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The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has awarded its prestigious research fellowship to four past and present Simons Foundation researchers. This year’s 125 fellowship recipients “represent the most promising scientific researchers working today,” according to the program’s website. “Their achievements and potential place them among the next generation of scientific leaders in the U.S. and Canada.”
Fellows receive $75,000, which they can spend on research-related expenses during their two-year term.
Cengiz Pehlevan
Former Research Scientist, Center for Computational Biology
Robyn Sanderson
Guest Researcher and former Associate Research Scientist, Center for Computational Astrophysics
Dries Sels
Associate Research Scientist, Center for Computational Quantum Physics
Herbert Zheng Wu
Former Junior Fellow with the Simons Society of Fellows
