The Beckman Young Investigators Award was established by Mabel and
Arnold Beckman
Arnold Orville Beckman (April 10, 1900 – May 18, 2004) was an American chemist, inventor, investor, and philanthropist. While a professor at California Institute of Technology, he founded Beckman Instruments based on his 1934 invention of th ...
in 1991,
and is now administered by the
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation
Arnold Orville Beckman (April 10, 1900 – May 18, 2004) was an American chemist, inventor, investor, and philanthropist. While a professor at California Institute of Technology, he founded Beckman Instruments based on his 1934 invention of th ...
.
The Beckman Young Investigator (BYI) Program is intended to provide research support to promising young faculty members in the early stages of their academic careers.
Awardees receive a substantial grant, over a period of three years. The intent is to foster "innovative departures" and the invention of methods, instruments and materials that will open up new avenues of research in the chemical and life sciences.
It has been awarded to the following scientists:
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2021
* Beau Alward
* Roxanne Beltran
* Margaret Byron
* Katherine Davis
* Robert Gilliard
* Tania Lupoli
* Brett McGuire
* Nicolas Pégard
* Alison Wendlandt
* Balyn Zaro
* Yingjie Zhang
2020
* John Blazeck
* Jennifer Bridwell-Rabb
* Laura Duvall
* Andrea Giovannucci
* Stavroula Hatzios
* Sarah King
* James McKone
* Yue Wang
2019
* Keriann Backus
2018
* Dmitriy Aronov
2017
* Victor Acosta
2016
* Yiyang GongScott Warren
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* Jing-Ke Weng
2015
* Lawrence David
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David Flannigan
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2014
* Albert Bowers
2013
* Aaron Hoskins
* Christina Stallings
* Delphine Farmer
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* Elena Gracheva
* Gordana Dukovic
2012
* Catherine A. Blish
* Farren J. Isaacs
2011
2010
2009
* Anne McNeil
* Daniel Zilberman
* David Masopust
* Herschel Wade
* Jon Lai
2008
* Alla Grishok
* Andreas S. Tolias
* Clodagh O'Shea
2007
* Adrian Salic
* Alexander Deiters
* Amy J. Wagers
* Brent Stockwell
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2006
* Abraham Stroock
* Andrey S. Krasilnikov
* Anton Nekrutenko
* Arthur Salomon
* David A. Gracias
* David Traver
* Geeta Narlikar
* Hopi Hoekstra
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* Jeanne Hardy
* Jeffrey W. Bode
* Jingdong Tian
* Krystyn J. Van Vliet
* Laura Kaufman
* Lei Wang
* Manuel Llinas
* Marc Johnson
* Michael Bulger
* Michael S. Strano
* Mohammad Movassaghi
* Phil S. Baran
* Raymond Schaak
* Sanjay Kumar
* Srinivasan S. Iyengar
* Susan Janicki
* Xi Chen
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2005
* Audrey P. Gasch
* Carsten Krebs
* Christian Munz
* Christina D. Smolke
* Christopher Chang
* Chuan He
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* Glenn Micalizio
* Hyongsok Soh
* Jeffrey J. Gray
* Jing Wang
* Josh Dubnau
* Joshua D. Rabinowitz
* Judith X. Becerra
* Justin P. Gallivan
* Matthew P. DeLisa
* Peng Jin
* Philip LeDuc
* Randy Bartels
* Rebekah DrezekSarah O'Connor
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* Stuart Licht
* Theresa M. Reineke
* Volney Sheen
* Yueh-Lin Loo
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2004
* Akhilesh Pandey
* Brenda S. Schulman
* Brian Kuhlman
* Christine D. Keating
* D. Tyler McQuade
* David M. Rector
* Garth Simpson
* Gavin MacBeath
* Guillermo Ameer
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* Jay T. Groves
* Kent L. Hill
* Kevin P. White
* Lara K. Mahal
* Mark J. Schnitzer
* Martin T. Zanni Martin may refer to:
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* Melanie S. Sanford
* Michael H. B. Stowel
* Michael T. Green
2003
* Adam Matzger
* Alexander Li
* Consuelo de Moraes
* Darrell Irvine
* David Lin
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* David Lynn
* Douglas Robinson
* Douglas Smith
* Gregory Odorizzi
* Heather C. Allen
* Kevin Yarema
* Kim Orth
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* Kristi Kiick
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* Lu Chen
* Paul Hergenrother
* Pingyun Feng
* Rustem Ismagilov
* Sue Biggins
* Xiaowei Zhuang
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* Zhan Chen
2002
* Andrei SanovCarla Koehler
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* Daniel Minor
* David Chan
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* David Liu
* Gregory Weiss
* Guoping Feng
* Heather Carlson
* James Schneider
* Jason Hafner
* Melody Swartz
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* Peidong Yang
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* Shiv Halasyamani
* Yi Sun
2001
* Geoffrey Chang
* Gerard C. L. Wong
* Gero Miesenboeck
* Guowei Fang
* Hays S. Rye
* Jonathan Wilker
* Justin Du Bois
* Koen Visscher
* Leslie B. Vosshall
* Linda C. Hsieh-Wilson
* Mark C. Hersam
* Michael J. Caterina
* Paul Cremer
* Paul V. Braun
* William B. Connick
* Zhibin Guan
2000
* Aaron W. Harper
* Angela M. Belcher
* Donald H. Burke
* Erik J. Sorensen
* Geoffrey W. Coates, Geoffrey Coates
1999
* Christopher Lima
* Claudia Turro
* Craig Hunter (chemist), Craig Hunter
* Daniel Feldheim
* Deborah Wuttke
* Douglas Barrick
* George O'Doherty
* John Zhang (Young Investigator), John Zhang
* Lee Bardwell
* Mahdi Abu-Omar
* Mei Hong (chemist), Mei Hong
* Michelle Wang
* Ram Sasisekharan
* Sheila Nirenberg
* Todd Martinez
* Wilfred A. Van Der Donk
1998
* Annelise E. Barron
* Carolyn R. Bertozzi
* Charles Brenner (biochemist), Charles Brenner
* David Y. Gin
* John L. Bowman
* Joseph Z. Tsien
* Kit J. Pogliano
* Mark C. Lonergan
* Michael D. Sheets
* Richard W. Roberts (chemist), Richard W. Roberts
* Robert M. Strongin
* Susana Cohen-Cory
* Thomas J. Wandless
* Timothy J. Deming
* William C. Smith (chemist), William C. Smith
* Yang Dan (neuroscientist), Yang Dan
1997
* Alexei A.Stuchebrukhov
* David S. Bredt
*Elizabeth Gavis
* Jason Shear
* John T. Fourkas
* Michael K. Rosen
* Rafael Yuste
* Raymond Deshaies
1996
* Chen-Ming Fan
* Erin Schuman, Erin Schulman
* Gang-Yu Liu
* Jennifer A. Doudna
* Karl T. Mueller
* Klaus Schmidt-Rohr
* Leemor Joshua-Tor
* Lucio Frydman
* Ronald Breaker
1995
* Arthur G. Palmer, III, Arthur Palmer
* David Baker (biochemist), David Baker
* Frederick M. Hughson
* Jefferson Foote
* Lawrence R. Sita
* Lizbeth Hedstrom
* Marcos Dantus
* Melissa Hines
* Michael J. Mahan
1994
* Alcino J. Silva, Alcino Silva
* Anna Marie Pyle
* David M. Ornitz
* James D. Marks (chemist), James D. Marks
* James S. Nowick
* Laura L. Kiessling
* Michael J. Natan
* Norbert Scherer
* Raymond C. Stevens
* Robert T. Kennedy
* Seung Koo Shin
* Yves Rubin
1993
* Arlene Sharpe
* David C. Schwartz (scientist), David C. Schwartz
* David W. Piston
* Erick M. Carreira
* Jeffrey Field (scientist), Jeffrey Field
* John H. Griffin (scientist), John H. Griffin
* Jonathan Ellman
* Luping Yu
* Michael H. Hecht (chemist), Michael H. Hecht
* Michael J. Sailor
* Nancy Makri
* Reginald M. Penner
* Sheila S. David
* Teresa R. Strecker
1992
* A. J. Shaka
* Chad Mirkin, Chad A. Mirkin
* David A. Horne
* Eric T. Kool
* Evan R. Williams
* José Onuchic, Jose N. Onuchic
* Leslie Bell
* Martin Yanofsky
* Michael J. Therien
* Patricia A. Bianconi
* Philip A. Anfinrud
* Robert M. Weis
1991
* Curtis A. Monnig
* David A. Laude
* Douglas Koshland
* Frederick Cross
* Kathy L. Rowlen
* Maria Jasin
* Mercouri G. Kanatzidis
* Michelle Hanna
* Nancy Carrasco
* Mohammadreza Ghadiri, Reza Ghadiri
* Ron Frostig
* Sharon L. Neal
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