Eight international fellowships for UCL
18 March 2009
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Eight international researchers have been awarded the first Newton Fellowships to undertake two years of research at UCL.
The fellows, and the departments they will be joining, are:
- Dr Javier Carrasco (Fritz Haber Institute, Berlin), London Centre for Nanotechnology
- Miss Marianna D'Arco (International School for Advanced Studies, Trieste), UCL Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology
- Dr Neel Dhruv (New York University), UCL Institute of Ophthalmology
- Ms Martha Nari Havenith (Max Planck Institute for Brain Research), UCL Wolfson Centre for Biomedical Research
- Dr Simona Irrera (Institute for the Organic Synthesis and Photoreactivity, Bologna), UCL Chemistry
- Dr Koon Fung Lam (Hong Kong University of Science), UCL Chemical Engineering
- Dr Deborah Villarroel-Lamb (University of the West Indies), UCL Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering
- Dr Xiaobo Zhai (University of Peking), UCL Laws
The Newton International Fellowships Scheme is an initiative run by the UK's leading academies - The British Academy, The Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Society. The scheme covers researchers in all disciplines covered by the three academies - natural and social sciences, engineering and humanities.
The scheme was established to select the best early-stage post-doctoral researchers from all over the world and enable them to work at UK research institutions for a period of two years.
The scheme provides annual grants of £24,000 as part of a long-term goal to build a global pool of research leaders and foster international collaboration with the UK.
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