Innovation Fellows

Innovation Fellows

Overview

Bakar Innovation Fellows are graduate students or postdocs working with a Bakar Faculty Fellow on a Spark Award or Bakar Prize project and interested in translating the research to commercialization.

The Bakar Innovation Fellows program, introduced in 2017, is an opportunity for entrepreneurially-inclined researchers to participate in translating research to commercial applications. Innovation Fellows are a critical component of the Bakar Fellows Program since they are often key partners in the research and translation of technologies.

Many Innovation Fellows are venturing into the entrepreneurial landscape for the first time, therefore enrichment activities and events are a core component of the Innovation Fellows experience.

Eligibility

While some Innovation Fellows will be funded directly from a Faculty Fellow Spark Award or Bakar Prize, this is not required to be an Innovation Fellow. If you participate in the project, you are eligible. 

How to become involved

If you are a graduate student, postdoc or project scientist interested in becoming a Bakar Innovation Fellow, confirm that your PI is interested in translating research discoveries to real-world solutions and request they work with you on developing a proposal. (Please keep in mind the proposal need to be submitted by the faculty member)

If you currently work on a Bakar Fellow Program research project and are not yet an Innovation Fellow, contact us to apply.

Requirements

As an Innovation Fellow you will participate in unique workshops, learning activities and networking events hosted by the Bakar Fellows Program.

Participating in events and being an integral part of the Bakar Fellows community will be an important part of your journey.  We’re sure you’ll be eager to participate when you see the value of the networking and instructional opportunities.

Innovation Fellows

Since 2017, Innovation Fellows have been working to move their innovative discoveries from the lab to commercial applications.

Current Year Recipients
All Active Recipients
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Barrak Darweesh

Graduate Student

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Casey Finnerty

Graduate Student

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Nathan Good

Project Scientist

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Vikram Nagarajan

Graduate Student

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Wanwoo Noh

Graduate Student

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Julian Rees

Project Scientist

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Amin Zargar

Postdoc

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Melissa Boldridge

Graduate Student

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Prashant Chandrasekharan

Project Scientist

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Barrak Darweesh

Graduate Student

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Adrian Davey

Graduate Student

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Kelsey DeFrates

Grad Student

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Casey Finnerty

Graduate Student

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Moritz Gaidt

Postdoc

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David Gardner

Graduate Student

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Nathan Good

Project Scientist

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Peisheng He

Grad Student

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Joseph Hendricks

Grad Student

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Satcher Hsieh

Graduate Student

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Grace Hu

Grad Student

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Peter Hubbard

Graduate Student

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Kaimin Jia

Postdoc

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Zeqing Jin

Grad Student

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Linqing Luo

Project Scientist

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Mehran Mirramezani

Graduate Student

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Vikram Nagarajan

Graduate Student

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Wanwoo Noh

Graduate Student

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Ruonan Ou

Graduate Student

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Rishabh Poddar

Graduate Student

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Guru Vamsi Policharla

Graduate Student

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Julian Rees

Project Scientist

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Kat Smoot

Graduate Student

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Jyoti Taneja

Postdoc

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Anju Toor

Postdoc

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Heather Upton

Postdoc

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Xiaoyin Wang

Project Scientist

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Storm Weiner

Graduate Student

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Andrew Yeskoo

Graduate Student

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Amin Zargar

Postdoc

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Innovation Fellow

If you work in the laboratory of a Bakar Faculty Fellow, participate on the Bakar Fellows research project and would like to become an Innovation Fellow, contact us to apply.