The Burke Institute has several endowed fellowships for distinguished postdoctoral scholars in theoretical physics such as the Sherman Fairchild Prize Postdoctoral Fellowships, David and Ellen Lee Distinguished Fellowships, and McCone, DuBridge, and Tolman Fellowships. The support offered by these fellowships enables theorists to pursue innovative research.
For postdoctoral fellowship applications, check here.
Past Postdoctoral Fellows Around the World
Burke Institute postdoctoral fellows have made significant contributions to theoretical physics across multiple continents. Many hold distinguished academic positions, furthering research and expanding the institute's global impact. The map below highlights the worldwide reach of more than 170 fellows and their ongoing contributions.
In February 2015, some former fellows gathered at Caltech for the Inaugural Celebration and Symposium of the Burke Institute.
Current Fellows of the Burke Institute
2024 - 2027
2023 - 2026
2022 - 2025
Past Postdoctoral Fellows
Sherman Fairchild Prize Fellowship
Last | First | Period | Current Position |
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Ando | Shin'ichiro | 2006-2009 | Assistant Professor at University of Amsterdam |
Anschuetz | Eric | 2023- | |
Badurina | Leonardo | 2023- | |
Bai | Yuntao | 2018-2021 | Anthropic (non academia) |
Barnett | Ryan | 2006-2009 | Lecturer at Imperial College, London |
Beacom | John | 1997-2000 | Professor at Ohio State University |
Bell | Nicole | 2004-2006 | Senior Lecturer at University of Melbourne |
Benjamin | Nathan | 2021-2024 | Assistant Professor, University of Southern California |
Berghaus | Kim | 2023- | |
Bergman | Doron | 2009-2013 | Walmart Labs |
Brady | Patrick | 1995-1998 | Professor at University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee |
Breuer | Jonathan | 2007-2009 | Senior Lecturer at Hebrew University |
Brink | Jeandrew | 2005-2007 | Lecturer at Stellenbosch University |
Brooks | Alyson | 2008-2011 | Assistant Professor at Rutgers University |
Burke | Peter | 1997-2000 | Professor at UC Irvine |
Caiazzo | Ilaria | 2019-2022 | Assistant Professor, Institute of Science and Technology, Austria |
Chepelev | Iouri | 2001-2004 | Staff Scientist at the National Institutes of Health |
Cirigliano | Vincenzo | 2003-2006 | Staff Scientist at Los Alamos National Lab |
Damanik | David | 2003-2006 | Professor at Rice University |
Dedushenko | Mykola | 2016-2019 | Research Assistant Professor, Simons Center (SCGP), Stony Brook |
Deppe | Nils | 2020-2023 | Assistant Professor - Cornell University |
Drummond | Lisa | 2024- | |
Eikenberry | Stephen | 1997-2001 | Professor at University of Florida |
Evenbly | Glen | 2011-2014 | Assistant Professor at University of Sherbrooke |
Fuentes | Jose Rafael | 2024- | |
Gosset | David | 2014-2016 | Associate Professor at the University of Waterloo |
Haim | Arbel | 2017-2020 | Staff Member at Amazon |
Hayden | Patrick | 2001-2004 | Professor at Stanford |
Helset | Andreas | 2020-2023 | Postdoctoral Scholar - CERN |
Hinderer | Tanja | 2008-2011 | Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Maryland |
Huang | Xiaoshan | 2023- | |
Ji | Suoqing | 2018-2021 | Faculty at Shanghai Astronomical Observatory |
Jiang | Liang | 2009- 2012 | Associate Professor at Yale |
Jochym-O'Connor | Tomas | 2016-2019 | Staff Member at Watson Research Center, IBM |
Jonathan | Gopalakrishnan | 2015-2016 | Assistant Professor at City University of New York |
Jordan | Stephen | 2008-2011 | Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research |
Kang | Monica | 2019-2023 | Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Pennsylvania |
Kiman | Rocio | 2022-current | |
Klco | Natalie | 2020-2022 | Assistant Professor of Physics, Duke University |
Klich | Israel | 2004-2007 | Associate Professor at University of Virginia |
Kotera | Kumiko | 2011-2012 | Permanent CNRS Faculty at Id'A de Paris |
Last | Yoram | 1994-1997 | Professor at Hebrew University |
Lee | Keith | 2006-2009 | Postdoc at University of Pittsburgh |
Lee | Eve | 2017-2019 | Assistant Professor at McGill University |
Lerche | Wolfgang | 1988-1991 | Senior Staff Scientist at CERN |
Li | Zhi-Yun | 1996-1999 | Professor at University of Virginia |
Lifshitz | Ron | 1995-1998 | Associate Professor at Tel Aviv University |
Lin | Ying-Hsuan | 2016-2020 | Postdoc at Harvard |
Lipan | Ovidiu | 1998-2000 | Associate Professor at the University of Richmond |
Longaretti | Pierre | 1987-1990 | Permanent Researcher at Grenoble |
Lucia | Angelo | 2018-2021 | Ramon y Caial Fellow, Spain |
Lysov | Vyacheslav | 2014-2017 | Arnold Fellow, London Institute for Mathematical Sciences |
Ma | Chung-Pei | 1993-1996 | Professor at UC Berkeley |
Meltzer | David | 2018-2021 | Postdoctoral Fellow at Cornell University |
Milosavljevic | Milos | 2002-2006 | Associate Prof at University of Texas, Austin |
Mong | Roger | 2012-2015 | Assistant Professor at University of Pittsburgh |
Moudgalya | Sanjay | 2020-2023 | Researcher, TUM (Munich) |
Murciano | Sara | 2022-current | |
Murgui | Clara | 2020-current | Assistant Professor, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona / IFAE |
Nagai | Daisuke | 2005-2008 | Associate Professor at Yale University |
Necib | Lina | 2017-2020 | Assistant Professor, MIT |
Nezami | Sepehr | 2019-2022 | Staff, Renaissance Technologies LLC |
Ott | Christian | 2008-2009 | Visiting Professor at Kyoto University |
Pal | Sridip | 2022-current | |
Paquette | Natalie | 2017-2020 | Assistant Professor, University of Washington, Seattle |
Parra-Martinez | Julio | 2020-2023 | Professor, IHES |
Passaro | Davide | 2024- | |
Peng | Fang | 2006-2009 | Juniper Networks |
Pfeiffer | Harald | 2003-2006 | Group Leader at Max-Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Golm |
Putrov | Pavel | 2012-2015 | Research Scientist at ICTP, Trieste |
Qian | Yong-Zhong | 1990-1992 | Professor at University of Minnesota |
Radice | David | 2013- 2016 | Associate Research Scholar at Princeton University and Member at Institute for Advanced Study |
Rajagopal | Krishna | 1996-1997 | Professor at MIT |
Ratra | Bharat | 1989-1992 | Professor at Kansas State University |
Roulet | Javier | 2022-current | |
Ryd | Anders | 1996-2002 | Associate Professor at Cornell |
Sala de Torres-Solanot | Pablo | 2022-current | |
Saraykin | Kirill | 2007-2010 | COO, Strategic Transformation, Moscow |
Schuster | Thomas | 2023- | |
Shavit | Gal | 2023- | |
Shigemori | Masaki | 2004-2007 | Associate Prof at Kyoto University |
Slagle | Kevin | 2018-2022 | Staff, Magic, startup working on AGI |
Song | Justin | 2014-2016 | Assistant Professor at Nanyang Technological University |
Squire | Jonathan | 2015-2018 | Prize Research Fellow at University of Otago, New Zealand |
Storch | Natalia | 2015-2018 | Science Fiction Writer |
Tantivasadakarn | Nathanan | 2022-current | |
Thompson | Alex | 2018-2022 | Assistant Professor, UC Davis |
Tsang | David | 2009-2012 | CTC Prize Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Maryland |
Tsuna | Daichi | 2022-current | |
Tu | Yuhai | 1990-1993 | Permanent Research Staff at IBM |
Vidal | Guifre | 2003-2005 | Faculty Member at Perimeter Institute |
Vu | Nils | 2022-current | |
Wilson-Gerow | Jordan | 2021-2024 | Postdoc, Carnegie Mellon University |
Xu | Qian | 2024- | |
Yan | Wenbin | 2012-2015 | Assistant Professor at Tsinghua University |
Yang | Peng | 2017-2020 | Assistant Professor at California State University, Northridge |
Yang | Lei Gioia | 2023- | |
Yu | Hang | 2019-2022 | Assistant Professor, Montana State University |
Zhang | Pingfei | 2019-2022 | Associate Professor - Fudan University, Shanghai |
Tolman Fellowship
Last | First | Period | Current Position |
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Buonanno | Alessandra | 1999-2001 | Director of Max-Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics at Golm |
Davies | Melvyn | 1992-1995 | Professor at Lund University |
Grinstein | Benjamin | 1984-1987 | Professor at UC San Diego |
Lai | Dong | 1994-1997 | Professor at Cornell University |
Leung | Debbie | 2002-2004 | Professor at University of Waterloo |
Nielsen | Michael | 1998-2003 | Writer |
Press | William | 1972-1973 | Professor at University of Texas at Austin |
Pretorius | Frans | 2002-2005 | Professor at Princeton |
Teukolsky | Saul | 1973-1974 | Professor at Caltech and Cornell Univeristy |
Thompson | Christopher | 1988-1991 | Professor at University of Toronto |
Tremaine | Scott | 1975-1977 | Professor at Institute for Advanced Study |
Yaffe | Laurence | 1980-1982 | Professor at University of Washington |
Zurek | Wojciech | 1979-1981 | Laboratory Fellow at Los Alamos National Laboratory |
McCone Fellowship
Last | First | Period | Current Position |
---|---|---|---|
An | Haipeng | 2014-2017 | Assistant Professor at Tsinghua University |
Cheung | Yeuk-Kwan Edna | 2000-2002 | Professor at Nanjing University |
Frey | Andrew | 2003-2006 | Associate Professor at University of Winnipeg |
Gadde | Abhijit | 2011-2014 | Professor at Tata Institute for Fundamental Research |
Keller | Christopher | 2009-2012 | Assistant Professor at University of Arizona |
Leichenauer | Stefan | 2011-2014 | Postdoc at UC Berkeley |
Marsano | Joseph | 2006-2009 | Postdoc at University of Chicago |
Mehen | Thomas | 1997-2000 | Professor at Duke University |
Schafer-Nameki | Sakura | 2006-2009 | Professor, Oxford University |
Solon | Mikhail | 2017-2020 | Assistant Professor at UCLA |
Su | Shufang | 2000-2003 | Professor at University of Arizona |
Trivedi | Sandip | 1992-1994 | Director of Tata Institute |
DuBridge Fellowship
Last | First | Period | Current Position |
---|---|---|---|
Albert | Victor | 2017-2020 | Staff Scientist at NIST at Maryland |
Alicea | Jason | 2007-2010 | William K. Davis Professor at Caltech |
Bao | Ning | 2014-2017 | Postdoc at UC Berkeley |
Bildsten | Lars | 1991-1994 | Director of KITP; professor at UC Santa Barbara |
Buchalter | Ari | 1999-2001 | MediaMath |
Buckley | Matthew | 2008-2010 | Associate Professor at Rutgers |
Butsky | Iryna | 2021-2023 | Hubble Fellow, Stanford University |
Childs | Andrew | 2004-2007 | Professor at University of Maryland |
Clausen | Drew | 2013-2016 | Data Scientist at Kaiser Permanente Health Innovation Team |
Fiete | Gregory | 2006-2008 | Associate Professor at University of Texas, Austin |
Fuchs | Christopher | 1996-1999 | Professor at University of Massachusetts, Boston |
Fuller | Jim | 2013-2017 | Professor at Caltech |
Furlanetto | Steven | 2003-2006 | Professor at UCLA |
Gorshkov | Alexey | 2010-2013 | Staff Scientist at NIST at Maryland |
Heyl | Jeremy | 1997-2000 | Professor at University of British Columbia |
Knapp | Christina | 2019-2020 | Associate Researcher, Microsoft Station Q, UCSB |
MacFadyen | Andrew | 2001-2004 | Associate Professor at New York University |
Mantry | Gautam | 2005-2008 | Associate Professor, University of North Georgia |
McNamara | Jacob | 2022-current | |
Mishmash | Ryan | 2014-2017 | Postdoc at Perimeter Institute |
Pekker | David | 2010-2013 | Assistant Professor at University of Pittsburgh |
Ranard | Daniel | 2024-current | |
Roberts | Luke | 2012-2013 | Assistant Professor at NSCL, Michigan State University |
Saraswat | Prashant | 2016-2019 | |
Shaviv | Nir Joseph | 1996-1999 | Professor at Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Squires | Todd | 2002-2004 | Associate Professor at University of British Columbia |
Wheeler | Coral | 2016-2019 | NSF Hubble Fellow at Carnegie Observatories |
Zhou | Leo | 2021-2024 | Assistant Professor, UCLA |
Zwiebel | Benjamin | 2009-2012 | McKay Brothers |
David and Ellen Lee Fellowship
Last | First | Period | Current Position |
---|---|---|---|
Davydova | Margarita | 2024-current | |
Fluder | Martin | 2015-2018 | Postdoc at Princeton |
Hackl | Andreas | 2010-2011 | Consultant at SAP |
Lu | Wenbin | 2018-2021 | Spitzer Fellow at Princeton, followed by Assistant Professor, UC Berkeley |
Trnka | Jaroslav | 2013-2016 | Assistant Professor, UC Davis |
Wang | Yikun | 2021-2024 | Postdoc at Johns Hopkins University |
Yoshida | Beni | 2012-2015 | Faculty Member at Perimeter Institute |
Bantrell Fellowship
Last | First | Period | Current Position |
---|---|---|---|
Applegate | James | 1981-1984 | Professor at Columbia University |
Goodman | Jeremy | 1983-1986 | Professor at Princeton University |
Hawley | John | 1984-1987 | Professor at University of Virginia |
Hogan | Craig | 1982-1985 | Professor at University of Chicago |
Mlodinow | Leonard | 1980-1983 | Writer |
Solomon | Sorin | 1982-1985 | Professor at Hebrew University |
NAPF Fellowship
Last | First | Period | Current Position |
---|---|---|---|
Madau | Piero | 1987-1989 | Professor at UC Santa Cruz |
Murray | Norman | 1989-1991 | Professor at University of Toronto |
Narayan | Ramesh | 1983-1985 | Professor at Harvard |
Weingart Fellowship
Last | First | Period | Current Position |
---|---|---|---|
Gilbert | Gerald | 1986-1988 | Principal Scientist at MITRE |
Impey | Chris | 1983-1986 | University Distinguished Professor at University of Arizona |
Karma | Alain | 1985-1988 | Professor at Northeastern University |
Milton | Graeme | 1984-1986 | Professor at University of Utah |
Rohm | Ryan | 1985-1988 | Adjunct Professor at University of North Carolina |
Warner | Nicholas | 1982-1985 | Professor at University of Southern California |
Zirnbauer | Martin | 1984-1987 | Professor at University of Cologne |
Brinson Fellowship
Last | First | Period | Current Position |
---|---|---|---|
Kusuki | Yuya | 2021 - 2024 | Associate Professor, Kyushu University |
Research Assistant Professors
Last | First | Period | Current Position |
---|---|---|---|
Alberts | Thomas | 2011-2014 | Associate Professor at University of Utah |
Baranovsky | Vladimir | 2004-2006 | Assistant Professor at UC Irvine |
Bauer | Christian | 2003-2006 | Senior Staff Scientist at LBNL |
Bromberg | Kenneth | 2001-2004 | Professor at University of Utah |
Cooray | Asantha | 2001-2005 | Professor at UC Irvine |
Ghigginni | Paolo | 2007-2008 | CNRS Researcher at University Nantes |
Gomis | Jaume | 2002-2004 | Faculty Member at Perimeter Institute |
Horava | Petr | 1997-2000 | Professor at UC Berkeley |
Lee | Seung-Yeop | 2009-2013 | Assistant Professor at University of South Florida |
Mikhailov | Andrei | 2003-2009 | Professor at University Estadual Paulista, Brazil |
Nakar | Ehud | 2004-2009 | Professor at Tel Aviv University |
Nakayama | Yu | 2010-2015 | Associate Professor at Rikkyo University |
Sari | Re’em | 1998-2003 | Professor at Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Yang | Kun | 1997-1999 | Professor at Florida State University |