IGB Fellows Program

The Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB) has initiated a program of fellowships for recent Ph.D.s or students in their final year of predoctoral study in any of the research areas encompassed by the Institute. The Program provides an opportunity for young scientists to spend several years doing independent research before launching formal academic or industrial careers. The program is advertised in major scientific publications and the fellows are selected on the basis of their professional promise, capacity for independent work, interdisciplinary interests, and outstanding achievement to date.

We are currently accepting applications for IGB Fellows.
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The closing date for all positions is December 18, 2009. Fellows will be announced by February 15, 2010.

Institute for Genomic Biology Fellows

Nicholas Chia

Nicholas Chia received his Ph.D. in Physics from Ohio State University in 2006. He then became a postdoctoral researcher in the labs of Professor Nigel Goldenfeld and Carl Woese at the Institute for Genomic Biology, where he has been examining the role of collective effects and emergent properties in biological systems. In 2008, he was awarded an IGB postdoctoral fellowship, and will continue to work closely with members of the Biocomplexity Research Theme.

Christopher Fields

Christopher Fields received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2008. He then became a postdoctoral research associate in the lab of Professor Marie-Claude Hofmann at the Institute for Genomic Biology, where he studied global gene expression in spermatogonial stem cells. In 2009, Chris was awarded an IGB postdoctoral fellowship, and works closely with members of the Genomics of Neural and Behavioral Plasticity (GBB) Research Theme.

Tor W. Jensen

Tor Jensen received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Northwestern University in 2004. He was a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Illinois, where he developed variable elastic modulus substrates for use in neural cell growth and differentiation. He joined the Institute for Genomic Biology in December 2005, and works closely with members of the Regenerative Biology and Tissue Engineering Research Theme.

Pan-Jun Kim

Pan-Jun Kim received his Ph.D. in Physics from KAIST (South Korea) in 2008. He joined the Institute for Genomic Biology in October 2008 as an IGB Fellow, and works closely with members of the Molecular Bioengineering of Biomass Coversion Research Theme. His research focuses on systems and synthetic biology, especially with genome-scale biochemical networks.

Jindong Sun

Jindong Sun received his PhD in Plant Biology from the University of Wyoming. Previously he worked as a senior research scientist at Monsanto. He joined the Institute for Genomic Biology in July 2007 and works closely with the members of the Genomic Ecology of Global Change Research Theme to explore the effects and interactions of the environmental factors and stresses on crop productivity and photosynthesis.

Adaikkalam Vellaichamy

Adaikkalam Vellaichamy recieved his Ph.D. from the National University of Singapore in 2003. He then became a postdoctoral fellow in the Genome Institute of Singapore, and in 2005 moved to the Michigan Center for Translational Pathology at the University of Michigan. He joined the Institute for Genomic Biology in August 2008, and is working closely with members of the Precision Proteomics Research Theme.

Suleyman Yildirim

Suleyman Yildirim received his Ph.D. in Microbial Genomics in 2006 from North Carolina State University. He was then a postdoctoral Research Associate at North Carolina State University in 2006, and at the Yale University School of Medicine from 2007-2008. Before joining the Institute for Genomic Biology as an IGB Fellow in November 2008, he was a University Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Connecticut Health Center. In his new position, he will work closely with members of the Host-Microbe Systems Research Theme.