A passion for research is embodied by our faculty and coupled with a commitment to teaching and mentoring students in the classroom, laboratory, and beyond.
Applicants to the Beckman Scholars Program must have a Beckman Scholars Program Mentor to apply. Previous Beckman Scholars Mentors include:
- Radhika Atit, Professor, Department of Biology; Skull bone and skin development disease.
- Hillel Chiel, Professor, Department of Biology; Neuroscience
- Brian A. Cobb
- Nicole Crown, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology; Molecular mechanisms of meiotic recombination.
- Christine E. Duval, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Separation materials, membranes, radiochemistry.
- Yolanda Fortenberry, Associate Professor, Department of Biology; Cell and molecular biology.
- Jessica Fox, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology; Neuroethology.
- Alan D. Levine, Professor, Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology; Immunology, cell biology and molecular biology.
- Fu-Sen Liang, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry; Chemical biology.
- Marvin Nieman, Associate Professor, Pharmacology.
- Julie Renner, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Biomolecular engineering.
- Andrew Shoffstall, Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering; Biomaterials and neural engineering.
- Focco van den Akker, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry; Structural biology and inhibitor discovery approaches for antibiotic resistance.
- Derek J. Taylor, Professor, Departments of Pharmacology and Biochemistry; Biochemistry, structural biology, and pharmacology.
- Robert Ward, Associate Professor, Department of Biology; Cell biology and development.
Students are encouraged to review the mentors’ research profiles. For those whose work interests you, please email the Beckman Scholar Mentor directly, explaining your interest in their work, their mentoring as a Beckman Scholars Program mentor, and desire to become part of their team with an independent project.