At UC Irvine, world-class faculty connect with each other and build the campus community in the name of innovation, all thanks to the Faculty Innovation Fellowship program.
Faculty Innovation Fellows are selected based on their record of innovation at UCI and are chosen to be ambassadors for UCI Beall Applied Innovation. Spearheaded by the managing director of the Research Translation Group, fellows can access Applied Innovation’s network of advisors, entrepreneurs, mentors and companies.
Each year a new cohort of fellows is recruited to cross-collaborate with one another across different disciplines and cohorts. To become a fellow, faculty must show how innovation affects what they do in their field during a nomination and review process.
We are not currently accepting applications or nominations for fellows, but if you have any questions, please contact us.
Maksim Plikus, Professor | School of Biological Sciences
Mo Li, Associate Professor | Henry Samueli School of Engineering
Nia Dowell, Assistant Professor | School of Education
Alex Borucki, Associate Professor | School of Humanities
Yama Akbari, Assistant Professor | School of Medicine
Kevin Beier, Assistant Professor | School of Medicine
Hamid Djalilian, Professor | School of Medicine
Michael Oh, Professor | School of Medicine
Raj Vyas, Associate Professor | School of Medicine
Shawn Xiang, Associate Professor | School of Medicine
Young Jik Kwon, Professor | School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Shane Ardo, Associate Professor | School of Physical Sciences
Matthew Harding, Professor | School of Social Sciences
John Crawford, Professor | Claire Trevor School of the Arts
Holly Poe Durbin, Professor | Claire Trevor School of the Arts
Vincent Olivieri, Professor | Claire Trevor School of the Arts
Kelli Sharp, Assistant Professor | Claire Trevor School of the Arts
Theresa Tanenbaum, Assistant Professor | Donald Bren School of Information & Computer Sciences
