Twenty-two early-career scientists and scholars from eight University of California campuses have been awarded Sloan Research Fellowships in recognition of their promise as emerging leaders in their fields.
The fellowships are awarded to researchers for their distinguished performance, creativity and unique potential to make meaningful contributions to the scientific community.
The 2017 fellows each receive $60,000 to pursue research in chemistry, computational or evolutionary molecular biology, computer science, economics, mathematics, neuroscience, ocean sciences or physics.
“The Sloan Research Fellows are the rising stars of the academic community,” said Paul L. Joskow, president of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. “Through their achievements and ambition, these young scholars are transforming their fields and opening up entirely new research horizons. We are proud to support them at this crucial stage of their careers.”
Credit: UC Berkeley
UC Sloan fellows
UC Berkeley
Ren Ng, computer science
Pierre Simon, mathematics
Reed Walker, economics
Daniel Weisz, physics
Michael Yartsev, neuroscience
UC Davis
Fereydoun Hormozdiari, computational and evolutionary molecular biology
UC Irvine
Shane Ardo, chemistry
Katherine Mackey, ocean sciences
UCLA
Credit: UC Riverside
Pablo Fajgelbaum, economics
Weizhe Hong, neuroscience
Sriram Sankararaman, computational and evolutionary molecular biology
Alexander Spokoyny, chemistry
UC Riverside
Ming Lee Tang, chemistry
UC San Diego
Credit: UC San Diego
Kamil Godula, chemistry
Tarun Grover, physics
Daniel Kane, computer science
Sergey Kryazhimskiy, computational and evolutionary molecular biology
Siavash Mirarab, computational and evolutionary molecular biology
Jérémie Palacci, physics
UC Santa Barbara
Stefano Tessaro, computer science
Andrea Young, physics
UC Santa Cruz
Russell Corbett-Detig, computational and evolutionary molecular biology
