Visiting Fellowship Scheme

MAPS Visiting Fellowship Scheme

Following a successful first two years, we are pleased to continue the MAPS Visiting Fellowship Scheme for this academic year. This year the MAPS faculty has offered several Visiting Fellowships to those who intend to engage, study and research in UCL, specifically related to the Departments in the MAPS Faculty. Our Visiting Fellowship scheme aims to enrich our research culture, develop and promote links with other universities and scholars and allow those within MAPS to learn and work with scholars outside UCL. The Fellowship will support the living and travel expenses with a supplement of up to £3,000.

The deadline for applications for 2024/2025 has passed and the successful applicants to the scheme have been announced below.

Visiting Fellows Selected in 2024/2025

Dr Kieren Rende Mendoza - University of Nebraska at Omaha visiting Prof Emily Dawson (Science and Technology Studies)
Prof Fabrizio Mollaioli – Sapienza University of Rome, Italy visiting Dr Roberto Gentile (Department of Risk & Disaster Reduction)
Dr Siddharth Dattatraya Dhomkar - Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India visiting Prof John Morton (London Centre for Nanotechnology)
Prof Riccarda Antiochia – Sapienza University of Rome, Italy visiting Prof Nguyen TK Thanh (Physics & Astromony)
Prof Rahul Gopalkrishnan - University of Toronto visiting Prof Ricardo Silva (Department of Statistical Science)
Dr Barbara Fazio – CNR-IMM Messina, Italy visiting Prof Giorgio Volpe (Department of Chemistry)
Dr Stephen John Gallagher - The University of Melbourne visiting Prof Bridget Wade (Department of Earth Sciences).

Prof Johanna Nalau - Griffith University, visiting Prof Mark Pelling (Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction)
Prof Shi Wei - Institute for Disaster Management and Reconstruction, Sichuan University, visiting Prof Peter Sammonds (Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction)
Prof Kirk Bevan - McGill University, visiting Prof Alexander Shluger (Physics & Astronomy)
Dr Anais Abramian - CNRS, Sorbonne Université, visiting Prof Giorgio Volpe (Chemistry)
Dr Lucile Clothilde Laulin; Dr Matthew Rowan Thomas Dickson; Mr Yucheng Liu - Université Paris Nanterre; University of British Columbia; University of British Columbia, all visiting Prof Codina Cotar (Statistical Science)
Prof Benjamin Wandelt - Flatiron Institute, Sorbonne University and the Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris, visiting Prof Benjamin Joachimi & Dr Niall Jeffrey (Physics & Astronomy)
Prof Jiao Jiujiu - The University of Hong Kong, visiting Dr Mohammad Shamsudduha (Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction)
Prof Lev Vaidman - Tel Aviv University, visiting Prof Sougato Bose (Physics & Astronomy)
Prof Graziano Rossi - Sejong University, Seoul, South Korea, visiting Prof Ofer Lahav (Physics & Astronomy) - sponsored only for a workshop

Prof Beth Anne Christensen - Department of Environmental Sciences, Rowan University, USA
Dr Koen Beumer - Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Prof Luis Fernando da Silva - Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil
Prof Cesar Bertucci - Instituto de Astronomia Y Fisica del Espacio (IAFE), University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Prof James J. Cochran - The Culverhouse College of Business, University of Alabama, USA
Prof Jeffrey Michael Keisler - University of Massachusetts Boston, USA

Prof Luís Fernando da Silva - Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil
Dr Franco Fiorini - Instituo Balseiro, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Argentina
Prof Enrico Salvadori - University of Turin, Italy
Prof Mark Wilson - University of Oxford, UK
Dr Mircea Petrache - Pontificia Universidad Catiolica de Chile, Chile
Prof Tim Heckman - Johns Hopkins University, USA
Dr Ritesh Patel - Indian Institute of Astrophysics, India
Prof Akichika Kumatani - Tohoku University, Japan
Dr Mariarita Murabito - INAF—Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Italy
Dr Rodrigo Targino - Getulio Vargas Foundation, Brazil
Prof Miguel A.G. Aranda - Universidad de Málaga, Spain
Prof Srabani Taraphder - Indian Institute of Technology, India
Prof Sara Ellison - University of Victoria, Canada
Dr Thomas Headen - ISIS Neutron and Muon Facility, UK
Dr Nuno Araujo - University of Lisbon, Portugal
Prof Robert R. Gamache - UMass Lowell, USA

Celebrating the first MAPS Visiting Fellowship Scheme 2022

The MAPS Faculty’s first Visiting Fellowship Scheme supported a total of 14 successful visits from global institutions to UCL. The Faculty welcomed the hosts and their visitors across two informal networking events on 30th June and 12th July.