Two UC Riverside researchers have been selected as 2006-2007 Fulbright Scholars.

Debadarshi, D. Bhattacharya, an associate research physicist at UCR's Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, will lecture on and research "Curriculum Development and Gamma-Ray Imaging Collaboration" with the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Mohsen Elhafsi, associate professor at the A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management (AGSM), will conduct research on "Managing Inventory and Capacity in Contract Manufacturing: Case of the Electronics Industry," at the Central School of Lille, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France.

UCR has also been selected by the Fulbright Visiting Scholars program to host two scholars this year. Abel Rosado Rey, a postdoctoral researcher in molecular biology and biochemistry, at University of Malaga, Spain, will research the "Identification of Stress Adaptation Determinants Using Thellungiela Halophila," with Jian-Kang Zhu, professor of botany and plant sciences.

Izabela Swiecicka, an assistant professor of microbiology at the Institute of Biology, University of Bialystok, Poland, will research the "Improvement of Insecticidal Efficacy of Environmental Bacillus Thuringiensis Strains from Northeast Poland" with Brian A. Federici, professor entomology.

The Fulbright Program is one of the most prestigious international education exchange programs in the United States. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, it has sponsored about 273,500 scholars since its inception in 1947.

The University of California, Riverside is a doctoral research university, a living laboratory for groundbreaking exploration of issues critical to Inland Southern California, the state and communities around the world. Reflecting California's diverse culture, UCR's enrollment of about 17,000 is projected to grow to 21,000 students by 2010. The campus is proposing a medical school and already has reached the heart of the Coachella Valley by way of the UCR Palm Desert Graduate Center. With an annual statewide economic impact of nearly $1 billion, UCR is actively shaping the region's future.