Current Awardees

Jonathan Beagan
2022
Project Title: Mapping the Transcriptional Bases of a Memory at Single Neuron Resolution
Postdoc Mentor: Daniel Colon-Ramos
Award Sponsor: Shurl and Kay Curci Foundation
Affiliation: Yale University
Email: jonathan.beagan@yale.edu

Scott Biering
2020
Postdoc Mentor: Eva Harris
Affiliation: University of California – Berkeley
Award Sponsor: Open Philanthropy Project
Email: sbiering {at} berkeley.edu

Jamie Blum
2022
Postdoc Mentor: Elizabeth Sattely
Award Sponsor: Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Affiliation: Stanford University
Email: jeblum@stanford.edu

Ian Boys
2022
Postdoc Mentor: Nels Elde
Award Sponsor: Open Philanthropy Project
Affiliation: University of Utah
Email: ian.boys@genetics.utah.edu

Cara Brand
2020
Postdoc Mentor: Mia Levine
Affiliation: University of Pennsylvania
Award Sponsor: Shurl and Kay Curci Foundation (The)
Email: clbrand {at} sas.upenn.edu

Arthur Charles-Orszag
2020
Postdoc Mentor: R. Dyche Mullins
Affiliation: University of California – San Francisco
Award Sponsor: Simons Foundation (The)
Email: arthur.charles-orszag {at} ucsf.edu

Kai Chen
2021
Postdoc Mentor: Jennifer A. Doudna
Award Sponsor: Additional Ventures
Affiliation: University of California, Berkeley
Email: kchen90 {at} berkeley.edu

Michael-John Dolan
2020
Postdoc Mentor: Evan Macosko and Beth Stevens
Affiliation: Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard Medical School
Award Sponsor: Open Philanthropy Project
Email: mdolan {at} broadinstitute.org

Nimrod Elazar
2022
Postdoc Mentor: Cagla Eroglu
Award Sponsor: Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Affiliation: Duke University
Email: nimrod.elazar@duke.edu

John Ferrie
2021
Postdoc Mentor: Xavier Darzacq & Robert Tjian
Award Sponsor: Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Affiliation: University of California, Berkeley
Email: jferrie {at} berkeley.edu

Dominic Frank
2020
Postdoc Mentor: Daniel Kronauer
Affiliation: Rockefeller University
Award Sponsor: Open Philanthropy Project
Email: dominic.frank {at} rockefeller.edu

Alexander Gorelick
2022
Postdoc Mentor: Kamila Naxerova
Award Sponsor: MacMillan Family Foundation
Affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital-Harvard Medical School
Email: agorelick@mgh.harvard.edu

Chloé Greppi
2021
Postdoc Mentor: Laura B. Duvall
Affiliation: Columbia University
Award Sponsor: Life Sciences Research Foundation
Email: cg3251 {at} columbia.edu

Emily Hager
2022
Postdoc Mentor: Allyson Sgro, Pankai Mehta and Christopher Chen
Award Sponsor: Simons Foundation
Affiliation: Boston University
Email: ehager@bu.edu

Genaro Hernandez
2021
Postdoc Mentor: Vincent S. Tagliabracci
Award Sponsor: DDBrown Awardee
Affiliation: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Email: genaro.hernandez {at} utsouthwestern.edu

Luis Hernandez-Nunez
2022
Postdoc Mentor: Florian Engert
Award Sponsor: Additional Ventures
Affiliation: Harvard University
Email: luishernandeznunez@fas.harvard.edu

Yolanda Huang
2020
Postdoc Mentor: Adam P. Arkin
Affiliation: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Award Sponsor: Astellas Pharmaceuticals
Email: yolandahuang {at} lbl.gov

Zheng Huang
2021
Postdoc Mentor: Mohammad Seyedsayamdost
Award Sponsor: Open Philanthropy Project
Affiliation: Princeton University
Email: zheng.huang {at} mail.mcgill.ca

Juan Manuel Inclan Rico
2021
Postdoc Mentor: De’Broski Herbert
Award Sponsor: Life Sciences Research Foundation
Affiliation: University of Pennsylvania
Email: jinclan {at} vet.upenn.edu

Alexander Johnson
2021
Postdoc Mentor: Philip J. Kranzusch
Award Sponsor: Open Philanthropy Project
Affiliation: DFCI/Harvard University
Email: alexanderG_Johnson {at} dfci.harvard.edu

Abhilasha Joshi
2020
Postdoc Mentor: Loren Frank
Affiliation: University of California – San Francisco
Award Sponsor: Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Email: abhilasha.joshi {at} ucsf.edu

Joomyung (Vicky) Jun
2021
Postdoc Mentor: Ronald T. Raines
Award Sponsor: Shurl and Kay Curci Foundation
Affiliation: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Email: joomjun {at} mit.edu

Isaac Kauvar
2021
Project Title: Dissecting curious exploration with self-supervised machine learning
Postdoc Mentor: Nick Haber
Award Sponsor: Merck
Affiliation: Stanford University
Email: ikauvar {at} stanford.edu

Tosha Kelly
2020
Project Title: Testing the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis as a mediator of resistance and tolerance to malaria infection
Postdoc Mentor: Christine Lattin
Affiliation: Louisiana State University
Award Sponsor: Merck Research Laboratories
Email: trkelly {at} lsu.edu

Kanika Khanna
2022
Project Title: Decoding structural basis of Burkholderia thailandensis virulence and host cell-cell fusion
Postdoc Mentor: Matthew Welch
Award Sponsor: Simons Foundation
Affiliation: University of California, Berkeley
Email: kkhanna@berkeley.edu

Arthur Kim
2022
Project Title: Discovery of host antiviral targets by integrated phenotypic screening and chemical proteomics
Postdoc Mentor: Benjamin F. Cravatt
Award Sponsor: Open Philanthropy Project
Affiliation: The Scripps Research Institute
Email: akim@scripps.edu

Amy Lanctot
2021
Postdoc Mentor: Zachary Lippman
Award Sponsor: Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Affiliation: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Email: lanctot {at} cshl.edu

Yuancheng (Ryan) Lu
2022
Postdoc Mentor: Jonathan Weissman
Award Sponsor: Lei-Luo Life Science Fund
Affiliation: Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research/MIT
Email: ylu@wi.mit.edu

Maria Lukarska
2022
Project Title: Engineering a minimal Cas9 for highly efficient genome editing
Postdoc Mentor: David Savage
Award Sponsor: Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Affiliation: University of California, Berkeley
Email: mlukarska@berkeley.edu

Anastasia Manesis
2020
Postdoc Mentor: Amy Rosenzweig
Affiliation: Northwestern University
Award Sponsor: Simons Foundation (The)
Email: anastasia.manesis {at} northwestern.edu

Alberto Marin-Gonzalez
2021
Postdoc Mentor: Taekjip Ha
Award Sponsor: Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Affiliation: Johns Hopkins University
Email: amaring1 {at} jhu.edu

Amelia McKitterick
2021
Postdoc Mentor: Thomas Bernhardt
Award Sponsor: Simons Foundation
Affiliation: Harvard University
Email: amelia_mckitterick {at} hms.harvard.edu

Michael Mohsen
2022
Postdoc Mentor: Ronald R. Breaker
Award Sponsor: Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Affiliation: Yale University
Email: michael.mohsen@yale.edu

David Morgens
2020
Postdoc Mentor: Britt Glaunsinger
Affiliation: University of California – Berkeley
Award Sponsor: Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Email: dmorgens {at} berkeley.edu

Brittany Moser
2021
Postdoc Mentor: Zev Gartner
Award Sponsor: MacMillan Family Foundation
Affiliation: University of California, San Francisco
Email: brittany.moser {at} ucsf.edu

Andreas Mueller
2022
Postdoc Mentor: Seth Darst
Award Sponsor: Agouron Institute
Affiliation: Rockefeller University
Email: amueller@rockefeller.edu

Amal Narayanan
2022
Postdoc Mentor: Clifford P Brangwynne
Award Sponsor: Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Affiliation: Princeton University
Email: an3209@princeton.edu

Abd El Raheem (Abed) Nashef
2022
Postdoc Mentor: Abigail Person
Award Sponsor: Amgen
Affiliation: University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus
Email: abdelraheem.nashef@cuanschutz.edu

Nivin Nasri Nyström
2021
Postdoc Mentor: Mikhail Shapiro
Award Sponsor: Amgen
Affiliation: California Institute of Technology
Email: nnystrom {at} caltech.edu

Tai Ng
2021
Postdoc Mentor: Pamela A. Silver
Award Sponsor: Open Philanthropy Project
Affiliation: Harvard University
Email: tai_ng {at} hms.harvard.edu

Asher Preska-Steinberg
2020
Postdoc Mentor: Edo Kussell
Affiliation: New York University
Award Sponsor: Simons Foundation (The)
Email: apsteinberg {at} nyu.edu

Nora Pyenson
2022
Postdoc Mentor: Paul Turner
Award Sponsor: Simons Foundation
Affiliation: Yale University
Email: nora.pyenson@yale.edu

Xiaofeng Qi
2019
Postdoc Mentor: Xiaochun Li
Affiliation: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Award Sponsor: DDBrown Fellowship
Email: xiaofeng.qi {at} utsouthwestern.edu

Kavita Rangan
2020
Postdoc Mentor: Samara Reck-Peterson
Affiliation: University of California – San Diego
Award Sponsor: Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Email: krangan {at} ucsd.edu

Hannah Ratner
2022
Postdoc Mentor: Joseph Mougous
Award Sponsor: Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Affiliation: University of Washington
Email: hratner@uw.edu

Tiago Bruno Rezende de Castro
2022
Postdoc Mentor: Gabriel Victora
Award Sponsor: Open Philanthropy Project
Affiliation: Rockefeller University
Email: trezende@rockefeller.edu

Ellen Rim
2022
Postdoc Mentor: Pamela Ronald
Award Sponsor: Simons Foundation
Affiliation: University of California, Davis
Email: yrim@ucdavis.edu

Yue Rui
2020
Postdoc Mentor: José R. Dinneny
Affiliation: Stanford University
Award Sponsor: Simons Foundation (The)
Email: yuerui {at} stanford.edu

Jason Schrad
2021
Postdoc Mentor: Daniela Nicastro
Award Sponsor: Simons Foundation
Affiliation: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Email: jason.schrad {at} utsouthwestern.edu

Lauren Speare
2022
Postdoc Mentor: Rebecca Vega Thurber
Award Sponsor: Simons Foundation
Affiliation: Oregon State University
Email: spearel@oregonstate.edu

Sriram Srikant
2022
Postdoc Mentor: Michael T. Laub
Award Sponsor: Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Affiliation: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Email: ssrikant@mit.edu

Jaimie Stewart
2020
Postdoc Mentor: Paul W.K. Rothemund
Affiliation: California Institute of Technology
Award Sponsor: Merck Research Laboratories
Email: jms {at} caltech.edu

Joseph Swift
2020
Postdoc Mentor: Joseph Ecker
Affiliation: Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Award Sponsor: Open Philanthropy Project
Email: jswift {at} salk.edu

Laura Thomas
2020
Postdoc Mentor: Geraldine Seydoux
Affiliation: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Award Sponsor: Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Email: tlaura2 {at} jhmi.edu

Mitchell Thompson
2021
Postdoc Mentor: Patrick M. Shih
Award Sponsor: Simons Foundation
Affiliation: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Email: mthompson {at} lbl.gov

Kelsey Tyssowski
2020
Postdoc Mentor: Hopi Hoekstra
Affiliation: Harvard University
Award Sponsor: Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Email: tyssowski {at} g.harvard.edu

Meaghan Van Alstyne
2022
Postdoc Mentor: Roy Parker
Award Sponsor: Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Affiliation: University of Colorado, Boulder
Email: meva1786@colorado.edu

Zhaoning (Johnny) Wang
2022
Postdoc Mentor: Bing Ren
Award Sponsor: DDBrown Awardee
Affiliation: University of California, San Diego
Email: zhw063@health.ucsd.edu

Alexa Weingarden
2022
Postdoc Mentor: Michael Fischbach
Award Sponsor: Open Philanthropy Project
Affiliation: Stanford University
Email: aweingar@stanford.edu

Jaime Wong Campos
2021
Postdoc Mentor: Adam Cohen
Award Sponsor: Merck
Affiliation: Harvard University
Email: jwongcampos {at} fas.harvard.edu

Courtney Yaeger
2020
Postdoc Mentor: Mark Harnett
Affiliation: Massachusetts Institute for Technology
Award Sponsor: Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (The)
Email: yaeger {at} mit.edu

Hyerim Yi
2022
Postdoc Mentor: Howard Y. Chang and Paul S. Mischel
Award Sponsor: Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Affiliation: Stanford University
Email: hyerimyi@stanford.edu

Joshua York
2021
Postdoc Mentor: Carole LaBonne
Award Sponsor: Walder Foundation
Affiliation: Northwestern University
Email: joshua.york {at} northwestern.edu

Jamie (Jia Jia) Zhang
2021
Postdoc Mentor: Tania A. Baker
Award Sponsor: Simons Foundation
Affiliation: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Email: jrzhang {at} mit.edu