Moore Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship Grant Awards

A $1.5 million Postdoctoral Fellowship Grant Award from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation is supporting 37 postdoctoral researchers in the natural sciences across the School of Arts and Sciences, the School of Engineering, and the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences at Rutgers–New Brunswick, advancing breakthrough research across 12 scientific fields. This award provides a valuable opportunity to complement and strengthen support for postdoctoral researchers who have invested many years in rigorous training. The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation’s investment supplements faculty-supported postdocs while also creating opportunities for strategic new hires.

The grant award is administered by the Rutgers–New Brunswick Office for Research and led by Dr. Sheila Borges Rajguru, executive director for Research Development & Strategy, who serves as principal investigator and collaborates with the respective school research deans.

Through this funding source, the following postdoctoral scholars have been positively impacted and supported in their research endeavors:

School of Arts and Sciences

Mike Kiledjian, Vice Dean of Research and Graduate Education

• Hector Alatriste-León, PhD; Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience
• Rebecca J. Androwski, PhD; Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
• Daniel Aranha Rego Cabral, PhD; Department of Kinesiology and Health
• You Cai, PhD; Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience
• Jin Chen, PhD; Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
• James Eguchi, PhD; Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
• Mesfin Eshete, PhD; Department of Physics and Astronomy
• Nicolas Fernandez Gonzalez, PhD; New High Energy Theory Center
• Elias Furrer, PhD; Department of Physics and Astronomy
• Lucia Herrera, PhD; Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience
• Jaeyong Jung, PhD; Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience
• Daniel Kaplan, PhD; Department of Physics and Astronomy
• Evgenii Krestianinov, PhD; Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
• Vinit Kumar, PhD; Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
• Ziwei Li, PhD; Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
• Jinxing Li, PhD; Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
• Ivan Linares-Garcia, PhD; Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience
• Junjie Liu, PhD; Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
• Edward Martinez, PhD; W. M. Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience
• Jordan Martins, PhD; Department of Physics and Astronomy
• Thomas Myers, PhD; W. M. Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience
• Haining Pna, PhD; Center for Materials Theory
• Muzhen Qiao, PhD; Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience
• Huei Sears, PhD; Department of Physics and Astronomy
• Yongzhi Yang, PhD; Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
• Guzin Yilmaz, PhD; Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience
• Anthony Zummo, PhD; Physics and Astronomy

School of Engineering

Wade Trappe, Associate Dean for Research and Development

• Postdoctoral fellow - TBD
• Postdoctoral fellow - TBD
• Postdoctoral fellow - TBD
• Postdoctoral fellow - TBD

School of Environmental and Biological Sciences

Josh Kohut, Dean of Research/NJAES Director of Research

• Deepangsu Chatterjee, PhD; Department of Environmental Sciences
• Da Guo, PhD; Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources
• Dr. Liang's Lab, Department of Food Science
• Dr. Maddamsetti's Lab, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
• Dr. Roy's Lab, Department of Environmental Sciences
• Dr. Shmarakov's Lab, Department of Animal Sciences