Scholars and Fellows

Past Scholars

The Chemical Heritage Foundation has hosted scholars from all parts of the world through its fellowship and travel grant programs. If you are interested in applying for a fellowship, take a look the cast of scholars who have held these fellowships in the past.

Robert W. Allington Fellowship

  • 2010 | Barbara Traister (Lehigh University)
  • 2009 | Jennifer Rampling (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
  • 2009 | Brigitte Van Tiggelen (Independent Scholar/University of Louvain, Belgium)

Gordon Cain Fellowship in Technology, Policy, and Entrepreneurship

  • 2009–10 | Roger Horowitz (Hagley Museum and Library) 
  • 2009–10 | Annalisa Salonius (Cornell University)
  • 2008–09 | Pierre Teissier (Maison Française d'Oxford)
  • 2007–08 | Roy MacLeod (University of Sydney, Australia)
  • 2006–07 | Jody Roberts (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
  • 2005–06 | Christopher Hamlin (University of Notre Dame)
  • 2004–05 | Cyrus Mody (Cornell University)
  • 2003–04 | Donna Rilling (State University of New York at Stony Brook)
  • 2001–02 | Arthur Daemmrich (University of Pennsylvania)
  • 2000–01 | Christian Simon (University of Basel, Switzerland)
  • 1999–2000 | David B. Sicilia (University of Maryland)
  • 1998–99 | Stephen B. Adams (The Johns Hopkins University)

Chemical Heritage Foundation Fellowship

  • 2010 | Charlotte Bigg (Centre National de la Recherce Scientifique/Centre Alexandre Koyré, Paris, France)
  • 2010 | Nicholas Best (Indiana University)
  • 2009 | Alexis Smets (Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands)
  • 2008 | Heather Ewing (Smithsonian Institution Archives)
  • 2008 | Anna Foy (University of Pennsylvania)

Herbert D. Doan Fellowship

  • 2010 | Charlotte Bigg (Centre National de la Recherce Scientifique/Centre Alexandre Koyré, Paris, France)
  • 2010 | Joris Mercelis (Ghent University, Belgium)
  • 2009 | Aristotle Tympas (University of Athens, Greece)

Sidney M. Edelstein Fellowship

  • 2009–10 | Matteo Martelli (Universities of Bologna and Pisa, Italy)
  • 2009–10 | Evan Ragland (Indiana University)
  • 2008–09 | Hiro Hirai (Ghent University, Belgium)
  • 2008–09 | Yoshiyuki Kikuchi (Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Sokendai, Japan)
  • 2004–05 | Jan Marontate (Acadia University, Nova Scotia)
  • 2003–04 | Nathan Brooks (New Mexico State University)
  • 2002–03 | Regina Blaszczyk (Boston University)
  • 2001–02 | Tara Nummedal (Brown University)
  • 2000–01 | Kathryn Steen (Drexel University)
  • 1999–2000 | John K. Smith, Jr. (Lehigh University)
  • 1998–99 | Carsten Reinhardt (Universität Regensburg, Germany)
  • 1997–98 | Pamela H. Smith (Pomona College)
  • 1996–97 | Ute Deichmann (Universität zu Köln, Germany)
  • 1995–96 | Roy MacLeod (University of Sydney, Australia)

Edelstein International Studentship

  • 2004–05 | Gabriella Petrick (University of Delaware)
  • 2003–04 | Rebecca P. Schwartz (Princeton University)
  • 2002–03 | Prakash Kumar (Georgia Institute of Technology)
  • 2001–02 | Gerard J. Fitzgerald (Carnegie Mellon University)
  • 2000–01 | Jeremiah James (Harvard University)
  • 1999–2000 | John Ceccatti (University of Chicago)
  • 1998–99 | Richard Hamerla (Case Western Reserve University)
  • 1997–98 | John Dettloff (Princeton University)
  • 1996–97 | Jonathan Simon (University of Pittsburgh)
  • 1995–96 | Leo B. Slater (Princeton University)
  • 1994–95 | Pap Ndiaye (University of Paris, France)
  • 1993–94 | James Altena (University of Chicago)
  • 1992–93 | Kathryn Steen (University of Delaware)

Robert W. Gore Fellowship

  • 2007–08 | Doogab Yi (Princeton University)

John C. Haas Fellowship

  • 2009–10 | John Ceccatti (University of Pennsylvania)
  • 2009–10 | Matthew Shindell (University of California, San Diego)
  • 2008–09 | David Schleifer (New York University)
  • 2008–09 | Sarah Vogel (Columbia University)
  • 2007–08 | Emily Pawley (University of Pennsylvania)
  • 2007–08 | Dominique Tobbell (University of Pennsylvania)
  • 2006–07 | Gerard J. Fitzgerald (Carnegie Mellon University)
  • 2006–07 | Gwen Ottinger (University of California, Berkeley)
  • 2005–06 | Wendy Verhoff (Washington University in St. Louis)
  • 2004–05 | Michael Egan (McMaster University, Ontario)
  • 2003–04 | Hugh Gorman (Michigan Technological University)
  • 2002–03 | Margaret Garber (University of California, San Diego)
  • 2001–02 | Leo B. Slater (The Johns Hopkins University)

Theodore and Mary Herdegen Fellowship in the History of Scientific Information

  • 2009 | Lisa Rosner (The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey)

Roy G. Neville Fellowship

  • 2008 | Dóra Bobory (Independent Scholar)
  • 2007 | Gabriele Ferrario (Università de Venezia Ca' Foscari, Italy)
  • 2007 | Emily Pawley (University of Pennsylvania)
  • 2006 | Cesare Pastorino (Indiana University)
  • 2006 | Brigitte Van Tiggelen (Independent Scholar/University of Louvain, Belgium)
  • 2005 | Dane Thor Daniel (Dibner Institute)
  • 2005 | Allison Kavey (John Jay College, City University of New York
  • 2005 | Lisa Rosner (The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey)
  • 2004 | Kathleen Sands (DeVry University)
  • 2004 | Mark Waddell (The Johns Hopkins University)

Charles C. Price Fellowship in Polymer History

  • 2009–10 | Benjamin Gross (Princeton University)
  • 2008–09 | Catherine Guise-Richardson (Iowa State University)
  • 2007–08 | Slawomir Lotysz (University of Zielona Góra, Poland)
  • 2006–07 | Thomas Faith (The George Washington University)
  • 2005–06 | Jody Roberts (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
  • 2004–05 | Gary Patterson (Carnegie Mellon University)
  • 2003–04 | Declan O'Reilly (University College, London)
  • 2002–03 | Keith A. Nier
  • 2001–02 | Lloyd DeWitt (Philadelphia Museum of Art)
  • 2000–01 | Arthur Daemmrich (University of Pennsylvania)
  • 1999–2000 | Seymour H. Mauskopf (Duke University)

Société de Chimie Industrielle (American Section) Fellowship

  • 2010 | Jo Ann Caplin (University of Pennsylvania)
  • 2009 | David V. Black (Moutainland Applied Technology College)
  • 2007 | David Caudill (Villanova University)
  • 2006 | Jo Ann Caplin (University of Pennsylvania)
  • 2005 | Gerard J. Fitzgerald (Dibner Institute)
  • 2004 | Jeannette E. Brown (Independent Scholar)
  • 2003 | Lisa Rosner (The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey)
  • 2002 | Mark Dorfman
  • 2001 | Harry Hecht (South Dakota State University)
  • 2000 | Gregory J. Brust (University of Southern Mississippi)
  • 1999 | Gwen Kay (State University of New York at Oswego)

Glenn E. and Barbara Hodsdon Ullyot Scholarship

  • 2009 | Lisa Rosner (The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey)
  • 2009 | Jeannette E. Brown (Independent Scholar)
  • 2007 | Augustin Cerveaux (Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France)
  • 2006 | Jeris Yruma (Princeton University)
  • 2005 | Eric S. Hintz (University of Pennsylvania)
  • 2004 | Matthew Eisler (University of Alberta)
  • 2003 | Pamela Mack (Clemson University)
  • 2003 | John W. Mauer (Tri-County Technical College)
  • 2002 | Julianne Tuttle
  • 2001 | Prakash Kumar (Georgia Institute of Technology)
  • 2000–01 | Seymour H. Mauskopf (Duke University)
  • 2000 | Christiane Buès-Chabas (La Salle-Les-Alpes, France)
  • 1999 | Gerard J. Fitzgerald (Carnegie Mellon University)
  • 1998 | Nancy Hopkins (Rutgers University–Camden)
  • 1997 | Ron Tempest (German Academy)
  • 1996 | Leo B. Slater (Princeton University)

Brown Bag Lecture Series

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Historically Grounded Perspectives

CHF’s Center for Contemporary History and Policy explores issues ranging from energy to medicine on our blog, Periodic Tabloid.

 

Ship of Fellows

CHF’s fellowship program attracts researchers from all over the world. Read about their work and time in Philadelphia on the Periodic Tabloid.

 

Arnold O. Beckman

CHF’s Beckman Center for the History of Chemistry was started with a generous grant from the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation in 1986.

 

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