Sloan fellowships awarded to five faculty ‘rising stars’

February 21, 2017

Five young UC Berkeley faculty members have been awarded 2017 Sloan Research Fellowships, coveted grants for scientists and scholars at the beginning of their academic careers: Ren Ng, computer science; Pierre Simon, mathematics; Reed Walker, economics; Daniel Weisz, physics; and Michael Yartsev, neuroscience.

The fellowships are among 126 announced this week by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The fellowships honor early-career scholars from the United States and Canada whose achievements mark them as the next generation of scientific leaders, according to the foundation. Winners receive a $60,000 fellowship to be used as they wish to further their research.

Read more: Berkeley News | February 21st, 2017