Derivatives."
Tuesdays are for awardee profiles! Meet 2019
#BYI
Jia Niu, PhD. His research focuses on “A General Strategy for the Synthesis of Precision Sustainable Polymers with Main-Chain Functionalities from Renewable Resources.”
#BostonCollege
Congratulations to 2019
#AOBPostdoc
Kangway Chuang, PhD, given a Postdoctoral Independent Research Grant from
#UCSF
through their Program for Breakthrough Biomedical Research.
We are pleased to share that Catrina Bryant, SHRM-SCP has been promoted to Deputy Director for the Foundation! We're thrilled to recognize her efforts and dedication with this promotion. Congrats, Catrina! 🎉
Tuesdays are for awardee profiles! Meet 2019
#BYI
@Frank_Leibfarth
PhD. His research focuses on “Stereoselective Ionic Polymerizations.”
#UNC
-ChapelHill
Tuesdays are for awardee profiles! Meet 2019
#BYI
Chenfeng Ke, PhD. His research focuses on “Programmable and Adaptive 3D Printing Materials with Dynamic Molecular Features.”
#Dartmouth
Congratulations to our 2021 Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellows! 🎉
UPDATE: This image has been revised to correct spelling error(s) in an earlier post.
Congratulations to 1998 Beckman Young Investigator and current HHMI Investigator, Dr. Carolyn Bertozzi, elected as a 2018 Fellow of The Royal Society for her exception contributions to science!
#BYI
@CarolynBertozzi
photo credit:
RECENTLY PUBLISHED: 2019
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Frank Leibfarth, PhD published in JACS: "Stereoselective Helix-Sense-Selective Cationic Polymerization of N-Vinylcarbazole Using Chiral Lewis Acid Catalysis."
Congratulations to 2015 Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellow Matthew Jones and 2018 Beckman Young Investigators Alistair Boettiger and Ian Seiple, each selected as a 2018
#PackardFellow
to pursue their high risk, high impact projects!
2020
#AOBPostdoc
Joseph Derosa, PhD published in Journal of the American Chemical Society: "Electrocatalytic Reduction of C–C π-Bonds via a Cobaltocene-Derived Concerted Proton–Electron Transfer Mediator: Fumarate Hydrogenation as a Model Study."
Tuesdays are for awardee profiles! Meet 2019
#AOBpostdoc
Kangway Chuang, PhD. His research focuses on “Learning Chemical Reaction Space: A Machine Learning Approach to Reaction Development and Discovery.”
#UCSF
Congratulations to 2014 BYI Albert Bowers on his promotion to the rank of Associate Professor at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy! Attending the 2018 Symposium? Be sure to catch his final
#BYI
presentation on 8/14! READ: photo credit:
@UNCpharmacy
NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS: The
#BYI
and
#AOBPostdoc
programs are now accepting applications! For more information on eligibility, guidelines, application process and important dates, visit .
Congratulations to our 2023
#BeckmanScholars
Program Awardees! 🙌 Fourteen Institutions to Receive Over $2.1M in Science Funding for Undergraduate Researchers:
2021
#BYI
Robert J. Gilliard, PhD published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society: "Boron-Doped Pentacenes: Isolation of Crystalline 5,12- and 5,7-Diboratapentacene Dianions."
Congratulations to 2018 BYI Ashleigh Theberge, PhD and 2020 BYI Maxwell Robb, PhD, both named 2022 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholars by the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation. 🎉
#BYI
Beckman Center for
#CryoEM
lead Vera Moiseenkova-Bell, PhD published in Cell Reports: "Structural basis of TRPV5 regulation by physiological and pathophysiological modulators."
Thank you to all of our speakers, awardees, mentors and other invited guests for attending the 2021
#BeckmanSymposium
! And big thanks to virtual conference provider, LabRoots! 😄
We are very excited to share news that 1996
#BYI
Jennifer A. Doudna, with Emmanuelle Charpentier, was just announced as co-recipient of The
#NobelPrize
in Chemistry 2020 for “the development of a method for genome editing”! photo: Alexander Heinl/picture alliance/Getty Images
Dr. Anne McNeil, 1998
#BSP
and 2009 BYI, and Dr. Kent Hill, 2004
#BYI
, will serve as Co-Chairs of our Science Advisory Council for 2022-2023. We thank them for their willingness to serve and to help guide the development and evaluation of our scientific programs!
What are
#AOBPostdocs
researching? Matthew Hannigan, PhD investigates "Sequence-Controlled Helical Polymers Mimicking the Structure of Biomacromolecules."
#NPAW2023
Tuesdays are for awardee profiles! Meet 2019
#AOBpostdoc
James Bour, PhD. His research focuses on “Expansion of Palladium Catalyzed ß-alkyl Elimination Methodology.”
#MIT
2021
#AOBPostdoc
Julie Rorrer, PhD published in ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering and received a cover feature: "Hydrogenolysis of Polypropylene and Mixed Polyolefin Plastic Waste over Ru/C to Produce Liquid Alkanes." READ:
CONGRATULATIONS to our 2018
#BeckmanScholars
Program Awardees - Twelve Institutions to Receive $1.5 million in Science Funding for Undergraduate Researchers
2019
#AOBPostdoc
Julie Fenton, PhD has been selected to the ACS Materials Letters Early Career Advisory Board and will work with the editors to help link ACS Materials Letters with current research trends.
#WomenInScience
at
#NorthwesternUniversity
#BYI
Nicolas Pegard sponsored
#BYI
Yevgenia Kozorovitskiy to deliver a keynote address at the Sculpted Light in the Brain Conference, funded through the Beckman Speaker and Conference Support Fund.
2019
#AOBPostdoc
Dayne Swearer, PhD published in Wiley: "Bright infrared to ultraviolet and visible upconversion in small alkaline earth-based nanoparticles with biocompatible CaF2 shells." READ:
APPLY NOW: The
#AOBPostdoc
Program is open for applications-see the link below for eligibility criteria+deadlines. Also, please make sure that your eligible colleagues are aware & that your Institution advertises this program for all eligible applicants.
VIDEO: HODA 2019 RECIPIENT – DR. SHIRLEY BARNES GRAY
“Dr. Shirley Gray reminds us all that learning and achievement are life-long endeavors. Congratulations on this well-deserved honor!” – Dr. Anne Hultgren, Beckman Foundation Executive Director
The
@SciHistoryOrg
has officially released a video about Dr. Arnold O. Beckman’s legacy. The Instrumental Chemist: The Incredible Curiosity of Arnold O. Beckman is available for streaming on iTunes, Amazon Prime, Vimeo and more.
2019
#AOBPostdoc
Julie Fenton, PhD and co-author/advisor 2012
#BYI
William Dichtel, PhD jointly published in the Journal of American Chemical Society: "Polycrystalline Covalent Organic Framework Films Function as Adsorbents, not Membranes." READ IT HERE: .
2020
#AOBPostdoc
Zach Sherman, PhD will be starting as an Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering at the University of Washington. "The Beckman fellowship played a HUGE role in setting me up to be a successful faculty candidate."
APPLY NOW: The
#BYI
Program is open for applications-see the link below for eligibility criteria+deadlines. Also, please make sure that your eligible colleagues are aware & that your Institution advertises this program for all eligible applicants.
Marine Biological Laboratory
@MBLScience
is hosting a light-sheet fluorescence microscopy conference + workshop May 8-14. Register here: . Prior light-sheet experience is not required.